The record-union., 1898-04-24
Condemns the United States for tho Course
Taken Toward Spain.
1mpute Selfish and Base Motives
to This Country and Praise the
Attitude of the Madrid Govern
ment - Everything Emanating
From Washington Discussed in
Hostile Temper, While Pro-
Spanish Statements Are APP
plauded.

BERLIN, April % copyrighted, 1898,
by the Associated Press).-With singu-
lar unanimity the German press of
every class is condemning the United
States for the course taken toward
Spain. All the German papers impute
to the United States selfish and base
motives, and praise the attitude of
Spain, in contrast with the undignified
course which the United States is pur-
suing"
The most rabid of all the German
papers in this regard is the '"Tage-
blatt," which usually had been friendly
toward American aspersions.
The deep interest taken by the Ger
man public in the matter is shown by
the fact that practically the entire
space of the newspapers is given up
to news relative to the Hispano-Amer-
lean struggle. Everything emanating
from Washington is discussed in hos
tile temper or sarcastically commented
upon, while pro-Spanish statements are
indorsed and applauded.
The semi official newspapers, if not
favorable to the United States are at
least more cautious. They steadily point
out why Germany ought to and will
maintain the strictest neutrality, laying
stress among the reasons they advance
for such a position upon the fact that
millions of Germans, born in the Unit
ed States, heartily side with their
adopted country in the present quar-
rel with Spain.
The organ of Prince Bismarck, the
Hamburger Nachrichten," insists that
Germany must follow the policy when
will be the most useful to her own
interests. 1T is wholly Indifferent TO
Germans" says the newspaper,
whether Cuba remains Spanish, col
ony or becomes an American lnde-
pendent Republic. But German -Ameri-
can interests must be watched, and at
tention must be paid to the feelings
of Germans in the United States"
The "Nachrichten," however, charac-
terizes the action of the United states
as IAN insolent piece of presumption
against the rest of the world; an un-
justiflable outrage, quite analogous to
the interference by Greece in Crete.
Concluding, the "Nachrichten' says:
But German theoretic opposition to
Monroeism can only be practically en-
forced when German interests are di-
rectly concerned, which is not now the
case" Therefore the "Nachrichten'
councils the strictest neutrality. say
ing: ut must be left to Spain indi-
vidually to resent American insolence."
Commercial men, particularly ship
pers and exporters, regard the war as
favorable to German interests
The Russian ambassador at Berlin,
Count Won Soten-Sacken, in an inter-
Associated Press, which presumably
voiced the opinion of his Government
said
'It must be recognized that the Ma
drid Cabinet throughout has main
tanned a perfectly correct peaceable
and dignified attitude, while the Gov
ernment of the United States has been
behaving in a manner which cannot
be approved by believers in either JUS
tice or peace This is the common I'M
preston in Russia, even in official cir
cles.
after the recent behavior of the
United States, the conclusion is ineV-
liable that might is going before right
in the Cuban question. SO far as L
know. Russia, like Germany, will pre-
serve strict neutrality"
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.
LONDON. April 23.--The interest
taken by the public at large in the war
between the United States and Spain
could hardly be expected if Great Brl-
tain herself were engaged in it. On the
delivery carts of some of the news
papers are displayed the Stars and
Stripes and the Union Jack side by side.
The "St. James Gazette" continuing
in the same ti-American strain as for
several days past, says: THE blockade
will clearly not be effective. 1t is of the
kind which the United States promised
it would not endeavor to enforce, ana
which no one is bound to respect"
Both the "St James Gazette" and
"Daily News" continue to print letters,
the general tendency of which is TO
show that the British public does not
svmpathize with the United States.
The Saturday Review is teeming
with insults to the United States, when
if saws is socially sordid to the last
degree. its courts and civil institutions
are corrupt, and it has shown the world
the depth. of public depravity into which
a civilization is capable of descending"
AS to the reason why the English rul-
ing classes really 'sympathize with
Spain." the Saturday Review says:
".It is a question of manners. We are
all disgusted with those raw, blatant
Americans. who scour Europe in search
of their self-respect, and cannot con-
duct a mere legal case with decency.
CUBAN BLOCKADE.