The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-19
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Associated Press Special Wire
81 FRIEDRICHsRUHE. May 49, q
Il Copyright, 1882 The cool and rainy q
81 weather has increased Prince Bis x
r marcks neuralgia and aggravated the q
a swelling Of his legs. and he has been u
n unable to leave his bed for several u
n days. DR.. Schwenlnger is again here q
81 ana II disquieted about his patient. u
q The prince, therefore, Is unable to re- u
q ceive visitors, but correspondent of q
q the Associated Press, from members u
81 Of the family. has been able to obtain u
81 the views Of the former chancellor on q
IA the war and suggested Anglo Saxon q
b alliance, as expressed by the prince q
q during his most recent talk at the q
q table In substance they are as fol- q
~ lows: q
81 Prince Bismarck condemns the war q
q outright He says it is due to sys- u
= tematic American provocation, which q
81 finally became unbearable. He added: a
''The whole course of the Washing II
- ton administration has been insin- Il
3 cere. n
a my Views Of war are we'll under n
81 stood have always held that 1t is 81
q only defensible after all other reme- q
q dies have failed. The result of the q
q war cannot be wholesome either to u
q America or Europe. The United e
q States will be forced to adopt an in q
q termeddling policy, leading to una II
81 voidable frictions. She thus abandons y
q her traditional peace policy, and in A
81 order to maintain her position she Il
e must become military and a naval u
n power-an expensive luxury which II
q her geographical position rendered g
@ unnecessary. II
q Americas change of front means III
n retrogression in the high sense of NJ
g civilization. This Is the main regreta- III
q BILE fact about the war;" u
81 Regarding the speech of Friday last u
e by Joseph Chamberlain at Birming- u
q ham, Prince Bismarck said: Il
d 1.-The Importance thereof depends q
3 upon whether Mr.. Chamberlain's pri- u
b vate opinions are those of the British II
Il government. Closer Anglo-American II
X relations are doubtless feasible, but u
81 an alliance is improbable and unser- Il
q viceable to both. u
q Besides, 1t is a mistake to call the II
q Americans Saxons. Theirs is a mixed u
n blood-British, Irish, German, French u
b and Scandinavian. The Anglo-Saxon U
y does not even predominant today. n
81 This dwelling on so-called race inter- u
q ests is nonsense in politics. Look at 4
q the Russo-French agreement and the II
ID dreibund. Politics are not dictated by u
q such far-fetched sentimentalities. Ii
q 'Germany's duty plainly is to main "
n tain her interests, carefully nursing q
MI tho trpod IN Of bo &s
8 pean nations" x
French Relations
NEW YORK, May 1S.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
While the relations between the United
States and Great Britain are being closely
knit together, those with France are not
80 cordial as the authorities would like.
1t developed today that there has been
practical suspension of the reciprocity
negotiations between the Washington and
Paris governments, due to the action of
the French authorities in increasing the
tariff duty on several American products
imported largely into France. This in
crease is particularly felt by meat ship
pers, and indignant protests have been
made to the State Department, which
caused the department to submit formal
protest on the subject to France.
In the meantime the reciprocity treaty
negotiations are languishing. and it is
doubtful that they will be resumed until
France has made a satisfactory explana-
ton of her action, or at least has reduced
the tariff to the point where it was before
the existing law went into effect.
France increased her tariff after the
Dingley law went into effect" said an
official with whom talked. 1.-The object
was to take off the increase in exchange
for concessions to be given by this govern
ment in accordance with the provisions
of the Dingley law. To say the least this
was rather sharp trick.
'This government was informed at the
time that the French Executive recon-
mended its Legislature to enact law pro-
viding for the imposition of increased du-
ties on American products, and the mat
ter at the time was brought to the atten-
ton of the Paris authorities, but the law
was placed on the French statute books
and Is now being enforced"
1t Is the firm belief of the administra.
ton officials that the French attitude on
the tariff and other questions, between the
two governments, is directed by Frances
sympathy for Spain, and there is no qucs-
ton that the French government is giving
her moral support. If the Spanish fleet
should succeed in raising any part OF the
American blockade of Cuba; the officials
have no doubt that France would be one of
the first nations to raise innumeraSle
questions growing out of the alleged in
effectiveness of the blockade.