New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
rur NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS
LONDON.
rxc,avp.s POLICIES on THE SEA IA
voRARLE TO AMERICA
THE MTsTErY OF GERMANfs fhi.',r L
ArTrrrDE-HEIGHT OF THE ioN-
DoN SEASON


~ c,p-r - NE TRIBrNf.l
-, y rev proof that FnSlan
=. aaha-a ~ her own rNlicIes In ordeT
te,,f,,l - Aroorica mas been offered al
go Tho delay IN enforcing neutrailY
-. ,,ohahl, caused by natural oesire OF 'ne
= =, .ho Foreign Office ~ learn "he'hti 'h'
.,....- covsr-nert was anxious - nave
l..-,o-,,s seet stopped Wher II became ~ uN"t
-. v,-ash,nr,on had 30 request 70 MAKE ana
49,, ,,o Americans we're Indifferent "n''ner
80. wen, or 10 Manila or returned 20 HpalH
.ha rovptian officials acted N ACCORDANCE -"
...isA nr,ncip!es f British policy They
~. ..Aared -aroara 70 leave Port Said with
-. dal,v. and have prohibited him from coahns
49,. e.e- even by transshiprent from spanish
,,or. What was sauce for Dewey is sauce
for Camara
.lw,vs block the entrances to the Suez anal
80. a,,vavs have free passage 10 India.
hor nol,cv IS To keep the waterway open 20 pei
,,....rt shin. hut no, to allow them to coal at
o',bsr cd 90 End refuge there. Egyptian neu-
.~oi,,v has been enforced and II st. In with
..e Arsrtcan policy The prohibition OF trans
,bt,-,ent of coal from golfers in neutral ports
.. =, in,norfant precedent established in the
,,.e-es. ~ = nation having CoalinG stations ot
.s own in every sea England naturally wants
n make II as difficult as possible FOR any nelle
erert shin 10 obtain coal IN neutral ports, even
when GOLFERS under the same Tag are alongside.
The attitude % Germany II the Phhpp'n"s IS
,re onI,, mystery ~ the Americans Spanish CON
rist which interests English observers ne!
assume that the war viii drag along with
cumulative evidence of the ineficiency Of the
snapish ruling classes and the superiority OF
American resources and powers OF organization
until the Madrid government is forced 10 accept
ire inevitable and take the risks OF provoking
. evolutionary out break az home by proposing
peace They forecast enlargement o. the
American sphere Of influence in the West Indies
as A foregone conclusion. ana are not interested
n the result
The fate Of the Philippines is another matter
England does not covet those ISLANDS as an
addition 70 her owr empire. nor does she Wish
GERMANY TO have then, Wha; tho keenest
observers here apprehend Il a complication o.
which Germany will obtain foothol' on 'he
islands and be in position 10 hold her GROUND
II IS no secret in diplomatic circles tAa' o"'ss
commercial interests in the FhAlDp1h@s a.
larger than those Of Germany, and mat po'H
combined are insignificant in comparison with
those OF England German diplomats are nov
assuring that II IL their duty 70 protect swiss
Offices have been asked. Il is plain that there
Is no justification FOR the presence ~ Mania
~ a formidable German squadron. which vii
.n.eduv be reinforced until Il Is superior 70
Deweys feet.
Whatever explanations may have been onereu
a. Washington. well-irtorn : Engishmen can .
not be convinced tax tha "s' a. Emperor
does no. mean mischief. They 't mat ne
paiCn against Japan. by which ne deprived her
~ many ADVANTAGES gained n the war with
China and is determined 70 interfere with the
action 81 the United States in the Philippines
They suspect that the mailed fist VIII re eN-
hib..ed there by Prince Henry. even X no mis-
sionaries have been murdered In order 70 open
the way for preaching the gospel OF the I'm
p.ror's sacred person. There is another We"
which is adopted from German sources This
credits the German Emperor with the hatula'
desire 70 make active use ~ his navy on every
possible occasion and thereby justify the costly
construction policy which was recently voted
by the Reichstaz This explanation falls 70
satisfy English critics. whose suspicious have
been excited by the German naval armaments az
Manila They find (. easier n believe that the
rnreror suspects that there may he an inter
es,,ns game q grab IN the Philippines. and IS
b.,- upor having a hand IN II IN order 70 secure
q naval station or share IN The partition % the
islands. or in any event. 70 have good deal
70 saw in deciding their fate. The Times" to-
dsv bluntly remarks that the Official explana-
ton Of the presence Of the German feet at
Manila practically places America on level
with Turkey.
Mr. Frederick ". Hollis, who has recently
studied the situation IN Germany with great
care says that while few ant-Amerlcan
journals make much noise the people al large
are entirely unaffected oy them. He maintains
that the Fatherland never was united in an
,agonisln 20 America and that South Germany