Show Germans Scrambling Scram I ITo To Position Of Envoy to U U. S. S By MAXIMILIAN HARDEN Central Europe's Foremost Publicist Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association Oct Who S.-Who S. S Who will be the next German ambassador BERLIN to Washington The chances of three of the men who would like to succeed the late lale Baron von on Maltzan are surrounded with thick fog Herr Solf sometime governor of Samoa state secretary and Germanys Germany's representative In the armistice preliminaries now is rather old for the job He was born in 1862 He is 13 however a n man of sound common sense and ws was a candi candi- candidate candidate candidate date for the American post before and after aHer Ambassador Weld Weld- feldt Count von Bernstorff Is Js no younger and despite his much advertised leanings toward democracy and pacifism his name would recall too frequently the conflicts preceding Americas America's entry Into the war The same Is the case with Herr von Haniel Bernstorff's first Washington's secretary who in 1913 1919 represented Germany at Versailles later laler was state secretary and last year was Prussian ambassador to Munich We still have such luxury articles in our stores Von Haniel has never concealed his desire to work again In America for the good of both bolh countries THOSE UNDER CONSIDERATION Imperial Germanys Germany's diplomatists now under consideration include Furst who however howe now belongs to Czechoslovakia with a large largo part of o his property properly and whoso whose nomination probably would be opposed by President llinden- llinden burg and Herr hemr von Kuhlman uhlman whose political reputation was prejudiced by the tho sighted shortsighted and cruel Brest Brest peace and the tho Bucharest treaties At the request of the commander In commander in chiet von on Kuhlman was turned out of ot the thc state stale secretary's office because he declared de de- declared declared though he was not the first to do so that the war could end by military means alone Furst whom and wanted wan led to Imprison on account of his damning memoirs of ot the prewar war Berlin policy published against his will wm is an nn cx staff ex-staff staff officer Immediately after Baron von Maltzan's 1 death three men were mentioned for lor the ambassadorship who are not educated for diplomatic service and ami all of ot whom are arc said to be work- work workIng working Ing log quietly for eventual election to the tue presidency Dr Schacht formerly Dresden bank archivist and afterwards national na nat t lonal bank director who director who was eclipsed by b Y t the tho he wonderfully con con- constructive constructive constructive talent of his colleagues Jacob will wm will scarcely desire to abandon his prestige and almost regal power as president In order as to carry out the tho Instructions of Foreign Minister l Intimate friend Goldschmidt The Time government centrum would welcome the Catholic Wil- Wil Withelm Wilhelm Wilhelm helm Cuno who passes for a confidant of American Industries He lie was privy councillor in far the imperial treasury re reo reserved reserved served a subsidy for the thc Hamburg American American lino was Idle during the war became director of tho the line after Ballins Ballin's death and in III 1922 served as seventh chancellor ot of o the Ger Ger- German German German man republic In this office Herr Cuno gave the French occa occa- occasion aloes sion for f r occupying the Ruhr and wasted about fifteen billion gold cold marks on useless passive resistance causing great inflation tion and ruin in tho the middle class After a short but disastrous rule Herr Cuno returned l' l to tor r the Hamburg American Hamburg American line He lie never had the opportunity to toi show his powers as us a big business mar man i but b band he is the smartest and most cultured nationalist we have haye and he certainly will endeavor to have his mistakes forgotten Dr Hans Luther also became known in tho the Ruhr as tho much esteemed mayor of Essen He lie then became finance min minister ister later and later chancellor Ho He brought order Into the retch reich finances and did more than anyone else for stabilization lie He broke broko the stubborn opposition of the extreme nationalists took upon himself tho the execution of the Dawes plan and dared to go to Locarno The Tho positive progressive activities of the tile new German politics are linked with his name If It I Dr Luther is willing to relinquish his largo large Income as a member of the tho managing mana committees of the tho railroads and tho time Krupp works this intelligent industrious In favorite favorito of German GermaniS S i hi business will not disappoint Germanys Germany's hopes |