Ernst von Treskow
Ernst Heinrich von Treskow (born May 30, 1844 in Radojewo near Posen , † May 4, 1915 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a German diplomat . Among other things, he was ambassador to Chile and Argentina .
Life
Ernst von Treskow came from the noble family Tresckow . His father was the landlord Heinrich von Treskow (1795–1861). The mother Antonie was born from Bünting (1811-1860). His siblings were Maximilian (1830–1909), Otto (1831–1901), Richard (1832–1914), Oskar (1833–1883), Franz (1835–1910, Prussian general), Eduard (1837–1898, Prussian general) , Friedrich (1839–1857), Heinrich (1840–1927, Prussian general), Arthur (1843–1913), Hermann (1847–1870), Anton (1849–1849), Georg (1850–1851) and Erich von Treskow ( 1852-1922). Ernst himself remained single.
Treskow studied law at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University and at the Ruprecht Karls University . In Breslau and Heidelberg he was a member of the Corps Borussia (1862) and Vandalia (1863).
As a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army , Treskow took part in the 1866 German War and in 1870/71 in the war against France . He then joined the Foreign Office in 1874 . From 1876 he worked at the Consulate General in London . From 1879 he was consul in Cairo. As such he had received Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia in 1883 on his trip to the Orient. During the uprising of Orabi Pascha in 1882, he brought German and Austrian citizens to safety via Ismailion and Port Said . Between 1888 and 1891 he was Consul General in Budapest , Constantinople and Cape Town .
Between 1891 and 1899 he was the German ambassador in Santiago de Chile . Even before he took office, his predecessor Felix von Gutschmid had expressly forbidden the German military advisors present in the country to intervene in the civil war between supporters of parliament, the Congresistas , and supporters of President José Manuel Balmaceda . However, the leading military advisor Emil Körner did not follow this instruction . Rather, he sat down with the rebels under Jorge Montt Álvarez and coordinated the operations of the congress troops as their chief of staff. Körner's intervention contributed significantly to the success of the Congresistas and helped them to take power. In view of the new situation, Gutschmid advised the superiors in the Foreign Office and Wilhelm II not to prosecute Körner for his disloyalty to the legitimate Chilean government. Von Treskow even recommended that Körner be awarded the Second Class Red Eagle Order . In 1894 he went to the German Reich to receive awards (but received only the Order of the Crown instead of the Order of the Eagle ) and in October 1895 traveled back to Chile with 31 other military advisors from the German Reich.
Later, the understanding between the ambassador and the military advisers was much more tense. In his reports to Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , von Treskow repeatedly complained about the high-handed behavior of the advisors in 1896 and 1897. He described them as “modern soldiers of fortune” and accused them of participating in internal Chilean conflicts and even selling Krupp and Mauser weapons on their own account .
From 1899 to 1900 Treskow was the German ambassador in Buenos Aires . At this time, aggressive Argentine propaganda started the Beagle conflict between the governments of Argentina and Chile . During Treskow's tenure, the Argentine-German military cooperation reached a climax with the opening of the Escuela Superior de Guerra in Buenos Aires on March 7, 1900 by President Julio Argentino Roca .
literature
- Johannes Hürter (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. 5. T – Z, supplements. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 5: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-71844-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 78 , 500; 68 , 338
- ^ William F. Sater, Holger H. Herwig: The grand illusion. The Prussianization of the Chilean army. 1999, p. 60 ( digitized version )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Felix von Gutschmid |
Ambassador of the German Empire in Santiago de Chile 1891–1899 |
Albrecht von Voigts-Rhetz |
| Friedrich von Mentzingen |
Ambassador of the German Reich in Buenos Aires 1899–1900 |
Hans von Wangenheim |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treskow, Ernst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Treskow, Ernst Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radoyevo near Poznan |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1915 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Wilmersdorf |