Evening star., 1925-01-30
W|EDFELDT VOICES
OPTIMISTIC NOTE
Retiring German Envoy Fore
sees Cordial Relations Be-
tween Berlin and U. S.

Voicing an optimistic note as 70
the relations of Germany and the
United States and prophesying that
each passing month Will witness
greater understanding, the retiring
German Ambassador, DR.. Otto WED
feldt, is completing the ceremonies OF
withdrawal from Washington. ne
leaves either tomorrow night or sun :
day morning for New York. and Will
sail for Hamburg February o.
DR.. Wiedfeldt received a repre-
sentative of The Star in the German
embassy today and expressed his deep
appreciation of the official aid ana
kindness shown him during the
past three years.
Acknowledges Cordial sympathy.
1T would not be possible" said DR..
Wiedfeldt, ito make definite state
ments on any public question al the
present time. In the term or my
service here, which makes almost 8
years, ] have received the most
cordial sympathy from those Ameri-
can statesmen with whom by the ma
ture of the negotiations l was con-
stantly in consultation and ] can say
with absolute truth that they worked
in harmony with me and in many
ways notably smoothed my path. MY
work has been of the kind which
means patience and seeking after
complete understanding OF all the Is
sues involved; and where | needed
the illumination Of American policy
or custom on some finer point I re-
ceived IL most ungrudgingly and with
the most painstaking detail.
"I can therefore say that the new
relations now building up between
the republic of Germany and this re-
public are of the most hopeful prom
ise. Already showing a satisfactory
improvement, they must loslcally
proceed to greater union and strength
and will eventually reach that fusion
of economic resources joined TO a ma
tional friendship and goodwill which
is so desirable These months In
which / have been engaged In work
ing for this end, l shall count among
the most remunerative of my life and
| leave Washington with sincere re-
gret, for in every way / have been
very happy here and bear with me
memories which shall always endure.
| have labored hard, but l have also
had my days of pleasure. Among
these | count that delightful visit TO
Florida last Autumn and early Win
ter, when with my wife. / visited
nearly every part of that wonderful
land | did not however. as has been
often reported, purchase any estate
in Florida, though 1 must confess the
opportunities were many and the
temptation very great. Such weather
as we have experienced recently, and
which is not uncommon in my own
country, will bring up visions of the
soft. flowery landscape in Florida
with a Summer sea washing the
shores.
PIeasurable Visits Recalled.
IT have, at one time or another.
visited almost every part Of the
United States. Since taking up dip
lomatic duties in Washington l have
accepted invitations to different cities
in Illinois, wisconsin. Minnesota and
the Middle Western sections where
German-A are numerous. II
has been one of the greatest pleasures
during my mission to find my former
country people who have sought TO
improve their lot in this country at
tanning wealth and honored position
in their new home. They are an
honor to their fatherland as we'll as
a valuable asset to their adopted
land. Many of the rural class in
Germany look across the ocean with
envy at their former neighbors and
many would like to follow them at
once. AS many do this as the present
emf grafton laws permit and nearly
all are of the agricultural class and
proceed at once to the vast grain
lands, where they at once make them
selves useful But there are greater
opportunities in Germany now than
in former years and along almost
every line of endeavor.
MY son. Herman Wiedfeldt, is at
present conducting a model American
farm near Hamburg after spending
two years learning every detail OF
such work, first in the theoretic way
in the University of Wisconsin,, at
Madison, and then practically by be-
coming a day laborer on different
kinds of farms from the cornf1elds
Of Kansas northward to the great
wheat belt of Minnesota and the
Dakotas. His last months were spent
on an immense sheep ranch in Oregon
and he had previously passed some
months among the cattlemen of the
Southwest. His farm is conducted on
the patriarchal lines of producin &
every particle of food and many parts
of the clothing which a family could
use.
Raises Vegetables and Grains.
For besides every grain which can
be grown in that part of Germany
other acres devoted to blooded stock
Beet sugar is raised and prepared and
the farm would sustain a sizable
population in every essential except
for the spices and such necessities as
tea, coffee and cocoa.
Frau Wiedfeldt and myself will
have. therefore, many tokens OF re-
membrance of this country when we
visit our son. and besides this we
carry with us so many expressions OF
friendship from the most exalted OF
the American people as well as from
the body of citizens, that we shall
always feel that it has been a priv
ilege to have lived In Washington
during such a formative period"
This afternoon at o'clock a com
mittee of residential Washingtonians
not in official life waited on the re-
firing Ambassador at the embassy
and presented him with a silver low.
ing cup, about 25 inches high, ano
prepared in the most careful manner
under the directions of a loca'
jeweler. 1t is very plainly but ap.
propriately engraved and accompany.
ing 1t will be a handsomely bound
volume containing the engraved auto
graphs of the donors. There also Is
set of resolutions, delivered just
before the presen alton of the cup.
Dr. Wiedfeldt will leave the AFFAIR.
OF the embassy in the hands of DR.
Hans Heinrich Dieckoff, the counselor
of embassy, who will become charg,
daffaires ad interim. The Ambassa.
dor will proceed at once to Berlin
where he will hold series of con.
ferences with his successor, Baror
Won Nathan, who will sail for thi.
country the first week of March.
AMERICANS HONOR ENVOY.
Am ha SSad MaltZan Dinner Guac1