The New York herald., 1921-11-27
DIPLOMATIC JOBS GO
TO TITLED GERMANS,
ISSOCIALIST PLANT
large Number Of Counts,
Barons and Herren Appear
in Long List.
BERLIN GETS q. s. HINT
No One Formerly on Won Bern
storff's Staff Acceptable,
Is Report.
BERLIN GETS q. S. HINT

Special Cable to TILE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1891, oy THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, Nov. 20.
The appointment Of Baron Edmund
Won Thermann as German Charge
d'Affaires in Washington is character
istic of the policy Of German diplo-
macy. to let the most important posts
be filed by members Of Germany's no.
bility-at least Kuno Tiemann, a
Socialist, formerly in the employ of
the Wilhelmstrasse so concludes. In
an article in Die WeItbuehne he cata-
logues a surprisingly large number Of
counts, barons and Herren Won So
and-So who are representing the Ger
man republic abroad, and even pre-
diets that Count Obernsdorff one Of
the wealthiest members Of the Ger
man nobility, is slated as Germanys
Ambassador In Washington.
Among the instances which he cites
is the German Legation in Copen-
hagen, where the former first gentle
man in waiting to the late King of
Wurttemberg. Baron Won Neurath, is
Minister and is being aided by Secre-
taries Count Won Bassewitz and young
Won Mackensen, son Of the one-time
German army leader.
In Stockholm Socialist is at the helm
in the German Legation In the person of
Herr Nadolny, who was formerly a Sec
retary to President Ebert, but his as
sistant Is Prince OF Wied, who is said
to be oblivious of the existence Of plain
German civilians living abroad. Two
other members of the same legation
staff use won" in their names.
Baron Won Lucius is German Minister
to Holland, while in Christiania the Ger
man Minister, plain DR.. Rhomberg, Is
balanced by Prince Erbach.
Many Vons I'm Catalogue.
And so goes the catalogue, with long
list of noblemen in Warsaw. Athens.
Madrid. Budapest, Rome. Vienna, Sofia
and Bucharest.
In the German Foreign Office itself
two Secretaries OF State, Won Haniel and
Won simson, have charge of the actual
routine OF German diplomacy. Under
them are three divisions, while the Divi-
sion of the East Is directed by Baron
Won Maltzahn, and the English and
the American Division by Herr Won
Schubert. The European Division is di-
rccted by Herr Won Mutus.
Herr Tiemann tells an auecdote about
newly founded mobiles club in Berlin.
which found that large number of per-
sons not entitled to be the clubs guests
had. by some fluke, been invited to the
opening banquet of the organization.
Included in the list OF invited guests
were some of the wealthiest and most
Influential leaders In modern Germany.
The club committee, however, got out OF
the difficulty by recalling these invi-
tatons, with the explanation that the
recipients OF them unfortunately" were
not members of the nobility.
Later it was decided that this had
been n tactless move, and it was deter
mined to hold another banquet and in
vite those whose invitations had previ-
ously been cancelled. Invitations were
sent out to this second banquet, and,
says Herr Tiemann, they were accepted
in most cases.
Exceptions Arc Ignored.
Herr Tiemann's attack on the Ger
man Foreign Office is only one of many.
Every Socialist Foreign Minister has
been implored to clean house. Neverthe-
less the Tiemann catalogue also ignores
the fact that the German missions in
Paris, London and Brussels are headed
by men who are heart and soul COM
n'itted to the republican regime.
There Is an obvious difficulty In flnd-
irg trained men, without depending on
diplomatists schcoled in the Kaiserreich.
who have wrecked many fine plans since
the revolution, and in having the repub-
tic represented abroad by diplomatists
OF the new political school, and, there
fore. the question Of filling the Washing
ton post has not been settled. But the
question was simplified somewhat by
the United States having given Germany
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ministration would not approve of Ger
many sending there any cne who for
merly was n member of Count Won Bern
storff's staff. It was denied by Ellis l..
Dresel that this was done officially. but,
In any event, it was done so thoroughly
that several men who were ambitious to
20 to Washington have been doomed to
disappointment including State Secre-
tary Won Haniel.