Evening star., 1927-11-05
GERMANY SENDS
PR|TTW|Tz TO U. S.
Appointment of New Ambas-
sador Is Formally An
nounced in Berlin.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, November 5.-The ap.
pointment Of DIR. Frederick Wilhelm
Won Prittwitz- Gaffron as German Am.
bassador 10 the United States was
officially announced this morning.
DR.. Won Prittwitz. .Gaffron, descen.
dent of an old military family of Ger.
many. has been in the diplomatic
service since he reached manhood.
Born January .. 1884. he is younger
than most men who have held such
important posts as the ambassador
ship to the United States lie is. how.
ever. considered one of the abest and
most prominent of the younger Ger
man diplomats.
Prior to entering the diplomatic
corps, he studied law. Before the
was he served in the embassies at st.
Petersburg and Washington.
Praised by Prince Max.
adiutant for diplomatic matters to the
federal chancellory. serving under
Chancellors Won Bethman.H Hollweg,
Michaelis, Hertling and Prince Max
of Baden. In recently published
memoirs. Prince Max characterizes
him as "a worker of enviable pre-.
cision and cheerfulness His happy
| temperament helped me over many
difficult hours"
In politics DIR. Won Prittwitz -Gaffron
is looked upon as having liberal in
clinations. In fact. Nationalist papers
which opposed his appointment to
| Washington accused him of having
switched too quickly to the Demo-
cratic party after the downfall of the
| Kaiser.
After the revolution he, with sew.
eral others of the younger diplomats,
including Count Albrecht Won Bern.
storff, now counselor to the embassy
| at London. and Bernard Wilhelm Won
| Buelow, divisional chief on legation
| matters in the foreign Office, Joined
the Democratic party. Until his trans
fer to Rome in 1920 as counselor to
the embassy he remained at the chan.
celIory.
Called From Rome.
| He continued at Rome until a few
! days ago, when he returned to Ber.
lin for consultation with Foreign Min.
| lister Stresemann, presumably in re.
gard to the Washington portfolio.
| DIR. Won PrittwitZ Gaffron is regard
ed as unusually good-looking. He IN
a large stockholder in the Won Giesche
Copper Works at Breslau, which are
now allied with the American Harri.
man Anaconda interests.
! In December, 1920, he married Count.
tess Marie Louise Won Strachwitz, one
of the most popular figures in Berlin
society. She was well known as an ex.
cellent dancer and skater whom the
former Crown Prince often chose as
his partner on the dance floor and
| skating rink.
The countess father fell early in
the war, so she and Count Franz
Montgelas opened a fashion house
which flourished from it's beginning.
Set Tongues Wagging.
AS the first German aristocrat to
follow in the footsteps of the Eng
lish nobility. her fashion establish
ment caused many tongues to wag in
the vicinity of the Kaiser. who had
contemptuously called England "a
nation of shopkeepers."
The countess not only continued
proudly to earn her own living, but
when she was married arranged for
the wedding reception after the
church service to take place in her
shop. Princes and princesses. counts
and countcsses, and many diplomats
then stood amid the clothes cup
boards and showcases while they ate
the buffet luncheon that was served.