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Show I WAH LEADER DF I GERMANY DIES Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg. Chancellor and Supporter of Kaiser. Called ! riKRI.IN. Jan. I, Dr. Theobold VOfl H , P.ethm.inn Hoilwes;. former firman ' H rh.inrllor. died last night after 0 K brief Illness nn hi-s estate at Hohen- B finltow, near Berlin 1 Dr. on Bothmann Hollwejr hj ap parently In Mod health until '.Vcl -nesday. He spent Christmas with r 1 1 family hut contracted a cold which developed into acute pneumonia. Hla condition grow worse, and he became tincohaelous. He never regained con-clouMie. con-clouMie. dying late Saturduy nlaht. His wife died In 1914 and he lost his eldest son In the war. He Is Mirvlvcil by a daughter, Countesn JCach. wife of the ec re ta ry of the Prussian legation at Munich, and a son, Felix, n student at Berlin. 1 I U It I ( m.mi I. ill f, ! On the l ist of hit visits to Berlin in mld-Nmmbcr. Dr. von ltethmann EfollWOg was seen walking in I'ntcr u-n Linden, hut the oner stalwart figure was Ino longer upright, few pedestrians recognized In the stooped figure and careworn face the former chancellor. Von Bethniann Hollweg recently concluded the revision of the final proofs ,of the second volume of his war diary. fr. vnn Keihmann Hollweg will be iurled Wednesday at ffohenftnhowi Under the most prominent n tfvltlee 'r Dr. o:i BfetttmanH Hollweg was hW I loetimony last ve:ir as a Witness be- I for national assembly committees ln-estlicatlni: ln-estlicatlni: responsihilitles for the war. 11 n testimony brought out he hud op-tosed op-tosed submarine warfare nnd had (s--ucd warning n..i 1 imil-r est I ma e America's strentt h -i i: IP Ol PAP1 R I One of the most f.tmous utterances ! 'luring the war was that concerning "a scrap of paper" as regarded the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium. This trenty WSJJ ho characterised charac-terised in von Bethrnann Hollweg during dur-ing an Interview with Sir Edward io.ihen, British ambassador to Gor-many. Gor-many. The chancellor exprfefceed his inability lo understand Greal Britain's iititudo with regard to Germany's nt-L nt-L tack on Belgium. "I found tite chancellor vri much agitated," said Sir I'dwar.l afterwards I, ' ills exoellencj at once began s ' harangue which lasted about twenty minutes. He said the stcn tak n by his majesty's government was terrible to a. degree. Just for a word 'neutrality' 'neu-trality' a word Which In war-lime bad so often been disregarded Just for a scrap of paper' -Great Britain was going to make war on n kindred nation which desired nothing more lun in he friends with her.-Sir her.-Sir RdWard replied that he under-i under-i I the chancellor's Inability to com-urehend com-urehend ihe British action, hut that tjrrnt Britain, attached Impori.mci to ! Xlie "acrap of paper" because h bore her signature, as well as that of Qer-;nany. Qer-;nany. . iii i i us i in t n i :iti "Our troops have occupied Luxe Hi-fl Hi-fl iiourg nud perhaps, have also found it H mBceasary to enter Belgium territory," I be Raid On August 4. lf14. "Thit til contrary to International law. W, I know, however, France waa ready to invode Belgium. Krancc could wait; we QpUld not. as Krance could Irivadi nui l ' i Bhlne flank which would prove fatal. So we were forced to disregard the protests of the Luxembourg mil Uclglnn governments. We shall Iry 10 make good the Injustice an soon as our military goal has been reached. ' oi an l l ROM OFFICE, j t)r. von Bethmann Hollweg Was chancellor of Oermanj from July 4. 1!09. to July 14. 191". He was BUt-' BUt-' ceeded by Ur. George Mlchaells. an ' appointee of the former kaiser It was j ald von Bethmann Hollweg waa forc ed out of office through effort Ol the militarists, headed by HlndenbUTg and i.udendorff. largely because of bid rnp paper"' Statement and his rj I mission that Herman Invasion of Bel-l Bel-l glum was unjust. The former ch m a i-eilor on several occasions la . B statements blaming the militarists U r E. ihi vnr, while previously ho had de- Hj lort-d ICngland was responsible Df, von Bethmann-Hollweg received f I'lomlnent attention In June, 1M9. jl when he asked the allied and MsaoolAi- ed powers to place him on trial lu- f. stead of the former kaiser The su- pre me council ignored hla rciucst. Plt)(. IMI ! R MsT. i Ills national activities before 1314 n Were marked by his opposition to H democrat Izntlon ol Herman) At llnie-i lie waa shnril outspoken in his 0e-fiance 0e-fiance of Socialism. Early in the war however, he became known as a mod-rrate. mod-rrate. In 1919 reports from Geneva , said he was credited as being at the bottom of a monarchist movement in .'favor of both the Hohcnzollcrns and llapsburgs. On several occasions dur- IS"Bsl ing hu tenure or office lr. von Beth-' inann Hollweg threw out peace feelers particularly in 191C. when ho invited the allies lo enter negotiations. All mtt his coverts were rejected, lie was lnrn In 1 8 f 6 . and was edu-' Hated at the Pforl.i gymuaslum and at t'.e universities of Strassburg, LelpsJc .md Berlin. Knterlng the Prussian ad-inlnlstrative ad-inlnlstrative ecrvlce tn 18SJ he rose to i .-ldeiit of the province of Branden-rg Branden-rg In 19. In 1908 he was appointed ap-pointed riusslan minister of the in-"ii in-"ii tior and two ears later became Im-perlal Im-perlal secretary of the Interior and i'c president of the Prussian mtnii try of state. He succeeded I'lliuf on Buelow when ho became imperial ( hanccllor In 1 909. |