The sun., 1919-06-21

said Noske in his FIRST speech before
the National Assembly at Weimar.
that this IL not war OF conquest.
the fact In established with absolute
firmness that Germany has fought for
her bare existence"
The Paris newspaper lie Steele In a
sketch of Noske last March said;
"of course the Boches could get their
house in order II they only had Napo-
leon. But instead they have a Min
lister Of War, q Socialist, a fellow named
Soske or something to that effect. He
won't have anything to do with the
Intsrnationale. and declared just the
other day that he Is first Of all Ger
man and only in the second place .
Social Democrat
Career OF Ersbergor.
Matthias Brsberser' first came into
promInence as leader Of the German
Centrist or Catholic party and, like
Noeke, started on the lowest rung Of tho
ladder, reaching prominence in his party
through hts ability as a writer ana jour
raiist. IN the Reichstag ne gpeciaiized
on financial legislation and soon became
figure Of Importance because OF his
knowledge OF budget problems and In
volved economies He was q tireiess
distributor Of propaganda through his
Korrespondens Bureau.
At the beginning Of the war Erzberger
posed a. q Pan-German and many OF hts
utterances and writings. particularly In
regard to Belgium, caused painful as
constituent among the Catholic neutrsis.
He was regarded as the conidant OF
Won Bethmann- Holiweg and frequently
appeared to give audiences at various
German ministries throughout Europe.
He would appear suddenly In Switzerland
or Vienna or again in Bucharest. Soma
or Constantinopie and his appearances at
these places was always attended by
plenty of publicity. Erxberger remained
Pan-German until the third year OF the
war. but In 1917 introduced his famous
peace resolution In the Reichstag and
much of the blame or credit for the fall
OF the Bethmann-H ollweg ministry was
attributed to him. His resolution was
for q peace by agreement and In short
provided for the payment Of an tndem-
nifty and the restoration OF Belgium. re-
storation OF the occupied portions OF
France and the return of the German
colonies. There was to be a division
among the belliserents Of all the food
stuffs ahoat.
When his notoriety from this effort
ceased no turned up IN Zurich in July,
1917. and announced that IL he had half
an hours talk with Lloyd George the
peace negotiations could begin at once.
Count Johann Heinrich Won Bernstorff.
former German Ambassador 10 the United
States, was born In London in 1852 and
10 the fourth son Of the late. Count
Albrecht Won Bernstorff, former German
Ambassador near the Court of st.
James's. The younger Bernstorff re-
cetved all OF his early education In Eng
land and as he admitted frequently
learned English before he acquired
German" ...
He later studied at Dresden and
entered the army in 1881. serving with
the First Regiment Of Artillery Guards.
His diplomatic career began in 1893,
when he was made attache of the Ger
man Embassy at Constantinople. From
Turkey he was transferred to the For
eisn once in Berlin. and later served In
diplomatic capacities In Belgrade and
Petrosrad. In 1909 he became counsel
lor and first secretary Of the German
Embassy In London
In 1907 Bernstorff was sent to Cairo
with the rank of diplomatic agent and
Consul General and In the following
year was made Minister Plenipotentiary
to Egypt. In 1909 he was selected by
the Kaiser to succeed Baron Speck Won
Sternbers as Ambassador TO the United
States ana neio tnat post until inc
rupture between the two countries.
Since his return to Germany Bern
storffs name appeared with mere or
less regularity. generally in the role of
an adviser to the Kaiser, particularly on
matters pertaining to America Since
the deposition of the Kaiser. Bernstorfr's
name has continued to be associated with
events In Germany, and repeated des-
patches from Paris and neutral sources,
pictured him as employing the same in
sidious methods he used in America to
the end that Germany must not be
pushed too far In the matter of q peace
settlement.
The French Statesmen and neutral OBJ
servers professed to discern the figure
OF Won Bernstorff In the German manoeu-
vres for an easier peace. Several reports
received from Paris following the estab-
lishment Of the Ebert Government were
to the effect that Ebert himself was a
dummy put up by Won Bernstorfr and no
attempt was ever made to deny the
statement that the former diplomats
knowledge OF America and the mental
processes Of President Wilson were used
In the peace deliberations Of the Ger
man statesmen.
Bernstorff's wife was formerly Miss
Jeanne Luckemeyer Of New York city.