Arizona republican., 1898-05-30
The Occupation of the Philippines Likely
 to Stir Intervention.
Germany looked Upon for the First Move In That DireCtiOn-The Se- Crets of the Powers Become
 Open Through Club Life.

Washington, May 23.-(Special) J. The deliberate intention of the Span ish government to prolong the strug- gle until the European powers will be compelled to intervene to force peace, is becoming every day more ap- parent in diplomatic circles in Wash ington. Spain expects that the occu- patton of the Philippines by the United States, and the establishment of a
 United States custom house at Manila
 will throw the fat into the fire.
 On this point the embassies and le- gations here, with the sole exception of the British embassy, are surlily si- lent, or unreservedly hostile. At the different clubs, like the Metropolitan
 club, for instance, of which all the at taches of foreign embassies or lega- tions are, ex-ofncio, honorary members,
 the inference is derived by all the hab- itues from the conversation of their invited foreign guests, that neither Germany nor France will submit to a 1 permanent occupation of the Philip 1 pine islands Prince Bismarck's re-
 cent growl is echoed by those who are thought to reflect German diplomatic sentiment, with many added circum-
 stances of prospective offence to Ger
 many and German commercial inter-
 ests in the east if the United States
 should dare to exercise the right of
 conquest by asuming even temporary
 domination over the port of Manila,
 and the subsidiary ports of those is lands.
 Numberless instances of the out ,e4 IL.
 They are understood and appreciated by our state department. Our new
 assistant secretary of state, MT. John $. Moore, is club man who mixes in social and diplomatic lire-an impor-
 tant essential which has been hither-
 to lacking in our home diplomacy. It
 las been the fashion in congress to de- ride and belittle the diplomatic ser
 of great value in unoficially getting
 at the aims and purposes of other powers.
 1 Not the slightest doubt is enter tained that Germany will endeavor to persuade the great powers of Europe to unite in a protest against our occu- patton of the Philippines. No one is
 more thoroughly convinced of this fact
 than the United States goyernor-eiect,
 General Wesley Merritt. He did not | fail, while in Washington, to avail | himself Of the sources of information which Washington club life placed at his disposal to sound the feeling of | foreign diplomats on this point. Of
 course he did not ask the German an- bassador or any of his attaches what
 Germany intended to do. nor did he enquire of the very communicative chancellor of the French embassy, MT
 Jules BOefve. what France was going
 to do, but the Frenchmen were quite willing to talk about Germany, and the Germans about France, and the Aus trians about both, and the Italians about every one, and so it was easy to l ascertain the general feeling. This simply confirmed General Merritt in his previously expressed opinion that a large and well disciplined force would be required for service in the Philip
 pines, which, as already made known will be accorded him.
 In view of what is regarded as an in evitable European complication grow ing out of Dewey's astounding and per- picking victory, much satisfaction is expressed at unofficial assurances that Ambassador PauncefOte of Great Brit ain will be retained at his present post for another year. This feeling of grat- ificatiOn arises not only from personal appreciation of Sir Julian's service and approved friendliness, but other con- alterations enter into the matter. In the event of an attempted concert of European powers to exert some diplo- matic influence as a body on the United States, it would relieve this government of much embarrassment if ttere were at the head of the diplo-- matic corps in Washington some am- bassador of known friendly sentiments towards the United States.
 Such sentiments Sir Julian Faunce- fote has more than once proved he en- tertains. He is the present dean of the diplomatic corps, by virtue of his rank as the first ambassador accred- ited to the United States. When the European powers attempted to bring influence on this government to avert the war with Spain. they met, per- force, in the British embassy and Pauncefote, as presiding officer of the conference, toned down the resolutions until they merely presented mild re- quest that humanitarian principles would prevail, to which President Nc Kinley, being furnished in advance with a copy of the protest, was able to reply that he shared those senti- ments and hoped the European powers would give the United States their SUD- port in the humanitarian policy it was pursuing.
 No matter who might be chosen to succeed Pauncefote, should he be re- tired at present, his successor, though he might be one Of the most distin- guished statesmen of Great Britain,