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Gives Germany a
Ba d Begi ming
With Promise Of
Mistakes to Come

contributed to his marvellous success
and to his celebrity as the most power Z
full factor in the economic life OF Ger
many.
Another man on the same type 10
DR.. Walter Rathenau, son and suc-
cessor of the late Emil Rathenau, ~ /
founder OF the Allgemeine-E lekt. ixi- q
taets- Gesellschaft, the most powerfuiis
industrial trust Of Germany. Indeedsa
the initials A. L. @. are to be found on
German manufactures in all parS OF
the world, civilized and unciv. et
At the outset Of the war he organize Y
with the consent Of the Kaiser the en-
tire industries Of the empire, with a.
view TO obtaining the greatest degree
of efficiency, and at the Bureau OF ~
Materials which he created at the Wa [
Department at Berlin he devised all
sorts Of substitutes of multitudes of
sorely needed articles and raw r lte-
rails from which Germany had beer
cut off by the blockade.
One of his most important achieve
ments was taking from the air that
nitrate of potash which is absolutely
necessary In the manufacture of gum
powder and other explosives. II Ger
many was dblc " DOlu out ~ tOh8
against the blockade it was mainly due
to Rathenau. But he could not be sen
to Paris or to Brussels. for he was re.
sponsible more than any one else fot.
the systematic spoliation Of - : pap
chinery in the invaded re onsN ~
France and OF Belgium, Will. v
OF handicapping these two countrieA n
their Industrial reconstruction on tie
arrival of peace. He would do well'i
however as Ambassador at Washing
ton. for in an interview printed last
spring to the Neue Frete Presse a
Vienna he expressed the opinion that
"Germauy's relations with America W."
be OF greater Importance for the re-
construction OF her economic system
than her relations with any other for
eign Power. The hegemony of the
Anglo Saxons is passing to the United
States and London 10 becoming .
branch of New York"
And then he went on TO argue that
every effort must be made by Ger
many to develop friendly intercourse
with the United States, even at the
expense Of Germany's economic relA-
tons with Great Britain II necessary
Erzberxer Knows Rome weIl.,t !
Whereas Gwinner might, do well q
Paris or London, Matthias Erzberse..
would probably prove success as'
German Amba ssador in Rome. He -
identified with international labor, but
above everything else he Is the politi-
cal member Of the great shipping ana
mining trust OF the Thyssens, and was
until quite recently their ACKNOWLEDGED
representative in the Reichstag. Prior
, 10 the war he was repeatedly employed
by the Kaiser on special missions to
the Vatican and knows Rome almost
as well as Berlin. He is perhaps less
imbued than either Rathenau or Won
Gwinner with the necessity of honor
and honesty in business dealings But
anyhow. he would do infinitely better
as Ambassador in Rome than Bern
storff. a processing unbeliever.
Against Prince Lichnowsky, who has
been mentioned vaguely In connection
with a diplomatic post. there is nothing
TO say save this, that he Is not Prus-
sian, nor yet German, but Pole.
As stated above, Poles are in par
ticularly bad odor at Berlin just at
present owing TO the fact that Ger
many is being compelled by the
Entente to surrender all her Polish
provinces as we'll as a portion Of
Silesia to the newly created independ-
ent State OF Poland. Moreover. he IL
blamed for having been too frank In
disclosing to the world the dishonesty
Of German diplomacy at the time of
the outbreak Of the war in the sum.
mer OF 1914.
The Bucharest Internal Plot.
One OF the most promising OF Germay.
diplomats at the outset OF the war
was Baron Won dem Bussche -Hadden-
hansen. for a number OF years Coun--
cillor and Charge d'ATaires at Wash
ington then envoy at Buenos Ayres
and afterward the German plenipo-
Tertiary at Bucharest When forced
to abandon his post there hurriedly.
on Rumania's casting her lot on the
side OF the Entente. the garden Il
the German Embassy was dug up In
the presence OF William Andrews, the
American Charge d'Affaires, who had
taken charge OF Teuton interests-ft
was prior TO the United States entry
into the fray.
The result Of the excavations was
the discovery of a number of boxes
containing high explosives for ths de-
struction of public buildings, bridges,
railroads. &c, also large quantity Of
phials full of microbes for the ino(
Ia ton OF human beings with typhu
and for the incubation OF horses ant
cattle with CHAMBERS and anthrax. wi
directions for their use. How would
II he possible for any foreign Power
&c Welcome as Ambassador. and to ac-
cord any oSscial and private welcome
to a diplomat, who had lent himself 10
the preparation of such crimes
against civilization and humanity as
those for which Baron Won dem
Bussche Haddenhausen was prepared
and which he was only prevented from
putting into execution by the prema-
ture action OF the Rumanian Govern
ment In proclaimng war?
Another we'll known German dipio-
mat who has rendered himself impos-
s'hle In much the same way is George
Michahelles whose recall was de-
manded by Norway last year because
II was found that he was in constant
receipt AT his legation at Chrtstiania
OF Internal machines, bombs, &c. des-
PATCHED from Berlin under the Ger
man Governments seal for use in The
obstruction OF American, British ara
a.