The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-12
GERMANY ACTS CAUTIOUSLY
scRUPULoUsLY AVOIDS Ex-
PRESSING WAR OPINIONS

German Papers as a Rule Unfriendly
in Their Utterances With Refer
ence to the War With Spain
Some Openly Charge the Ameri-
cans With COwardice for Not At
lacking the Spaniards.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 11.-Thare ia no ma
terial change in the feeling in Germany
In regard to the war between Spain and
the United States. The government
scrupulously avoids expressing it's
views on the subject and a few of the
German newspapers persist in their at
titude of little short of open hostility
towards the United States. Through
cut the week the weeklics have vehe-
mently maintained that the occurrences
at Santiago de Cuba amounted to IAN
ether defeat Of the Yankees and have
gleefully printed the lying Madrid dis
patches supporting this contention.
These newspapers also continue to
charge the Americans with cowardsa
for not attacking the Spaniards, whom
until recently the Americans regarded
as foes unworthy of their STEEL
A member of the general staff here,
in an interview with the correspondent
of the Associated Press, said
1T IS hard for a trained soldier of
the European mould to suppress a SEN
timent akin to contempt when reading
the accounts of what has thus far been
done, Or, rather left undone, by the
American army against the Spanish
troops in Cuba. With no Spanish fleet
TO worry them, money and transporta-
ton in abundance, all the men needed
at their command, they have been I'M
able thus far to even effect landing
of troops. This fact speaks for itself.
And after the enormous boasting Of the
American press and people, who sys-
tematically belittled the Spaniards for
months before the outbreak of hostili-
ties, this failure is doubly conspicuous,
and if striking proof of the great SUI
periority of the European system of
standing armies was needed, the Amer
leans have fun shed It,"
SPAIN SEEKS PEACE.
The above sentiments are apparently
shared by all the German military
men. The attempts Of Spain to secure
European Intervention continues in
spite of the little encouragement held
out by the cabinets approached. Count
der Villagonsalc, the Spanish ambas-
sador at st. Petersburg, is now acting
iE concert with his colleague in Paris,
Senior Leon y Castillo, in an effort to
Obtain nf rccio
France, either Immediately or in the
near future. The German foreign Of
flee is -cognizant of the negotiations,
but attaches no Importance to them.
A high official of the. foreign office pos
itively assures the correspondent of the
Associated Press that neither France
nor Russia intends to intervene. at the.
present juncture. .=,ss ~
The advisa bility and probability of
an Anglo-American alliance or under
standing is attracting widespread at.
tention in the German press, though!
the idea is universally scoffed sat as
impractical BILE. The papers here profess
Tot to believe in the possibility of such
an entente, and point out an array of
alleged facts showing why. the inter-
ests1 Of the two nations cannot travel.
In paral1ef lines;i declaring that Great
Britain's anxiety for, an alliance Is due
to fear engendered byeher present .iso-'
lation. The Cologne Gazette .ridieJles
the idea; and claims that, if an ia1li-
ance We're contaminated. Great. Britt
ain would secure all the advantages
and America all the disadvantages. =.
ONE JOURNAL APPROVES.
The Frankfort Zeitung is almost
alone in approving the project. The
foreign Office does not take the mat
ter seriously.
The Deutsche Zeitung says it thinks
the moment has arrived for diplomatic
Intervention in regard to the Philip
pine islands, and adds: I'VE confident
ly expect the foreign Office to act
speedily and energetically, as we can
not allow the islands to pass into the
hands Of America"
The Vossiche Zeitung says: "In the
Philippines SPANS punishment for
misrule is imminent. The cruel mas
sacre of the patriot Rial and thou
sands Of Tagals finds a bloody recon-
pense.''
The Vossiche Zeitung is the first Ber-
lin paper to publish the reports of a
special correspondent sent to Tampa,
Fla.
The Post, of this city, admits that
Spain'S affairs have arrived at a criti-
cal stage and says: "If in addition to
other misfortunes, the throne is upset
by q civil war, Spain would lose all the
sympathy hiterto felt for her by, the
continental powers
1t is said at ST. Petersburg that Mr..
Cornelius Vanderbilt, fearing capture
by the Spanish, is to leave his yacht at
Odessa until peace is declared.
Herr Won Racke, the new second sec
rotary of the German embassy at
Washington, has sailed for the United
States from Bremen.
WILLIAMS WORK.
The mass of work which Emperor
William does is judgible by the figures
of last year, just issued from the cham
berlain's office. His majesty received
], O26 immediate reports, gave seventy
five decisions. signed S02 cabinet orders,
appointments and other documents;
1857 reports were presented to him
personally, while the civil cabinet dealt
with 10000 documents addressed to the
emperor and about 400 letters or tele-
grams were received daily by the en-
peror.
A great deal of political Importance Is
attached to Emperor Williams visit to
Palestine. 1t is suggested that besides
ending the pretensions Of France to the
right to grant protection to all Chris
tians in the East, may result in secur-
ing Asia Minor as a field for German
colonization, by the conclusion Of a
state treaty with Turkey. 1t is pointed
out that the sultan will find difficulty
peror William, especially as 1t is a fact
that the Germans are already invading
Asia Minor as well as Palestine, sys-
and successfully.
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