The Portland daily press., 1896-05-11
GERMADY INDIGNANT.
lIr. Cllamberlain'S Remarks on the
TransVaal Trouble.
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PRESS AND PUBLIC.



Offence-Comments of Various News
papers.
Berlin, May 10-The temper which the
dominant party in England displayed
in the British House of Commons Friday
excited intense indignation throughout
Germany.
The debate in the English Parliament
on the Transyaal situation was awaited
here with probably as keen interest as
was popularity manifested in England.
The tone of the advices received from
London created feeling of expectation
that Mr. Chamberlain the British secre-
tary Of state for the colonial department.
would fully admit TIE guilt OF Cecil
Rhodes and announce the decision of
the government to treat him and his ao-
completes as criminals
German official circles and the press
and public were, therefore, astounded up
on reading the speech delivered by Mr..
Chamberlain telegraphed here from Lon
don wherein the colonial secretary mini
mized the outrage upon international
law which has been committedsby Rhodes,
and suggested that the English govern
ment had found reasons justifying their
defending Rhodes, Sir Hercules Robin
son the governor of Cape Colony, and
others who were direct or indirect ac-
complies in the attack upon tins Trans
vaal. The attitude of the German gov
ernment toward England is now coldly
neutral, which implies that Germany
will not exert Immediately any direct in
fuence in South Africa but popular sym
pathy Is with the Beers and the general
contempt for English methods has be-
come SO strong that the government may
be constrained to adopt some form CT
German interference in South Africa
b efore long.
| While the semi-ofi cial press maintain
a certain degree of reserve the indepen-
dent organs unanimously condemn Ing
| land.
Neuste Nachriohten contends that Mr..
Chamberlain is blind to the Afrikander
element and incapable of forming just
conception OF the dangers menaoing the
English regime. or of knowing how to
avert them. The English policy OF du-
plicity and delayof justice in dealing with
the conspirators, the paper says, will
not retard and possibly may hasten the
triumph Of tho Dutch il the whole OF
South Africa.
The National Zeitung in an article pub
lishsd Friday contended that unless Mr.
Chamberlain announced prompt and
vigorous action on the part OF the British
government against Rhodes and the
aiders and abetters, England would lose
prestige in the eyes of the world and
Cham berlain would show himself in tho
light of an acoomplice. The National
Zeitung remarks that Mr.. Cham berlain's
speech has revived the reports here that
Mr.. Chamberlain has IA guilty knowledge
of Rhodes designs which he does not
dare to disclose.
Vossiache Zeitung ridicules Mr.. Cham
berlain'ss professions of confidence in Sir
Herculess Robinson and sooffs at tha
latter's pretended Ignorance of Janleson's Is
intended raid. The paper praises the
Transvaal government for its forest gh t
in demanding explanations from England
of the gathering of the British troops
at Mafeking and declares that full
explanations must be made, Most of the
German newspapers quote withsapproving
comments from communication from
Johannesburg issued by the Berlin
ALI -Deutsohe Verbund the pith o. which
is that the Germans in the Tran svaal are
very bitter against England and are
| iuining the Beers. A volunteer corps
of companies has been formed, composed
mostly 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 rs well as the
| Transvaal government are desirous OF
seeing beginning of a war to decide the
question OF supremacy in South Afri-
4 ca.