AN ARCH-INTRIGUER DEAD
GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE PORTE. By I'elSErapl—Preßß Association—OopyrisSt Constantinople, October 25.Baroh von Wangenheim, German Ambassador at Sofia-, died after a short illness. He was a ; personal friend of the Kaiser, whom he accompanied on his Corfu trips. He was Minister at Athens for several years, where the presence of tho Kaiser's sister (King Constantine's consort) gave him a tremendous advantage. Baron von Wangenlieim went to Turkey in 1912 to carry out the task of frightening Turkey into the Austro-German Alliance. ' He lived in sumptuous btyle, surrounded by a retinue of Turkish experts, and his pockets were stuffed with German gold. ' ■ Baron von Wangenheim this year was transferred to Sofia and secured the Bulgarian Alliance.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2603, 27 October 1915, Page 5
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117AN ARCH-INTRIGUER DEAD Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2603, 27 October 1915, Page 5
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