The San Francisco call., 1896-05-11
His Friendship fer Cecil Rhodes
and Followers Causes In.
tense Indignation.
BITTER ATTACKS BY THE PRESS
Ultimate Supremacy of the Dutch in
the Whole of South Africa
Is Predicted.

bEhLIN, GERMANY, May lU.-Ihe tenn
per which the dominant party in England
is displaying in the British House of Com
mons has excited intense indignation
throughout Germany. The debate in the
English Parliament on the Transvaal stu
alton was awaited here with probably as
keen interest as was popularity mani
tested in England, and the tone of the
advices received here from London created
a feeling of expectation that MIR. Chamber
lain, the British Secretary of State for the
Colonies, would freely and fully admit the
guilt of Cecil Rhodes and announce the
decision of the Government to treat him
and his accomplices as criminals. This
having been the general opinion, German
official circles and the press and the public
were astounded upon reading the speech
delivered by Mr.. Chamberlain, which was
telegraphed here from London, wherein
the Colo nial Secretary minimized the out
rage upon international law which had
been committed by Rhodes, and suggested
that the English Government had found
reasons iustifying their defending Rhodes,
Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the
Cape Colony, and the others who were
direct or indirect accomplices in the at
TACK maze upon the Iransvaal.
The attitude of the German Government
toward England is now coldly neutral and
implies that G ermany will not exert i'm
mediately any direct influence in South
Africa, but the popular sympathy with the
Beers and the general contempt for English
methods have become so strong that the
Government may be constrained to adopt
some form of German interference in South
Africa before long. While the semi-official
press maintains certain degree OF reserve.
the Independent organs unanimously con-
denim England.
The Neuste Nachrichten contends that
Mr.. Chamberlain is blind to the strength
OF the Afrikander element, and incapable
of forming just conception of the dangers
which are menacing the English regime or
of knowing how to avert them. The Eng
lish policy of duphcity and the delay of
justice in dealing with the conspirators.
the paper says, will not retard and pos
sibly may hasten the triumph of the Dutch
in the whole of South Africa.
The National Zeitung, in an article pub
lished on Friday, contended that unless
Mr.. Chamberlain announced prompt and
vigorous action on the part of the British
Government against Rhodes and his aid
ers and abettors, England would lose pres
tige in the eyes of the world and Mr..
Chamberlain would show himself in the
light of an accomplice.
The National Zeitung's remarks, COM
bined with the tenor of Mr.. Cham berlain's
speech. have revived reports here that Mr..
Chamberlain has guilty knowledge of
Rhodes designs, which he does not dare
to disclose.
The Vossische Zeitung ridicules Mr..
Chamberlain's professions of confidence
in Sir Hercules Robinson, and SCOTS at the
latter's pretended ignorance of Jameson's
intended raid. The paper goes on to
praise the Transvaal Government, for its
foresight in demanding explanations from
England of the gathering of British troops
at Mafeking, and declares that full ex-
plantations must be made.
Most of the German newspapers quote
with approving comments from commu-
nication from johannesburg, which has
been issued by the Berlin Altdeutsche
Verbund, the pith of which is the state
ment that the Germans in the Transvaal
are very bitter against the English and
are joining the Beers. A voluntary corps
of companies has been formed, composed
solely of Germans. who wear the German
national colors on their breasts fashioned
in black, white and red rosettes. These
Germans. the communication says, share
the feeling of the whole people of the
Transvaal, who, as well as the Transvaal
Government, are desirous Of seeing the be-
ginning of war to decide the question of
supremacy in South Africa.
A French Minister has come from Paris
to consult with the Foreign Office as to
selection of successor to M. Herbette, the
French ambassador to Germany, who has
now been definitely recalled. The candi-
dates for the post include NJ. BiIlot, now
ambassador to Italy; Count Lefebre de
Behaine, French ambassador to the Vati-
can, and M. Poubelle, Project OF the Seine.
M. Billot would be persona grata here,
but no matter who might be selected any
change from M. Herbette would please the
Emperor, who detests the brusque French
man as cordially as that diplomat hates
the Kaiser, and would also be welcomed
by the officials of the Foreign Office,
whose enforced contact with M. Herbette
has been anything but pleasant.
The observance of Mayjay by the work
ingmen has resulted in number oi
troubles between the employees and the
employers. Fifteen Woodworking estab-
Ishments in Berlin have locked out their
men for not working on May l, and the
men have since declared a general
strike of metal-workers unless they are
granted nine-hour working day and an
increase of 25 per cent in their wages.
Three thousand instrument-makers have
gone out on strike and 5000 other workers
at that trade have remained at work to
support the strikers. The Hamburg cigar
importing firms have discharged all of
their employees who did not work on May
day, and labor disputes of this character
are general throughout the country.
The Berlin Post has obtained possession
of and published the text of a telegram
from the Emperor in regard to the
Christian socialists, of which DR.. Stoecker,
formerly court chaplain, is the leader.
The telegram, which is dated at the
Schloss on February %, deals with the
rupture between DR.. Stoecker and the Con-
servative party, and says:
tfStOecEer has n M h ed aa forafoId vca rs