Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-06
BISMARCK GIVEN THE LIE.
THE LONDON TIMES CORRES-
PONDENT THE ACCUSER.

PONDENT THE ACCUSER.
Withholding Dispatch During the
Colonial Alliance Negotiations ana
Subsequent False Assertions that it
had Been Sent Laid at the ChanceI-
Ior's Door-rhe Effects which Followed
LONDON, March 5.-Dr. Blowitz, the
London Times correspondent, writes
strong letter attacking Prince Bismarck.
IHr lndIrection in his dealings with the
British Foreign Office concerning the
South Pacific Islands. In the blue book
on this subject, issued by the British
Government on Feb. %, there is given a
conversation which occurred early in
February between Prince Bismarck and
Sir Edward Malet, the British Ambassa-
Tor at Berlin. During this conversation
he German Chancellor read dispatch
which he said he had sent To
Count Munster, the German Ambassador
10 London, on the 9th of the preceding
May, and which purported to convey to
England Prince Bismarck's idea of how
Great Britain could assist Germany in
ner colonization schemes and his promise
TO reciprOcate by helping English inter-
ests nearer home. The dispatch as read
urged England to tall in with the sug-
Sestions made, because in the event Of
refusal Germany would he compelled to
ask France TO perform the offices declined
by England.
THE SONS MISSION.
The Chancellor told Sir Edward Malet
that, as Count Munster seemed to make
no progress, it was feared in Berlin that
ne had not stated the points of the dis
patch with sufficient strength and preeis-
ION. so Count Herbert Bismarck was
sent to London to assure the success oF.
the desired negotiations. Count Herbert
obtained from the British Foreign Office
nothing but general assurances OF friend-
ship. These were Valueless. Prince Bis
marck said that when Sir Edward Malet
expressed regret at the situation, he as
sured Prince Bismarck that England had
no desire 10 thwart Germany's colonial
ambitions, and asked him what he wanted,
New Guinea OrZululand. The Chancellor
replied that II was now too late to discuss
the matter with England, because Ger
many had arranged an understanding
With France that precluded any further
explanations with England.
BISMARCK CHARGED WITH FALsEHooD.
DR.. Bl0witz accuses Prince Bismarck
of direct falsehOOd i'm these statements.
refers TO the fact thal Prince Bismarck
read the original spatch to Sir Edward
MaIet Ill Berlin IrOOt that he really
never sent it to London. Prince Bis
marck, DR.. BlOWitz iN5, proceeded as if
this dispatch had been sent TO London to
form the basis of an alliance between
England and Germany concerning colo
NAL anneXatOns as if its rejection by
England had been formally and deliber-
atelY made, as if this rejection were an
Endorsement by England of a German
French alliance, and gave Germany GER
tain liberty iii the South Pacific, and then
when asked for explanations about his
encrOachmentS on British possessions
produced as his warrant the original dis
patch.
PIECE OF TRICKERY.
This production, DIR. BlOwitz AYERS,
was made nine months after the date of
TIE dispatch, and just when it suited
Prince Bismarck's purpose. The intro
ductiOn of this system, SAYS DR.. BlOwitz,
must create panic in the political
world. With such suppressed dispatches
a strong power can do as it likes, and
turn might into right at any time, so
abOlishing all international law. To prove
his assertion that the dispatch read to Sir
Edward Malet was never sent to London.
DIR. BlOwitz points to the fact that Lord
Granville, the British Foreign Minister,
on Feb. 7, Immediately after Sir Edward
Malet had communicated to him Prince
Bsmarck's interview, wrote to Sir
Edward: "Ihe dispatch i'll question was
never communicated to me-
MISCARRIAGE IMPOSSIBLE.
DR.. Blowitz contends that it was impos-
sible Tor the dispatch to have miscarried
or been forgotten, because Count Munster
would have resigned if he knew that Lord
Granville had seen the dispatch before
making such a statement. while, if Count
Munster had really received the dispatch
and failed to transmit it to the British
Nf s,nse ID.
have recalled Count Munster for neglect
of duty. The fact that Count Herbert
Bismarck, whom the German Chancellor
alleges was sent to London to second
Count Munster in his efforts to secure a
colonial alliance WITH England, failed to
discover that the very dispatch which con-
tanned the terms of his mission had never
reached Lord Granville, DR.. Blowitz
pronOunces very strange.
DIR. BLOwITZ's CONCLUSION.
lie declares that the truth is that Prince
Bismarck did not believe that England
would give Germany the assistance he
desired to secure. He knew better how
to succeed with France behind the mis-
sion OF his son. Prince Bismarck intend
ed to have the missing dispatch appear at
the proper time to put England IN the
wrong. He proposed to "amuser le
tapis' in order to confront England with
accomplished facts.
In the House of Commons to-day Lord
Fitzmaurice, Under Secretary for the
Foreign Office, said that Sir Edward
Malet, the British Ambassador at Berlin.
had exchanged with Germany assurances
of neutrality in regard to the Samoan and
Tonga Islands.
The territory annexed by Germany on
the east coast of Africa is twice the su-
perfcial area of Prussia.
COUNT BIsMARCK's START.
BERLIN, March 5.-Count Herbert Bis
march had an audience with Emperor
William before leaving for London. He
departed in strict secresy. The majority
of the newspapers here believe that his
mission is one of policy.
Premature Discharge of a Cannon.
TOMPKINsVILLE, STATEN ISLAND, N.
y. March "a cannon was prematureIv