Ottoman Diplomats

Synopsis

Etienne Carathéodory Effendi explains the impression that was left in Brussels by the publication of false documents by the German embassy, which almost caused an armed conflict between Germany and Russia. The effect this had in Brussels could be explained by the fact that the Countess of Flanders, Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was held responsible. The content of the publications was so banal, however, that Carathéodory suspected something else to be at the basis of the discord between Germany and Russia. Carathéodory wonders how the documents had come to the Tsar’s attention. There was no doubt anymore about the spuriousness of the documents. The Countess of Flanders denied having corresponded with Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Considering the inside information provided by the documents, Carathéodory suspects a well informed person to be the fraud, who had access to this kind of information through his position. Carathéodory reports on the speculations given by the unofficial Berliner newspapers, that accused and attacked Prince Ouroussoff.

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