von Borch When the German Government at the beginning of this year made the decision to appoint a Minister to Peking, it was only logical that they should call upon Dr. Herbert von Borch to fill that important post, for, beyond a few short periods spent at Home his Excellency has spent It was in 1901 that Dr, von Borch entered the diplomatic service and was sent to Peking, being attached to the legation staff. Later he was transferred to South China, at Canton, and afterwards at Swatow, where he was made a Consul.
At the outset of the Great War hel went Home and served in the Foreign Office in Berlin. In 1920, when the German Government decided to send a Mission to China to take up the question of the renewal of relation. ships, Dr. von Borch was chosen as the head and was successful in the of what is called the first Sino-German Treaty of 1921.
Returning to Berlin to the Foreign Office once more, in 1925 Dr. von Borch was appointed consul at} Tokyo, attached to the Embassy. It was from that position that Dr. von Borch was transferred to Peking as Minister, Dr. von Boreh is married, has two children, and is a fluent speaker of the Chinese language. During his long period of stay in China he has made a deep study of the vernacular and is renowned as a scholar.
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