The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1919-01-06

F. Won Hertling, the former imperial
German chancellor, died Saturday
night at Ruppolding Bavaria. He had
been i'll for six days.
Count George F. Won Hertling was
considered the most learned man of
all the men called to the chancellor
ship of Germany since 1871 He had
won for himself a scholars reputation
before he entered political life and
up to 1912 when he became Bavarian
minister-presiaent, he had combined
education and literary work with his
politica! activities. Won Hertling was
appointed imperial German chancellor
in October, 1917, succeeded DR..
George Miehaelis. He resigned in the
fall of last year an dthe then Emperor
William conferred upon him the Order
of the Black Eagle and his warm
thanks for the "self-sacrifcing faith
fulness" with which Won Hertling had
served the country.
Wrote of Catholicism
Won Hertling was born in August,
1S43, in Darmstadt, of well-known
family. He passed through the
gymnasium, or high school, of his
home city, studied philosophy and his
tory at Munster, Munich and Berlin
and received the degree of doctor of
philosophy in 1864. Later he visited
Italy and studied the dogmatic history
of the Roman church and in 1856 be-
came teacher of philosophy in the
University of Bonn. He was we'll
known as a writer on Catholicism and
political sociology.
Count Won Hertling was a member
of the reichstag continuously from
1875 to 1912, with the exception of the
period of 1890 to 1896. He became
the clerical party leader in 1909 after
the death of Count Hompesch. Dur
ing the chancellorship of Count Won
Buelow he entrusted Won Hertling,
whom he considered an able resource
full diplomat, with negotiations with
the vatican. Won Hertling also was
often the semi-official Intermediary
between his party and the govern
ment.
In the later months of his occu-
pancy of the chancellorship, Won
Hertling was assailed by the Social
lists in the reichstag and the German
newspapers, the Socialists charging
that he had entered the chancellorship
with the understanding that he would
speak for the whole of the German
people, but that he had gone over to
the junkers and represented ideas that
were obsolete.
Attacked by Press
The press generally attacked the
chancellor as a result of the increas-
ing friction between the Berlin and
Vienna governments. The feeling of
the newspapers was intensified when
the chancellor early in September said
the government saw no possibility of
approving a bill for general equal
suffrage as it came from the Prussian
lower house. The workers unions
also turned against the chancellor, ac-
cusing the government Of being re-
sponsible for lack of food and of put
ting the interests of the producers
above those of the people.
In his last speeches before the
reichstag Won Hertling dwelt on the
possibilities of peace being brought
about. These addresses were charac-
terized by the newspapers of all coun-
tries as "peace feelers" and were at
tackled by German writer's and poll
ticians as insincere or untruthful.
London, Jan. 5.-Count George F.
Won Hertling, former German i'm
perial chancellor, is dead, it was an
nounced in adviccs received here to-
| day.