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Show THE NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR AND THE GERMAN LEGATION LE-GATION AT WASHINGTON. t i.rftWT.t.k1TiihfcAr. vn-.Tr 4 Washington. Dec. 23. Preparations are being mado in tho German legation lega-tion to receive tho new ambassador Count Johanna Heinrleh Von Bern-st'.rff, Bern-st'.rff, an.l his wife and daughter The German emperor could not have selected se-lected a more pleasing representative as his ambassador to America Count Von Bernstorff is recognized as one of the landing diplomats of the world and comes to America from the Gorman Gor-man legation in Egypt. He succeeds tho late Baron Speck Von Sternberg One point which makes O.unt Von Bernstorff specially popular la AnW-lea AnW-lea Is that his wife. Countes, n Bernstorff, la an American. She is tho daughter of Edward Luckemeyer ot New ork. J Wl The German legation has always been one of the social centers of d(Z lomatlc aPhingfon and their eiaW ate quarter,, beautifully furaiSed form one of the show places In ' capital city. P acos ,Q ou- ; mado . ,,,.ch. oSuSA fS Turkey bo otruatmti t" the (o elgn office In Berlin, after which ho , advanced from one grade to another. : serving in Belgrade. Dresden. St Pe-; Pe-; tersburg and Munich. He was conn-! conn-! cllor of the embassy and first secro-j secro-j tary In London in 1902. While in England the count carao I fSfttf Jal,y under the notice of Emperor William a a result of his work In ameliorating the existing ill feollng against Germany. He drew up a series or lucid and comprehensive dispatches on the situation. After four years' service ser-vice in London ho was sent to Cairo, in tho German diplomatic service tjls Post ig regarded as a stepping stono toward advancement. 1 The count married Miss Jcnnlo ILuckemeyer in 1887. His wife was born December 13. 18r,7. and the couple have two children. The Luckemovcr ianilly left New York several years ago , and settled In France, whore the couni- ! ess father died this year. One interesting feature of tho I count's first call on President Roosevelt Roose-velt will be the delivering of a personal per-sonal message from Emperor William tothe President of the United States. |