The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22
GERMANY IS CAUTIOUS.
Government Expresses No Opin'
ion on Chamberlain's Speech.
ALLIANCE NOT FEASIBLE
A European Alliance to Counteroalancs
the Understanding Between England
and Amer.ca-0ermsuy Criti-
cises Our Navy and Army.
Copyright 1885 by Associated Press.


this country has been temporarily d.
the United States to the significant
speech recently mad at Birmingham by
Joseph Chamberlain, the British secre-
tary Of state for the colonies. The bulk
of opinion since the text Of the speech
has been available corresponds to the
utterance Of Prince Bismarck, which
was telegraphed to the associated press
ON wednesday last. when the former
chancellor was quoted as saying: The
importance thereof depends upon wheth-
er Mr.. Chamberlain's private opinions
are those of the British government"
Diplomats say they do not believe that
an Anglo-American alliance is feasible.
except, possibly, for purely pacific and
defensive purposes. They utterly re-
pudiate the idea OF Germany joining
such an alliance
The government Is cautious in ex-
pressing an opinion on the subject, but
is inclined to be favorable towards Mr..
Chamberlain's citations. The Schleizig
Zeitung. n of the leading semi-official
papers, says: 1T Is a mistake to I'M
dervalue an Englishman who SO init
mately knows and expresses the e
and wishes Of his countrymen. Far
from being an expression of Great Brit
aims weakness and embarrassments,
this perhaps must be regarded as the
exposition of a political leader who is sc
sure of the strength OF his country that
he does not hesitate to point out weak
places"
The liberal press favors a friendlier
understanding between the two coun-
tries, but even the most favorable of
the papers do not go to the length of
advocating an alliance with Great Brit
ain, still less with the United States. A
notable example of Anglophobia is fur
nished by an article in the Tagliche
Rundeschau. vehemently supporting the
scheme of the Russian. Prince Uchtom-
ask for an anti-British European COM
mission for dealing with an Anglo
American alliance. This paper says:
The British lion would rather roar
than fight. 1t sounds well and costs
nothing. But England fnds herself
confronted with the question of her
very existence. Consequently the ma
ton Of sheep killers suddenly raises the
cry of a kingdom for an alliance and
behold, an ally appears in the shape
of Brother Jonathan America, with its
millions of waste pieces of nationality,
millions of immigrant murderers, Eng
lish tongue and black, red and yellow
skins suddenly becomes an An~glo-Saxon
race"
The Tagliche Rundeschau then pro-
ceeds to argue that money bag selfish
ness constitutes the basis Of the COM
ing alliance between the Cockney and
the Yankee, and in order to counteract
this Germany must Join Russia. thereby
also helping to Increase anger
against England"
Relative TO the war between Spain
and the United States, much impatience
is manifested in this country over the
alleged dilatoriness of the belligerents.
Those persons doubling Americas abil-
ity 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 mill
tary authority. in speaking of this mat
ter, said to the correspondent of the as
ISOLATED press: TT will 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 mill
tia"
The superiority of the American navy
is also again questioned and the fall
ure of Rear Admiral SIMPSONS ships
to locate and meet the fleet Of Admire
Cervera is regarded in German a v
sircles as a sign of weakness. Many
newspapers comment on the alleged
lack of discipline in the American fleet
and publish stories in connection there
with.
count Won Radewits, the German m
bassador at Madrid. sent a report this
week to the foreign office on the poiti-
cal situation In Spain. He expressed
the opinion that an outbreak OF the
people is merely a matter of time.
and further Spanish reverses must
launch a ~evolu
Although there is yet no real famine
in Germany, bread and grain are still
rising. especially in South Germany,
where the price of bread is so per cent
above the rate that prevailed in Janu-
~ Last ThA Dhor2l9 and socialists
claim that this condition OF AFFAIRS Is
the result of al agrarianism n blame
the government for not reducing the
import duty OF grain. Some papers
but the socialist press condemns this
and declares that maize 10 unRealthfui
and unft for human beings. They ex-
press the hope that all German workers
will refuse to buy maize bread.
The speech OF Emperor William at
the closing Of h Prussian diet on
Wednesday last. In which he praised
the Prussian state railroad system, has
been sharply criticised on all sides.
Even the semi-oficial papers say the
speech mas met with contradiction ana
amazement everywhere.
The foreign office incumbents say they
have received no information in regard
to the repeated stories OF troubles IN
Samoa and they do not credit them.
The Prussian government has issued a
new decree. urging the provincial au-
| thorities to pay the strictest
| to the inspection of American pork and
other meats and citing the alleged fire.
ouent occurrence OF trichinosis. 1t Is
pointed out that 81 cases OF trichinosis
occurred in q single uburo OF Berlin
and that 127 cases have been discovered
| within six months in the district OF
Stettin.
The Hamburg-American line steamer
Auguste Victoria will have as passen-
gers on her next trip to New York Herr
| Lieber, the German centrist leader IN
the reichstag. and DIR. Koch. the presi-
lent of the Reichs bank
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
! has conferred the grand cross OF the
| order OF ST. Stephen on the Crown
Prince Frederick William OF Germany
as a mark of favor in connection with
the prince receiving the OF