Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10
.PAN -GERMAN|SM FAVORED
. by ADMIRAL Won H|NTzE
4Junkers Scored Triumph When They
Secured His Appointment 10
e. Foreign Office.
SAID TO BE RACIAL THRoWBACK
Professor HERON, Who Was His Eel
g loW-Paticnt at Sanatorium, De-
> clarcs This German Is Man OF
. Medieval Mental Attitude.

iow-Paticnt at Sanatorium, De.
- clarcs This German Is Man OF
y Medieval Mental Attitude.
IN PROFESSOR GEO. ID. HEBRON.
j. GENEVA. SWITZERLAND. Septem-
be- Sit Is not impossible mat Adm :
raj Won Hintzc may remember his
,American fellow-patien OF some sum :
mers ago IN certain S'nator!um AZ
the edge OF German forest. Whether
he remembers or not. his fellow -pa :
ticni was and curious intimacy
sprang UP between us. suppose our
sntipodal windows upon the world. as
we'll as our extreme difference of per
credible. While nc Was 10 me psy-
Geological study OF eNiraordlnary con-
Germ. ] must have been TO him an an
imaginable human specimen To him
II was indeed marvellous. II not impos
sible. that ono should cherish such
hopes for our human mortality as |
expressed
In our walks together we discussed
many politica and religious questions
of Europe of the great change We
agreed TO be in prospect and OF the
manner OF its coming and the social
modes that would enSuc. We also. af-
ter we had gone our respective ways.
for time occasionally correspondent.
At the time We we're taking our re-
spectivc cures" Admiral othen cap
''''''' 49, Nv -"
both the German Kaiser and itussian
Gar. lie had been a member Of the
ia nous meeting with car Nicholas
the meeting that WAS meant. on the
part OF the Kaiser. Ia coun,crhalance
the influence OF King Edward I, was
that the services Of Captain Won NsntEe
W ere presented h. Emperor William
Is compliment 10 the car Of the
became aid-dc-camp 10 the Russian
Gar. while At tho same tirc continu-
Ing as AID de camp to the German
upon the Car. believe. for several
wars.
he WAS frank enough IN converse
ton win nc as TO his position at the
Russian court. No was really there. as
came to understand. TO guard tho i'm
te'cSts OF Germany. ITO hc a personal
ana to foster corruption and reaction
III the Russian court and government
20 &c As to keen Russia prey to tcr-
many whenever the moment TO dcvour
the prey should arrive.
lie, it be remembered in this con
necuon tina, both before and since tic
the darkest transactions OF recent Ger
man diplomacy. He is said to have
visited china. possibly Japan. since the
the man behind the scenes in tho Men.
lean plot. and he directed the ticrnan
naval and Diplomatic in,rigucs at
al in all bolicve Admiral Won
H,ntze to he the most sinister figure
in the European politics OF to-day
No other such dangerous rol,,ical per
sonality--if there l." on"--is 50 highly
and powerfuilN placed II" is not only
unqualihedly a cynlc. in both Thought
ana action, he is a racial throw back
His mind is qucer!y medieval in its
constitutions ana its methods. Ills con
from that which prevailed at the court
OF BorSia or OF a Sforza.
CfNICIsM or Won HINTZE
WHOLLY NATURAL WITH HIli
His cynicisn is SO wholly natural
with him. so much part OF his tenn
permanent and training. that il is with
SORT OF sardonic but unfailinG and
ever, even kindly good hgmor he looks out
and stupidity of mankind. Nor Is ne
clever only. and 10 the last degree.
his nlentalii!. Ia It's adnrin's ,ra'tve
concepts and choices. is IS serene ~,
as II is cSrtaiHIy satAnir
manner and the charm at ;ne ancient
courticr. Ills mental ana tactical di:l-
boIism arc ;lgihed viii a medieval
the stupidi,'es and dupliCiti"s of man
KIND Is not only lUStii!ablc. not onIy
ion is TO DC established over tho world,
IL Is highly enjoyable religion. a
real and sys,ematic morality.
The comins OF the admiral into the
complete. triumph Of reaction. the
Junke-s. '-,He ran-G"rmans and tho
great general staff have had thcir ul-
;imately disastrous way Won Iintzc
will represent ia political Germany
If one may speak OF the German gov
eminent as in any sense po!i,ical--prc-
ciscly what l.udendorif represents in
military siTation. II is prob
able that these t"o men Will pool
their future; toseih"r terminating the
imperial policy without halt or him
ne. Il 9 4, al
themselves and their Germany has
come. They cannot delay. they can
only hasten the coming They will not
themselves arc INC seal-of tho de
struction 20 which Germany is doom
ing herself. and which the safety and
the high honor Of mankind wii soon
rcquire-if Germany does not straight
VA; 'repent
Adm raj Won Hintze is The ablcs,
man. the most menac.nE and menda-
cious diplomat that has appeared III
/ German administration since the be,
ginning Of Geriuanys assault uror
even less than Ludendorn to tho
drooiing rcpetitions Of the venerable
mental and physical paraiytic Who j:
made 10 appear As Chancellor He is
In Washington, as well ~ QUA d'orsas
and Downing street Viii need TO be
ware. He Viii keep himself in III
done. The actors applaudeh or hisse,
as the case may be, VIII come and -
across the imperial stage. but i; vii
be Admiral Won Htutzc who rnanac.
the stage, who chooses ih. actors. VII.
sets and shifts tho sceucs. And ia.
stupendous finale Of the German drama
shaking the world 10 it's foundation
shatterinE our total civilization 8
delayed TOO long. b.likcly viii b 81
rected by the seen or the unseen haut
OF this phenomenal throwbaCk in tn
course of historical evolution a. throw
hack. be IL noted. that consistently in
carnatcs practically the whole Gcrrnh
race OF the present huur .-Copyri sh
1918.