Note 25 — Chapter III · GERMANS BECOME INTERESTED IN THE NEAR EAST

For information regarding the appointment of Baron Marschall to Constantinople the author is indebted to Dr. Arthur von Gwinner, who believes that the Baron was being sentenced to political exile when he was detailed to the Sublime Porte, but that his opponents overlooked the possibilities of the embassy at the Ottoman capital. Wile, op. cit., Chapter XVIII, gives a short biographical account of Baron Marschall.