Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
HIlVTZE MAY GET
kUEHLMANN POST
Notorious Intriguer Expect
ed to Become German
Foreign Secretary
PAN GERMAN VICTORY
BY the United Press


London, July 10.
RESIGNATION Sof FOREIGN Mi,istar
kuehlmann has been accepted bv the
haiser, according to an official an
.iouncement from Berlin received here
today. ''e''eu mere
other dispatches stated that Admiral
Won Hintze. German Minister to Nor.
May, PROBABLY would succeed Kuehl-
Pan-German Victory
resignation of Foreign Minister
Euehimann is interpreted as a PAN
German victory
This view is strengthened by the
report that Admiral Won Hintze will
succeed Won Kuehlmann. as he not
only is close to the Kaiser. but Is q
friend and supporter of Admiral Won
Iirpitz and Admiral Schroeder leaders
or the Belgian anneXationists.
However. it is considered here that
Pan-German Foreign Minister is not
SO dangerous to the Allies as one of
the kuehlmann type. who masked
Germany's plans of conquest under
continual tricky peace offensives, Civ
ing Allied paciflcists debating ma
terial
London newspapers devote consid-
cradle ,sDace to discussion of Won
Hintze's history. He is generally char
'SteIiIeu as tlle lIlOSl 1otoIlouS IliS-
ter of intrigue in the German diplo-
matte service.
Hintze's Behavior ScantaIous
Won Hintze's activities in China first
brought him into international no.
toriety. His behavior there. where he
plotted with robbers and spies. was
so scandalous that he was recalled and
sent to Mexico. He was German min
lister in the latter country during
Huerta's regime. He was implicated
in the plot to furnish Huerta with
German arms during the United States
embargo.
When the war broke out. Won
Hintze returned to Germany. dis
guised as an Englishman, travelling
through the United States, England
and Holland. He was sent to China
as minister again in 1915. travelling
through the United States once more.
After China broke off diplomatic re-
lations with GERMANY Won HintZe was
sent to Christiania. where he was in
Volved in last summers plot IN Nor
way to smuggle bombs to America for
the purpose of blowing up Allied mer-
chantmen.
DR.. Richard Won Kuehlmann's resig-
nation has been expected since ms ao-
dress in the German Reichstag June
25, in the course of which he SAID that
victory by purely military DECISIONS
could hardly be expected.
The retiring Secretary assumed OF
fee in August, 1917. Throughout his
term in Office he has been storm
center. The Socialists professed to see
in his appointment an indication that
the Kaiser had decided to modity ms
war aims. The Pan-Germans, the
Fatherland party and the Conserva-
tives generally have called him men,
ace to their plans and the secret trleho
of England.
Whatever his motives may be. there
is no doubt that Won Kuehlmann has
been the mouthpicce of liberalism. He
has voiced most of the moderate and
concilatory sentiments which nave
come out of Germany since America
entered the war.
The speech which brought about the
downfaii OF DIR. Won Kuehlmann was
delivered in the Reichstag June "a last.
In 1t he said:
war and the number of Powers, in
Guiding those from overseas. that are
engaged. its end can hardly be ex
pected through purely military deci
sions alone and without recourse to
diplomatic negotiations.
II do'not believe any responsible man
In Germany rot even the Emperor or
any member of the Imperial Govern
ment, ever for a moment believed they
could win the domination OF Europe by
starting this war The idea of word
domination in Europe is utopia, as
was proved by Napoleon.
, "The deeper we go into the causes
of this war the clearer it becomes the
Power which planned and desired the
war was Russia: france played the
next worse role as instigator, ant
Englands policy has very dark pages
to show"
Is Made ScapegOat
It was reported that DR.. Won Kuehl-
mann's words had been approved by
General Ludendorff. the right hand
man" Of Won Hiudenburg. This
brought to notice rumors of friction
between Ludendorff and the German
Crown Prince and his coterie, who
comprise the radical pan-Germanic
elements in official circles.