The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-02

ests, was inconsidcrate to the point
Of brutality. for which reason he
thoroughly understood anybody who
acted similarly toward him. that
there must be no playing the diplo-
matte game, or "finessing," with an
Engishman, because II made him
distrust those with whom he was
dealing and suspect that they were
not honest and wished secretly to
cheat him; that such devious meth
DDS could be successful only in deal
ing with Latin and Slavic nations;
that, once the Englishman had be-
come suspicious. there was nothing
more to be done with him, despite
the most honeyed words and most
obllging concessions; that the only
advice, therefore. which could give
the chancellor was that he confine
himself entirely To STRAIGHTFORWARD
ness in his English policy. l said
this with particular emphasis. since
"fincssing" was especially dear 10
the diplomatic character of Count
Bulow and had become second ma
ture to him.
also took occasion, during this
talk. to warn the chancellor against
Holstein. In spite of my warning
which was merely a repetition of that
given me before by Bismarck--Bu-
low worked great deal, or was
obliged TO work, with Holstein. This
remarkable man had been able grad
ually, especially since the time that
the foreign office had been, so to
speak, orphaned by Bismarck's re-
tirement, TO create for himself n
position that became steadily more
influential and TO maAntain II under
three chancellors with such skill
that he was considered indispens-
able.
Holstein was unquestlonably pos
sessed OF great shrewdness, second
cd by a phenomenal memory and n
certain talent for political combina-
tions, which. to be sure, often be-
came a hobby in his case. His po-
sition was also based largely on the
fact that hc was looked upon In
many quarters. especially among the
Older officials, as the bearer OF the
Bismarckian traditions" the man
who upheld these in the teeth OF
the young master" His impor-
tance rested, above all, on his wide
personal knowledge In tho entire
domain OF the foreign service,
Since he welded, an account OF
this, an authoritative influence on
all proposals relative to the APP
pointment of officials and hence
also. on the careers OF the younger
officials, it may be easily under
stood why he, little by little, had
obtained for himself dominating
position Mt the foreign office. But
he sought more and more to
obtain, at the same time, de-
cisive influence upon the conduct
of foreign policy; he had In fact
become the guiding spirit both OF
the foreign office and of German
foreign policy.
Holstcin's Secret Power.
The serious thing about this was
| that he eXerted his far-reaching in
| fluence entirely from under cover
and avoided all official RESPONSE
| biiity as an adviser. He preferred
to remain in the dark and exert
his influence from there. He re-
| fused every responsible post-many
stood open to him-every honorary
| title. every promotion. He lived IN
| complete seclusiop. For a long
time / tried in vain 20 become per-
sonally acquainted with him, for
which purpose / used to invite him
to meals, but Holstein declined
every time. only once. in the course
OF many years, did he consent %
| dine with me at the foreign office
and It was characteristic OF him
| that, whereas on this occasion al
the other gentlemen present wore
| full evening dress. he appeared IN
a frock coat and excused himself or
/ the plea that he had no dress coat
The secrecy with which he sur
rounded himself in his work. so as
| not to be held responsible for it
| became apparent also at times In
the character OF the memorials
drawn up by him; they were un'
! questionably ingenious and attrac'
tive, but often as involved and am
biguous as the oracle OF Delphiai
| there were occasions when. after a
| decision had been made based or