The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-04-04
ULYSSES s. GRAN Z
The German -GOvernanent Z II our Sale
OF AREAS.

A representative organ Of the German
government. published at Berlin, show:
| an intelligent appreciation of the value te
be attached to the Schurz Investigation oi
the circumstances under which the sale oil
our refuse arms was effected. The Nord-
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says:
The last mail from the United States
has brought US an account. of the acrlmo-
nious debate that has taken place in the
American Senate at Washington on the
.rnoton Of Senator Sumner, a distinguish
ed member of that body, demanding an
investigation of the sales of muskets and
cartridges by the government of the Uni
ted States to certain persons who after
wards turned out to be agents of the
French government during the war be-
tween Germany and France.
Some OF last evening papers have
commented upon this account In a man
Ger that would seem to call for an cxpla-
nation on the part of the Imperial govern
men.. We believe we are we'll informed
when we say that our government takes
no interest, or, at the most, only mega
tive one in the question which Mr.. Sum-
ner has brought before the American
senate.
When the fact of these sales, during
the war, was brought to the notice CT our
department of foreign affairs, n thorough
investigation of the subject took place,
and our government arrived at the con-
clusinn that it would not be justified in
com planning of the course pursed by the
authorities Of the United States IN refer
encc to this affair. Irregularities. such
as were alluded to during the recent de-
bate in the American senate, have un-
doubtedly occurred but they were GER
tainly not important enough to be regard
ed as violations of the international cour-
tes,, much less of fragrant breaches OF
neutrality No complaints were addres-
sed, in consequence, by our government
TO the cabinet Of Washington at the time
when the transactions In question took
place, and none will be made now. es
pecialIy Us the government OF President
Grant has uniformly conducted itself to-
ward this country in mannerso friendly
and upright that the relations of the two
governments have been, and are now, o1
the most cordial nature.
There are two other points which should
not be overlooked in forming an opinion
upon the question brought up by Senator
Sumner. That gentleman, during the
war, took sides with France, and delivers
ed elaborate addresses, full OF very hostile
| sentiments, towards this government
His present course we have no reason tc
believe to be dictated by triendlIer feel
ings towars Germany.
Mr.. Sumner Is, moreover, decide
enemy of the present administration Of
the United States On account OF his
n,tricndilness toward President Grant he
had 10 be deprived of the influential pc
sition of chairman of the senate commit
tee on foreign affairs, and his presen'
, movement is again intended to prejudlct
| the American people against the Presl
dent. The Presidential election take.
place next fall in the UnieG States, ant
| everything is brought forward to prevent
! the cnutinuance of President Grant IL
| his preSeDt position
| No enc circumstance could more fully
demonstrate the personal animus of this
attack than this testimony in regard tt
he views of the German government.