The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-24
AMBASSADOR WHITE DENIES RE-
PORTS OF INTERFERENCE
THE BERLIN PRESS SARCASTIC
The Question of the Tariff Of More I'm
portance Than the Wharf.-The En-
peror Keeps Well Posted
Associated Press Special Wire

BERLIN, July 29.--(Copyrighted, 1893 by
the Associated Press. 80 far as the
United States embassy here is concerned,
nothing IS known of any negotiations or
communications whatever between the
United States and German governments,
relative to any Spanish colonies" said An
drew ID. White, United States ambassador.
in an interview with the correspondent
here of the Associated Press.
"Besides," continued Mr.. White, there
has been no question at any time between
this embassy and the German foreign Of
flee relative to the German desire for q
coaling station in the Philippines, nor for
possession of any of the islands there
Neither has there been any discussion of
Germany's wish to secure any other Span
ish colonies. To express such wishes,
which we are unaware of, would be at the
present moment, above all, premature.
There have been important negotiations
begun between the United States and Ger
many, but it is too early to talk about that
now'
The Emperor Informed
From another source the correspondent
of the Associated Press hears that the ne
gotiations to which Mr.. White refers re-
late to the tariff bill. He has been unable
to obtain an official confirmation OF this
yet at the German foreign office.
Emperor William is kept continually IN
formed of all events connected with the
war between the United States and Spain
and of the developments at Washington
Madrid and Berlin. Regular reports are
sent to him to points on the Norwegian
coast, where he makes stops while on the
tour of Norway. A large batch of dis
patches containing the latest news OF the
war was sent this week by special courier
to Digormulon.
The Tone Of the Press
Baron Won Buelow the minister for for
eign affairs, is absent on summer leave,
but he is expected back in fortnight.
The tone of the German press this week
is less friendly to the United States than
the week before and the latest develop
ments in the war have been in many cases
commented upon in a rather sarcastic
spirit. The liberal press, though, has
adopted. generally speaking, a fair and
more neutral tone.
The Vossische Zeitung printed an edi-
torial in which it intimated it wished the
United States speedy success and referred
to the ''unbroken friendship existing for
SO many years between the two coun-
tries
Other liberal papers of Importance, like
the Magdeburg Zeitung and the Weser lei
tung. express themselves in the same vein.
Referring to the failure of the late sugar
conference and to the agreement between
France and the United States regarding
tariff reductions, the Kreuz Zeitung says:
"Should America refuse to grant those
tariff reductions to Germany and the other
European states, as well in spite OF the
most favored nation treaties, there Will
be serious complications. To refuse this
to Germany would be all the more unfair,
since America was made to share when
we concluded our commercial treaties of
1892 in the large reductions that were then
In force without being asked to grant us
any equivalent.
A Row With the Regent
II is a well-known fact in diplomatic
circles in Berlin that the relations between
the regent officer of Lippe-Detmold and
the emperor of Germany have been ex-
trennely strained since the emperor's
brother-in-law Prince Adolph of Schaum-
berr-T .ippe, was ousted from the office,
owine to the final decision rendered against
him by the court of arbitration, presided
over by the king of SaXony, and alleged
instances of the emperors i'll will towards
the now regent of Lippe-Detmold have
been current here for some time past.
The condition of the mad king Otto of
Bavaria has grown worse during the last
few days, and a special committee of
physicians has been sent to examine into
the sufferers condition and report upon 1t
to the prince regent, Luitpold.
The German foreign office has decided to
make an inquiry into the case of the cor
respondent of the Frankfurt Anzeiger,
who it is reported here, has been expelled
from Santiago de Cuba by the American