The herald., 1898-04-24
GfRMANY'S HOSTILITY
MARKED BUT NOT
DANGERoUS
AMERICANS ARE lNS0LENT
But Spain Must Be Left Alone to Re
sent Action Which Does Not
Harm Germany
Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
BERLIN, April 23.-(Copyright, 1S9S.)-l
With singular unanimity the German
press of every class is condemning the
United States for the course taken toward
Spain. All the German papers impute 10
the United States selfish and base motives
and praise the attitude of Spain, In con-
trast with 1.-The undignified course which
the United States is pursuing"
The most rabid of all the German pa
pers in this regard is the Tageblatt' whlch
usually has been friendly toward Ameri-
can aspirations. The deep interest taken
by the German public in the matter is
shown by the fact that practically the en-
tire space of the newspaper is given up to
news relative to the Hispano-American
struggle Everything emanating from
Washington is discussed in hostile temper
or sarcastically commented upon. while
pro-Spanish statements are endorsed and
applauded. The semi-official newspapers,
II not favorable to he 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 mil
States, heartily side with their adopted
country in the present quarrel with Spain.
The organ of Prince Bismarck, the
Hamburger Nachrichten, insists that
Germany must follow the policy which
will he the most useful to her own inter-
ests.
.It is wholly Indifferent to Germans
saws the newspaper, whether Cuba re-
mains a Spanish colony or becomes an
American or an independent republic. But
German-American interests must be
watched, and attention must be paid to
the feelings of Germans in the United
States"
The Nachrichten, however, character
;zes the action of the United States as IAN
insolent piece of presumption against the
rest of the world, an unjustifiable out
rage, quite analogous to the interference
by Greece in Crete"
Concluding, the Nachrichten says: "But
German theoretic opposition to Monroe
ism can only be practically enforced when
German interests are directly concerned,
which is not now the case" Therefore
the Nachrichten counsels the strictest
neutrality, saying: ut must be left to
Spain individually to resent American in
science"
| Commercial men, particularly shippers
and exporters, regard the war as favor
able to German interests.
| The Russian ambassador at Berlin
Count Won Soten-Sacken, in an interview
with the correspondent of the Associated
Press, which presumably voiced the opin-
ion of his government said:
at must be recognized that the Madrid
cabinet throughout has maintained per-
fectly correct, peaceable and dignifed at
titude, while the government of the United
States has been behaving in a manner
| which cannot be approved of by believers
in either justice or peace. This is the
common impression in Russia, even in Of
fetal circles.
| after the recent behavior of the United
States, the conclusion is inevitable that
might is going before right in the Cuban
question.
$50 far as I know, Russia, like Ger
many, will preserve a strict neutrality"
Sort of Spotted
LONDON, April 23.-The interest taken