Evening star., 1939-10-22
Will Von Popen Win Turkey
Despite Pact or Be Dismissed?
Croftiest Diplomat Has
Played Major Role
In Nozi History
By LOUIS p. LOCHNER,

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Oct. 21-Can Franz Won
Papen, craftiest German diplomat
of an old and dying school, bring
Turkey back to neutrality despite
the British French Turkist pact?
This was the question uppermost
In political circles of Berlin as the
German Ambassador to Ankara re-
turned to report to Adolf Hitler on
the Anglo French Turkish pact
signed Thursday night.
Another question raised was:
Will Hitler hold Won Papen re-
sponsible for Foreign Commissar
Vyacheslaff Molotoff's failure to
draw Turkey definitely to Russia's
side and hence Germany's. and;
Will Hitler politely dismiss the
man who persuaded Paul Won Hin
denburg to turn the chancellorshlp
over to the then youthful Nazi
fuehrer in January, 1888?
Won Papen, once the Catholic
Centrist party politician, is, per-
haps, the last of a school OF Ger
man diplomats who with charming,
engaging manners managed to say
nothing to commit themselves.
Modern German diplomacy Is
blunter, more direct and less given
to "beating about the bush" For
eign Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trop is the outstanding example OF
this method of negotiating with
foraiov, patj0pS
Wealthy Friend of Hindenbtrg.
Won Papen's most powerful friend
undoubtedly was the late Won Hin
denburg. When he was compelled
to yield to the Notwithstanding
Nazis after having been chancellor
under Won Hindenburg in 1882, Ger
many's late soldier President handed
him as a farewell gift an auto
eraphed photograph of himself
upon which he wrote the first lines
of Germanys famous soldier song
palyed at funerals and on memorial
day:
Itch hiatt einen Kameraden."
(Once I had comrade0
Won Papen's brilliant career was
partly due to his excellent command
Of the German, French and English
languages and his polished manners.
with the Saar Valley as his home
and q wife who belonged to the
famous Boch- Galhau family OF In
dustrial barons having connections
with Belgium, Luxembourg and
France. he knew the French men
tality as few other Germans.
Won Papen and Blasts in U. S.
A long stay in the United States
gave this almost 60-year-old scion
Of a wealthy Westphalian landed
family an insight into the Anglo
Saxon mentality, even though there
Is q cloud over his Washington per-
Torrance as German military
attache.
Won Papen and Naval Attache
Capt. Richard Boy-Ed were identi-
ed in the American mind with doc
uments found by the British on the
person of James F. Archibald, an
American newspaper correspondent
during the World War.
Arrested in Falmouth, England. IN
1915, Archibald had in his possession
q collection of papers signed Pa
pen," one of which referred to those
idiotic Yankees"
At Secretary of State Robert Lam
sings request, Won Papen and Boy
Ed were recalled ION account of
what this Government considers
improper activities in military and
naval matters"
Suspicion had fallen on Germany's
naval and military representatives
during a series of fires and explo-
sions in American munitions plants
and aboard United States ships
before the United States entered the
World War.
Was Indicted in New York.
In April, 1915, after Won Papen
was recalled to Germany, he was
indicted by a Federal grand jury
In New York in connection with an
alleged conspiracy to blow up the
Welland Canal in Canada. The
charge was dropped q month later