Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II PRINCE LICHNOWSKY Twenty years ago Prince Lichnowsky was Secretary to the German Legation in Bucharest. I knew him in those days as an intelligent young man, gay, witty and a real grand seigneur. Though a German diplomat he was Polish by origin and had all the adaptability, vivacity and brilliance of his race. We got on admirably. I did not see him again until early in January, 1913, when I went to London to try and come to an understanding with Monsieur Danef over Bulgar-Roumanian difficulties. Prince Lichnowsky had come back into the Diplomatic Service after a very long absence. He had only done so at the reiterated request of the Kaiser, who believed him to be the only man capable of succeeding Baron Marschall in London, Baron Marschall at that time having the reputation of being the ablest diplomat in the German service. I may as well sayhere that in spite of his ability Marschall had not been much of a success in England. He had lived too long in Constantinople to make a good Ambassador at St. James's. Prince Lichnowsky took his task seriously. He spared himself no trouble to win people's confidence, and in a short time had accomplished marvels in this direction. He was extremely frank, and his clear picturesque way of talking impressed people. It was he who, in speaking to me of the two little bits of Bulgar territory that jutted out into our Dobrudja, which Danef was at the time offering me as a complete satisfaction for our claims, contemptuously described them as "the two dugs of the bitch." I will not now describe my interviews with Lichnowsky in 1913. I must admit, however, he was more than friendly and kind, and did me real services. He went so far even without waiting for the sanction of his Government as to make a proposal favorable to us at t...