The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-03
Henry Mueller Says It's the Opin-
ion of Europe.
SYMPATHY IS FOR SPAIN
Austria and France Showed the Great
est Hostility to tho United States.
Celebrations Over tbs Rumors
of Spanish Victories.

trip. gives an interesting account of h
different views taken of the war be-
tween the United States and Spain by
the people of the countries he Travelled
through. In France and Austria, he
says, the feeling against the United
States is most pronounced and is akin
to being hostile, while in Germany and
the other countries visited the feeling
is more one of criticism Of the position
of America than one OF actual preju-
dice against this country, though
everywhere 1t is felt that America is
In the wrong. Mr.. Mueller had no op-
p~ortunity to feel the pulses OF the var
ious governments, as government off,
cials whom he met were very guarded.
and no definite expression could be
drawn from them. but from what he
was able to gather Mr.. Mueller is of the
opinion the position of the governments
Is pretty well reflected in the undis-
guised feelings of their people. In con-
versation yesterday on the subject Mr..
Mueller said:
II left here before war was declared
n was in Carlsbad. province of Be-
hernia. Austria. when the first rumors
of war were heard. The talk of a on
hict between the two nations, OF course,
created quite an excitement, and SYM
patty was very strongly on the side OF
Spain. At that time the president and
his party were making eff
forts to maintain peace, and the feel
ing was all with the president, who
was strongly commended for his atti-
tude, while our congressman who ad-
vocated war were ridiculed as jingoists
and condemned accordingly as the pres
ident n his supporters were praised.
when war was eventually declared
the feeling became intense, and being
the only American In the hotel at which
I was staying I had my hands full to
defend America. The proprietor of the
hotel always had my table decorated
with an American flag, as a matter OF
courtesy, after war was declared, and
this. of course, got me into a great
many arguments. Everyone i met ridi-
culed the idea of America going to war
with Spain and refused TO accept my
justification for 1t. 1t was a case Of a
great, strong nation going to war with
another in the last stages OF decay and
nothing could justify II. This was, OF
course. very unreasonable, but they did
not want to be convinced there was any
merit In our side of the controversy. and
you know the old saying. Convince a
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highly natural Austria should sympa-
thize with the queen regent, as h is a
member Of their royal family, and their
sympathy was much like many of us
might have for a blood relation who
might be involved in difficulties, no mat
ter what were the merits of the case.
From Carlsbad / went to Vienna,
where the same intense feeling pre-
vailed. and from there / went to Hun
gary. where less interest was manifest
ed. / went back to Vienna and, in the
meantime, the battle of Manila had been
fought. IT had increased the feeling and
the people pronounced II little short of a
crime and ridiculed our victory as abb
surd, but il was not nearly as absurd
to them as their Of looking at IL
was to me. They agreed hat the re-
suit Of the battle, 700 or 800 killed on
one side and non pm the other. proved
conclusively that IL was a very uneven
fight, the fight Of a giant against a pig
my, and hence could not be called a vic
tory, while, II Dewey had lost a ship or
two and a some men killed, IT would
have indicated the fight was somewhere
near even and II would then have been a
great victory.
From Vienna I went to Munich, Ger
many. Here the feeling was not near
ly so marked, but there was still a de-
cided sympathy for Spain among the
people. In Bavaria the people had very
little to say. In Switzerland. the feel
was not intense, but the same SYM
pathy for Spain existed. 1t was in
France that / heard the greatest an
tagonism to America. There the peo-
pie, up to the time the government or
switched. were the next thing to
toward this country, and the
posting of a bulletin announcing an
setback would be the signal
for a celebration. One incident will
serve to show the feeling there. One
day l saw a bulletin posted in the win
of the New York Herald office.
stating that Cervera had come out of
Santiago harbor. engaged Simpsons
fleet, defeating IL and killing Sampson.
The crowd in front of the bulletin was
and the people literally
went wild with Joy at the thought we
had met a defeat. The bulletin did not
my feelings In the least. j
IL must be a canard. n ii so
proved when the papers came out h
morning. The feeling changed
perceptibly, however, after the govern
.ent newspapers made their about
face on the war question. Up to that
all papers. big and small, were
very rabid and that. of course, inten-
sifed the feeling of the people.
when the government organs
switched lesser publications gradually
around and after a time the
feeling did not appear TO be so in
tense.
In none OF the countries 1 visited
could the feeling be said to be actually
a~ntagonistic to this country outside of
France and Austria, but IL was rather
one of sympathy for Spain and criticism
OF our position. 1t was something like
this: They would speak in the friend
lest terms OF us, but would criticise US
for they termed a great, strong
power, with limitless from
which our army and navy and the
money to support them, could be drawn.
to conquer the world (which
would frankly ADMIT. forcing wal
on a weak nation without any Just rea-
son Tor doing so. They refused TO
any stock in the humanity plea,
but insisted IL was our object TO an
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