The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-17
GERMANS ARE SO NICE.
Ambassador White Makes Profuse
Apologies for Them.

Berlin, Aug. 16.-Mr.AndreW d. White
the United States ambassador before
starting today for Hamburg, where he
will take the waters, made the following
statement to the correspondent of the
Associated Press:
so far as I can see, the state of
things between Germany and the Uni
ted States remains satisfactory
Throughout the war the German gov
ernment has treated US fairly and so
far as seeing any cause for complaint
on our part, it seems to me that the
fairness of the German government s
attitude requires recognition.
with regard to their sending forces
to the Philippines, that matter has al
ready been fully cleared up. There was
nothing whatever in it to show i'll will
toward the United States nor was there
any purpose to interfere with our op-
eratiOnS.
with regard to the Germans reach
ing after colonies or centers of inf1u-
ence in the far east, have never hesi-
tated to avoW myself as heartily IN ia
Vor OF such undertakings. L regard eV-
cry establishment of such spheres of
influence by great civilizing powers, if
they feel they can administer them
without injury to their people, as ben
eft to the world at large.
Every part of the barbaric world
brought into touch with civilization by
an enlightened power like Germany is a
clear gain not only to Germany, but to
the United States and to all other civ
ilized powers.
Il rejoice in the return of peace, and
believe that the conduct of the war
with such amazing vigor and effect.
considering Americas unpreparedness
and the deeds of hers that marked it,
will do much to bring back the old Ger
man feelings of respect for the United
States.
"a large proportion of the Germans
had come to regard the scum thrown to
the surface during the ebullition of
American activities as the entire con-
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too seriously statements regarding
American life made by sensational cor
respondents and had come to believe
that American patriotism was dead,
that the men controlling our public af-
fairs were Wretchedly incompetent, that
a contemplate dollar worship had de-
stroyed all noble aspirations, that the
capacity to conserve noble deeds had
vanished and that all these qualities
had yielded to the passion for money
grabbing. But the Germans are
thoughtful and honest, and when they
ponder, the war now happily closed,
they will find that the qualities display
ed in the American civil war are today
as active as ever. Already the newspa-
pers in Germany are beginning to real
ize this.
'The full and free acceptance by the
United States at the commencement of
the war of the regulations established
by the Paris conference of 1856, and the
fact that the American government
went even farther by imposing upon it
self additional humanitarian rules, de-
spite the declaration of Spain that she
intended to resort to the old practices
of warfare against American commerce
and American interests generally can
not fail to gain for US the favor of all
publicists worthy of the name.
LAS to the public at large, if it pom
ders the subject, it can hardly fail to be
struck with the desire of the United
States to be fair and just to Spain, even
to be kindly and to avoid everything
that can injure her pride and sensibili-
ty. OF course there will be always cur
rent questions, some quite difficult
! growing out of the commercial, manu-
featuring and agricultural rivalry OF
the United States and Germany but ]
think the pace will leave US in a better
/ frame of mind for dealing with them IN
! q manner satisfactory to both,