The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-13

01AI ADDfOv04 oI my COA1686s ~ - Oss
o |. ereat neutral power he easried the
ssricte:s neutrality bsswcen the two oeiis-
Tbs Hon. Hamilton Fish. Who wa. pres
ident Grants SECRETARY of state durtn9 the
eight year. OF the latter's pres.nency.
write. as follow. ON same s sor t:sr
many and it's people In undoubtedly true,
but I am very sure that his admiration for
Fra, s., end nsS peop'1 .s wa: n nsv 'e er h snsd
from him anything that indicated q pref
erence for one over the other:
tries my interviews and conversation with
him ON the subject were neces:arily fre,
auent; He in;isssd upon the s,ricss.s and
the part Of the United States toward both
b~ellisersnts: He deeply refrct'sd the out,
hrcas OF the n, rn #. ~n, 1r,d NE shn m,s n ave
been prccipitated by France. II he had
any ccide partially for either of the
was at the time. as you may remember.
charged by some of the German residents
of this country with an undue leaning to-
to purchase arms freely in the United
"if the suppression prevails in France
that General Grant either hated France ar
loved Germany" writes the Hon.J.C. Ban
croft Davis, wbo was assistant secretary
of state tie, during the war OF $50 al am
Grant was essentially an American. and
so far as concerned his ~sympathies or af-
ntctlOuSs tuesy were gwen w1ttlOut stlIlt I'd
his own land. and nowhere else. AS pres
idcnt he was strictly neutral during the
war of 1s7Ul11. II he erred at all during
OF surplus government arms To agents OF
the French government and their shipment
to France. Germany, however, did not
OF this, as II was not in reality "a
violation OF "a neutral's duties. and in its
worst aspect could only he construed as "a
WILLINGNESS to aid France in it's Distress"
French and books often
charge General Grant will having sent
his congratulations to the Prussian SOW
se' frsn sht in Sastl .ne S SGn ahs o "s,sstea
of each victory" said the Figaro OH one
OCCASION. .he sent King William his
Marked reads a passage i'm vapcrcau.
''that after every German victory the
prs.idsn, sen. King William his warmss.
naiist, NJ. Auguste vacquerie. the ntimat
friend of Victor Hugo and one of his lit
erary executors, was asked What message
the AIMEE Terrible" he made this
reply: '.The verses you speak of were not
written II IA 1ns Sss. TT TO ,h the s. message 20 81 ,I Feb
tation sent to the king of Prussia by Gem
eral Grant after the disaster Of Sedan"
III President Grant had penned letters or
of such tenor he would richly
deserve all the censure he had received
i'm France. But il is a curious instance of
kilograms OF this kind ever existed. These
conRratulatory communications
are always uppermost i'm the French mind
mentioned. and. i'm fact, they have en-
venomed the controversy. They are.
however. only Pigments of a too patriotic
s.it is utterly absnrtIty." writes ex-Secrs-
tary Fish. "in fact il borders ON idiocy. to
he General Grant, sent a conVratuiatory
letter to King William He would have
been kept busy had he undertaken to
write such letters. Until ono such letter
is produced I shall hold my firm convic-
ton that nothing Of the sort was ever
written: A. any rate ! never heard of any
letter OF the kind. and do not believe that
any such letter was ever written or even
was ever contemplated.
"The only letters that General Grant
ever signed addressed tn the king of
Prussia or to the emperor Of Germany, SO
far MS my knowledge or belief extends
what are called the '~iynas,ic' letters ad.
by the sovercigns OF Europe 10
other sovercigns or heads of government,
etc. in royal families, or accessions TO
ment a copy OF the letter Of the emperor
emper"r. /, - begins: wv iIiam by the
grace OF Cod, emperor OF Germany king
ident of the United States of North Amer
lea. Great and good friend II states
the rulers and free cities Of Germany
having unanimously requested him to as.
sumo, the title OF emperor at the close of
the war, he had considered it his duty to
the fatherland to accept this title for him
self and his successors on the throne of
etc. The letter is dated January
~. 1871. is signed William and COUNTER
v Bismarck"
Referring to President Grants reply,
Secretary Fish continues:
"Like all letters of the sort,
IL was signed 10y General Grant. II diff
fercd in no essential respect of style. cx-
ar otherwise, from the hundreds
OF letters Of the sort that the ceremonies
and dynastic relations of the courts of
Europe have found necessary, or ut least
established. They are ever courto-
ous in expression. and SO far as the
l nitcd States are concerned our part of
the correspondence il responsive and
usually Expresses either congratulation or
according as is the announcement
the event, and We seek to- do SO pleas
antly and in "a manner acceptable to the
party addressed. Such, and such only,
was the terrible letter of encra Grant to
the Emperor William. The kilograms
and the letters congratulatory On victory
were not-they never existed"
Mr.. Chapman Coleman. first secretary
OF the American legation at Berlin. writes
on this same subject as follows: at seems
incredible tn me that General Grant
should have sent the kilograms imputed
to him to Berlin. Nothing whatever re-
spccting the subject can he found on our
files. IL any such kilograms were sent,
the fact must have been known to the
Hon. George Bancroft, then minister at
this post. His denial that such had been
As.sn ar xgxRn his 1A-A ha t..l