Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-10 | Page 3 | Master of [Illegible] Intrigue [Illegible] Slated

I. I EVENING JULY 1 lo io 0 41 MA MASTER Tf OF f I INTRIGUE f I J Germ German Plotter p o Loot Loo Successor sor of ot Kuehl mann ij By Ed d L. L KEEN United Press a Staff Corres Correspond LONDON July 10 lO j Foreign Minister Kuehlmann if It I ly confirmed is Interpreted as German victory W I This view Is strengthened hi report that Admiral Von Ri succeed Kuehlmann as he not noto o oni close to the kaiser but Is a friend supporter of f Admiral Von Tir Admiral Schroeder r leader of ot the th gian annexationists However it Is is' considered he here a pan-German pan foreign minister i iso It so dangerous ous to the allies as on one or Kuehlmann type who masked many's plan of conquest under Continued on page 2 7 I MASTER OF HUN 1 Continued from page 2 tricky peace offensives giving giving allied pacifists debating material London newspapers devote considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable space to discussion of Von Hintze's history He is generally characterized as the most notorious master of Intrigue in the German diplomatic diplomatic dip dip- service Von Hintze's activities in China Chin first brought him international notoriety I His behavior there was so scandalous that he was recalled and sent to Mex Mex- ico leo He was German minister in the lat latter l lt- lt t- t ter country during Huertas Huerta's regime He lie was Implicated in the plot to furnish Huerta with German arms during I the ithe United States embargo When the war broke out Von Hintze returned to Germany disguised as as an Englishman traveling through the United States Engla England d and Holland He Ho was sent to China as minister again In 1915 traveling through the United States Stales once more After China broke off diplomatic re relations relations relations re- re lations with Germany Von Hintze was sent to where he was In- In in last summers summer's plot In NorI Norway Nor Nor- I w way y to smuggle bombs to America for forthe the thc purpose of ot blowing up allied merchantmen