The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-05

as well as for the representatives OF
foreign nations, at which NJ. Pichon
was also present. He was introduced
to me and, In conversation with him,
I told him Of the wishes which the I'M
perial Chancellor had communicated to
me regarding our interests in Morroc-
CO and some other political matters,
which NJ Pichon readily agreed to car
ry out. All other combinations con-
nected in various quarters with this
talk. belong in the domain of fancy.
Although the period between 1909
and 1914 demanded extraordinary at
tention to foreign events, interior de-
velopment was, nevertheless, promoted
zealously, and efforts made to meet
the demands Of commerce, transporta-
ton, agriculture and industry, which
were growing rapidly. Unfortunately
endeavors in this direction were made
much more difficult by the the discord
among political parties.
The Chancellor wished to accom-
plish everything possible of accom-
plishment. But his inclination to get
to the bottom of problems and his de-
sire to deal only with what was, from
his meticulous critical standpoint,
thoroughly matured, tended, in the
course of time, to hamper progress.
1t was difficult to bring him to make
decisions before he was absolutely
free from objection. This made work
ing with them tiresome and aroused
in those not close to him the impress
sion of vacillation, whereas, in reality,
it was merely over-conscientiousne
carried too far
In addition, the Chancellor eventu-
ally developed a strong and growing
inclination toward domination; in dis
cussions this tended to make him OBJ
stinate and caused him to lay down
the law to those thinking otherwise
as dogmatically as a school teacher.
This brought him many enemies and
often made things hard for me. A
| boyhood friend of the Chancellor, to
whom l spoke once about this, re-
piled, with smile, that it had been
so with him even in school: there
Herr Won Bethmann had constantly
taught and school-mastered his fellow
students, of whom my informant was
one, so that finally his classmates had
nicknamed him "the governess," He
added that this trait was a misfor
tune for Bethmann, but that it had SC
grown into his very being that he
would never be able to get rid of it.
| An example of this is Bethmann's
| relationship 10 Herr van Kiderlen
whom he desired to have as Secre
tary of State, despite my emphatic
objections. Herr Won Kiderlen was ar
able worker and man of strong char
acter. who always sought to assert
his independence. He had been about
one year in office when Herr vor
Bethmann came to me one day, com
planned of Kiderlen's obstinacy and in
subordination, and asked me to appea
to his conscience. l declined, will
! the observation that the Chancellor
had chosen Kiderlen against my
wishes and must now manage to ge
along with him; that the maintenance
of discipline at the foreign office wa:
a duty devolving upon the Chancellor
in which l had no desire to interfere
Finds Fault With Bethmann
Meanwhile, Bethmann's inadequacy
dent. Deep down in his heart he wa!
a pacifist and was obseSsed with thu
alteration of coming to an under
standing with England can per
fectly well understand that man o
pacifist inclinations should act thu
in the hope of avoiding a war thereby
His object was entirely in accord will
my policy. The ways and means
whereby Bethmann sought to achiev,
it were, in my opinion, unsuitable
Nevertheless, backed his endeavors
But I certainly did not believe tina