The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-24
America Has No Friends Among the
Kaiser'S Subjects.
SYMPATHY FOR SPAIN
BUT WILL TAKE NO PART IN
THE FRAY.
Millions of German-Americans Side
With Their Adopted Country, and
the German Government Cannot
Afford to Offend Them-Russia
Also Sympathizes With Spain.

Berlin, April 23.-(Copyrighted, 1898, by
the Associated Press.)-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 TO the United
States selfish and base motives and praise
the attitude OF Spain in contrast with
the undignified course which the United
States is pursuing" The most rabid of
all the German papers in this regard is
the Tageblatt, which usually had been
friendly toward American aspirations
The deep interest taken by the German
public in the matter is shown by the Iaet
that practically the entire space of the
newspapers is given up to news relative
10 the Hispano-American struggle.
Everything emanating from Washington
is discussed in hostile temper or sarcas-
tically commented upon. while pro-iSpan-
plauded. The semi-official newspapers, If
not favorable to the United States, are at
least more cautious. They steadily point
out why Germany ought 10 and will main-
tain the strictest neutrality. laying stress.
among the reasons they advance for such
a position, upon the fact that millions of
heartily side with their adopted country
in the present quarrel with Spain.
BISMARCKs VIEWS.
The organ OF Prince Bismarck, the
Hamburger Nachrichten, insists that
Germany must follow the policy which
will be the most useful to her own in
terests. 1T is wholly Indifferent to Ger
mans" says the paper, whether Cuba
remains Spanish colony or becomes an
American Independent republic. But
German-AInerican interests must be
watched. and attention must be paid to
the feelings of Germans in the United
States.
The Nachrichten. however. character
ICES the action Of the United States a:
AN insolent piece of presumption against
the resi- of the world. an absolutely I'M
justidable outrage, quite analogous to the
interference by Greece in Crete
Concluding the Nnchrichten says: But
German theoretic opposition TO Monroe
ism can only be practically enforced
when German interests are directly con-
ce:I.ed which is not now the case.
Therefore the Nachrlchten cOunsels the
strictest neutrality. saying: 1t must be
left to Spain individually to resent Ameri-
car insolence.
Other semi-offictaI German newspapers
looking to the future, insist upon the I'M
portance of Germany doing nothing TO
incur the lasting enmity of either of the
opponents.
The Schlesisehe Zeitung emphasizes this
opinion in saying: There are millions OF
Germans in the United States who love
their old home, but feel in this matter the
same as the other citizens of the United
States
The paper points out that this. together
with the interests of Germany's COM
merce with the United States. are such
ing the breaking OF neutrality in favor of
Spain that they cannot be overcome BY
mere sentiment or sympathy.
BOTH SIDES BLAMED.
This paper concludes: while individ-
ually Germans may view with Indignation
the Jingoistlc, rapacious. pharalsical game
now playing at Washington the same in
dignation must be felt in regard TO the
Spanish reign of terror in Cuba. The Ger
man government, therefore, has merely TO
guard the welfare and the interests of the
German people. This bids us let events
take their own course
The Vorwaerts concludes a long article
upon the war between Spain and the
United States by saying:
The enemies are too unequal to admit
OF any SuppoSition but that the war will
end in the utter exhaustion of Spain To
SPANS loss, however. there will be 10
gain to the United States
THIS. the war. no matter how it ends
means a great disaster, and even the dol
lar-crazy Americans Will hardly be able
to call it good businC S.
Commercial men, pardcu irly shippers
and exporters. regard ~ wax as favor
able to German interests.
RUSsIA'S ATTITUDE.
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:
1t must be recognized that the Madrid
cabinet throughout has maintained per-
fectly correct, peaceable-and dignified at
titude. while the government of the Unit
ed States has been behaving in a manner
which cannot be approved of by believers
in either justice or peace. This is the
impression in Russia. even in
official circles.
After the recent behavior of the Unit
ed States, the conclusion is inevitable that
might is going before right in the Cuban
question.
so far as l know, Russia, like Ger
many, will preserve a strict neutrality"