The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-06
BLACKER.
War With Germany Coming
Close Enough
To Fill All Minds With Dread
OF the Future.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
In Berlin Over the Prospective
Clash of Arms.
The Emperor Described as
Fierce and Unyielding.
FOUR MILLION MEN
Ready to Respond to the Kai-
ser's Call.
Can Put a Vast Army in Cuba
and Porto Rico
Before the United States Could
Be Prepared.
MILLION MEN
Ready to Respond to the Kai-
ser's Call.
Can Put a Vast Army in Cuba
and Porto Rico
Before the United States Could
Be Prepared.

Berlin, Oct. 6.-An the talk here is of
the prospective war with the United
States. Great excitement prevails.
The abandonment of the emperors trip
to the Holy Land, together with the
hurried military preparations is looked
on with the greatest apprehension.
Chancellor Prince Won Hohenlohe and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Won Bulow
have both interrupted their only just
commenced holiday, and have returned
here with all possible haste. Since their
arrival they have had several long con-
ferences with the kaiser, their faces on
leaving the imperial presence betraying
care and anxiety. William has like
wise had a talk of nearly three
hours duration with Count Goetzen.
who accompanied Shafter to Santiago
as German military attache. His re-
port of the campaign, while most laud-
atory with regard to the courage and
endurance of the American soldier, is
stated to be most damaging so far as
the tactical skill and powers of organi-
zation of the commanding and staff Of
ficers are concerned.
So probable is a. conflict between Ger
many and the United States about the
Philippines regarded at the palace,
that several members of the immediate
encourage of the kaiser have given or
ders today to suspend preparations for
their trip with his majesty to Palestine
Absolute Hatred of America.
Columbia, Mo, Oct. 6.-Prof. H. T.
Cory of Missouri state university, who
has just returned from lengthy So
journ in Germany, in discussing today
the cabIegram on the threatening as
pect of the trouble with that nation.
gave a few rather startling facts, based
on his recent observations in that
country. Said Prof. Cory, 'I say that
Germany is ready, and the army is
eager to fight. The army has sublime
confidence in it's power. and is ager to
test it, I was in Germany during the
late war. The feeling against Ameri-
cans amounts to absolute hatred. The
success of American arms and the gall
ing Philippine achievement has stirred
them more deeply than is generally
supposed. While in Germany 1 saw
the Kaiser on several occasions. [
heard him discussed by his people, and
saw the effects of his rule. He is
fierce impuIsive and unyielding. His
power is absolute. A word from him
could bring war at a moments notice.
Germany would be a terrible foe
It's great advantage lies in its ability
to put an immense army in the field in
so short a space of time. In 4S hours
Germany could assemble 1900, 900 sold
iers, armed, drilled and ready for bat
tie At a command from the Kaiser
armed sergeantS would be sent to nOti-
fy the soldiers to assemble. Each ser
geant would be commanded to notify 25
men. Each man must obey the COM
mand on peril of his life. If a soldier
refuses the sergeant has instructions to
shoot him dead. In 48 hours the soldiers
would be ready for transportation. The
Hamburg-American and the North
German Lloyd ship companies would
call together the transports. Doubtless.
in case of war with America, Germany
would. by overwhelming force, seize all
our new possessions, including Cuba and
the Philippines, almost before we could
have troops started for the islands. The
rapidity of movement of which Ger
many is capable, owing to her army reg
uIations would doubtless cause us over
whelming defeat at the opening of the
war.
But our superior navy and army
would soon reverse the situation. Ger
many is confident of its power. I fire.
quently heard the remark while there
that Germany would, in case of war, be
to America as America was to Spain -