The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-21

arrangement for the government of Samoa.
ana although the plan has not proved salts
factory there has been no recent friction
and at no time a condition which would
call for a naval demonstration. Germany
has taken no interest in the annexation of
Hawaii to the United States and her only
interests there are those of the 1400 Ger
man citizens who form a considerable part
of the wealthy sugar-planting community.
The reports alluded to above were tele-
graphed from Boston Sunday and printed
in several newspapers Monday morning, in
Guiding the Louisville Courer-Journal from
which the following is taken: "Europes i'm
petuous young war lord has set out to blow
Uncle Sam out of the Pacific ocean. ac-
cording to a cipher dispatch, that has set
the German-Americans in Boston into a
fever of excitement. The dispatch was re-
ceived by a GermanAmerican merchant,
whose name must be withheld for obvious
reasons. He is agent for several large cap
italists in American enterprises. He takes
the order seriously, and he and all his
friends are highly perturbed in consequence.
This is a most surprising and alarming turn
in European affairs" he said tonight.
Germany has actually taken the first step
toward war with the United States. Her
mysterious fleet under command OF Prince
Henry. is even now on its way to threaten
American territory, instead of being bound
TO the new Chinese possessions, as the
world has been given to understand. l am
instructed to close out at once all of the
heavy holdings of the German capitalists
represent. In their cable they state spec1-
fically that those in the inner imperial
circles are confident in their secret belief
that Henry goes against the United States.
The supremacy of the Pacific went on
the informant lis the first object of this
scheme of the rash German Emperor. With
the largest fleet which Germany has ever
sent into those waters William essays to
Hawaii and Samoa steps
in his bold plan for his new dominion. But
it is not the acquisition of these two islands
themselves that primarily moves William
in this project. With fleet far superior
to that of the United States in these waters,
and a flag ship which outclasses any Amer
ican ship in the Pacific, the young Kaiser
imagineS that he holds the fate of America
in the palm of his hand, and that the great
commercial interests of this country will
be at his mercy.
1T is believed by my clients that one of
his efforts in the line of overt acts against
the United States will be an attack on the
route to the Yukon gold fields. IL is con-
fidently whispered in the inner diplomatic
circles of Germany, my cable says, tnat the
Kaiser has conceived the idea that it would
be the simplest thing in the world from
the view point of a naval maneuver, as
long as his ships are in the Pacific, for him
to suddenly seize the Yukon transportation
facilities, thus cutting the gold territory on
entirely from communication with the
States, and ultimately occupying the Alas-
kan territory himself filling his cofters 70
the brim with virgin gold.
Ever since the farewell speech of the
Emperor at Kiel, upon the departure OF
Prince Henry, the newspapers or the en-
tire world have been commenting and
guessing in vain for the hidden meaning
of all the vague and extravagant state
ments so entirely out of proportion to the
simple expedition upon which his brother
was ostensibly sent. But now in the
light of the startling revelations dlsclose1d
in my private cable the solution of Will
Hams speech is apparent. and the excuse
for his strange sayings is easily seen IN
his intense excitement over his tremendous
project and in his anxiety for the safety or
his brother
"The cablegram says that this disclosure
explains the Kaiser's mysterious alluslon
to Bismarcks's approval of his plan. 1t is
we'll known that the Iron Chancellor has al
ways been strongly opposed to the United
move. There is no question that Spain would
be only too glad to enter into an alliance
with Germany, should the latter nauon
deem it advisable or necessary to have aid.
ut is a most significant fact the adVlces
say, that this disclosure should come so
soon after the recent affair at Haiti. Diplo-
mats at Berlin say that the Haitian affair
was undertaken by William for the purpose
of testing the policy of the United States
congratulating himself at the result in
Haiti feeling that it shows the American
government would be very slow to take any
more daring positions in the case Oh HaWal
and Samoa"
1.-The ultimate object of Williams scheme,
provided he can escape actual war and be
is understood in Berlin. is the collection
of an immense indemnity which would be
spent on the navy, relieving the empire
from that expense and thus accomplishing
the Emperor's pet object without recourse
to the Reichstag, which is obstinately OPP
posing an appropriation sufficiently large
for this purpose.
IF coalition is made with Spain it is
understood that the Kaiser contemplates
combined operations between Spain and
Germany in the Atlantic with headquarters
in Cuba, threatening the large cities and
seaports on the coast from New Orleans
to Boston, including Washington Baltimore
and New York. William realizes that the
Americans are utterly unable to resist
naval bombardments at these ports because
of weak and practically useless fortiiica-
tiOn9.
1.-The advices say that it is understood
that the Kaiser counts upon the interven-
ton Of the European concert to prevent an
expensive prolongation of war. thus saving
him after his first overt attack from any
embarrassing position when the United
States should be able to meet him with SUI
perior forces, as they could of course do,
after gaining sufficient time"
There is no doubt that the German-Amer-
lean merchant and agent has received this
alarming cable dispatch But Boston has
not yet begun planning to plant the harbor
approaches with dynamite.