ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 114, 13 May 1912, Page 5

ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.

THE NEW AMBASSADOR. YON BIEBBRSTEIN SUGGESTED. BERLIN. May 11. The newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" states that there is a proposal to send Baron yon Bieberstein to London. The paper says that this proposal [proves the seriousness of Germany's efforts to roach lasting understanding •with Great Britain on th-< basis of equal rights. Baron Marschall yon Bii'brrstein is th? (Ambassador whose name is generally identified with German influence at Constantinople. He is credited with having made short work of pro-Enjrlish influences and firmly established himself with Abdul Hamid. When the revolution of 1908 supervened many people fancied it would hr the end of the baron's power. I but ho soon acquired as much influence iover the Young Turks as he had with the (deposed Sultan. He is credited with hayI ing the business, bias well. developed. Whenever Abdul Hamid wanted advice, :he went to the German Ambassador, so ' the story ran, and people in a position to j I know confirmed it. If it be true he is ! ! froinjr to London, the transference is one ; lof the first magnitude. Taken in con-1 I junction with Lord Haldane's visit in the \ ! interests of a detente, and Mr. Asquith'a pronouncement as to the Baghdad railway, it may possibly be the precursor of something tangible in the way of improved Anglo-German relation*.