Re-arranging the Foreign Diplomatic Corps
A detailed report on a wholesale reshuffling of German ambassadors across Europe following General von Werder's retirement, illustrating the intricate diplomatic machinery of Bismarck-era Germany.
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San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · Page 1
1 min readBerlin, March 22.
Berlin, March 22.—The retirement of Gen. von Werder from the post of German ambassador at St. Petersburg, will put in force a re-arrangement of the German diplomatic corps in Europe, which has been pending for a long time. It is reported that in pursuance of this arrangement Count von Eulenberg, German ambassador at Vienna, will become secretary of state for foreign affairs; Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, present foreign minister, will be appointed ambassador to Russia, and Count Herbert Bismarck will be appointed Ambassador at Vienna.
Other appointments mentioned are those of Count von Rantzau, son-in-law of Prince Bismarck, as Prussian minister at Hamburg, to succeed Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter, and that of the latter as German minister to the Hague, to succeed Count von Rantzau.
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