Dr. Oskar P. Trautmann, German Ambassador io China, is leaving for home and the high regard for him in Chinese official and private circles has been illustrated by the complimentary references published in recent days for Dr. Trautmann, during the last year of office in China, has passed through a period demanding the highest diplomatic qualifications, which he exercised with great credit. Born at Sradow, near Stremberg, in 1877, Dr. Trautmann entered the German Foreign Office in 1904 and his diplomatic experience embraced a career extending from the second peace conference at The Hague in 1907, through the war and the difficult period following it, during which he added press abilities to his other accomplishments, until he was appointed Consul-General at Kobe and afterwards Counsellor of the Embassy in Tokyo. From 1924, he wae in charge of the Far Eastern Department o: the German Foreign Office and in 1928 was appointed Ministerial Director in succession to Dr. Von Dirksen, who was appointed Ambassador to Moscow. After the resignation of Dr. von Borch, German Minister in Peiping, Dr. Trautmann was named his successor and proceeded to the old capital in 1931. When Germany and China elevated their Legations to Embassy status in 1935, Dr. Trautmann was appointed the first German Ambassador to China "The Ambassador has had no easy task—a remark Which may be applied to other diplomat" since the realignment of international policies and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hosti ties. Problems never before conceived involved the Far East and its relations with the western nations, and the spectacle of two great Oriental nations engaged in what many people believe may prove a life-and-dearn struggle accentuated the difficulty of the post he occupied. Dr. Trautmann, early in the hostilities, took upon himself the responsibility of the first mediation move to end the strife but conditions for such a gesture were not propititious nor was the temper of the two combatants encouraging and the movement failed. Perhaps new efforts initiated towards this object may succeed, but Dr. Trautmann Will leave this country with the full recognition that his efforts were not unappreciated.
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