The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-22
GERMANY IS SETTLING
Alliance PhantomS Haunt the
Dreams of the Teuton,
HIS COURSE NOT PLAIN
Could Join Neither Side.to His
Clear Advantage.

Copyrighted, 1858, by Associated Press)
Berlin, May 21-Iublic attention in this
Country has been temporarily diverted
from the war between Spain and the
United States to the significant speech re-
Gently made at Birmingham by oJseph
Chamberlain, the British secretary of
L,ate for the colonies. The bulk of opin-
ion since the text of the speech has been
available, corresponds TO the utterances
of Prince Bismarck on the subject, tele-
graphed TO the Associated Press on We'd
nesday last, when the former chancellor
was quoted as saying:
''The Importance thereof depends upon
whether Mr.. Chamberlain's private opin-
Ons are those of the British government"
Serious diplomats say they do not be-
neye that an Anglo-American alliance is
feasible. except, possibly, for purely pa
cIfic and defensive purposes. They ut
terly repudiate the idea of Germany join
ing such an alliance.
The government is cautious in express
ing an opinion on the subject. but is in
clined to be favorable toward Mr.. Cham
berlain's declarations. The Schleiszeig
Zeitung, one Of the leading semi official
papers, says:
1T is a mistake to undervalue a man
who SO intimately knows and expresses
the ideas and wishes of his countrymen.
Far from being an expression of Great
Britain's weakness and embarrassments,
the speech must be regarded as the expo
sition OF political leader who is so sure
Of the strength of his country that ne
does not hesitate to point out weak
places"
The Liberal press favors a frendlier I'M
Outstanding between the two countries,
but even the most favorable of the papers
do not go to the length of advocating an
alliance with Great Britain, still less with
the United tSates.
A notable example Of anglophobia is fur
nished by an article in the Taglische
Rundschau, vehernently supporting the
scheme of the Russian Prince Uchtomski
for an auti-Bruish European combination
for dealing with an Anglo-American al
lance. This paper says:
The British lion would rather roar than
fight. 1t sounds well and costs nothing
the question Of her very existence. oCnse-
quently the nation of shopkeepers sud
denly raises the cry of a kingdom for an
alliance, and behold an ally appears in
the shape of Brother Jonathan. America,
with it's mismash of waste pieces of ma
tionalfty, millions of emigrant murderers,
English tongue, and black. red and yellow
skins, suddenly becomes an Anglo-Saxon
race"
The Taglische Rundschau then proceeds
10 argue that ''money-bag selfshness con-
situtes the basis of the coming alliance
between the Cockney and the Yankee and
in order to counterfeit this, Germany must
joint Russia, thereby also helping to in |
crease Frances anger against England"
Relative to the war between Spain and |
the United States, much impatience is
manifested in this country over the alleg- |
ed dilatomness of the belligerents. Those |
persons doubling Americas ability to put /
a military force in the field strong enough |
TO overcome the Spanish, or to quickly |
end the war are again in the ascendant.
A high German military authority, in /
speaking Of this matter said TO the cor |
respondent of the Associated Press:
1T viii ere long be seen, probably to |
the establishment of the Americans, that |
a war of invasion. even against a power
classed in the third rank, cannot be made |
with militia"
The superiority Of the American navy is /
also again questioned. and the failure OF /
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS ships to Aooahe
and meet the fleet of Admiral Cervera Is
regarded in German naval circles as a
sign of weakness
Many newspapers comment on the al
legged lack of discipline of the Americans,
and publish stories in connection there
with.
Count Radowitz. the German ambaSsa-
dor at Madrid, sent a report this week 10
the German foreign Office on the political
situation in Spain. He expresses the opirf-
ion that an outbreak of the people Is
merely a question of time, and that fur
Their Spanish reverses must launch revo-
luton