The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-12
1T IS BUT FOLLY
Idea of German Interior
ence is So Pronounced.
Statement of Attitude From Two Sources-As-
ISOLATED Press Interview Harold
Frederic.
Associated Press

Emperor Williams sentiments in re-
gard 70 the war between Spain and
the United States have considerably
changed during the past month \
member Of his Majesty's encourage
informs the correspondent here of
The Associated Press that the persls-
tent statements of the American and
British press, often coupled with in
sulting comment, alleging the Emper-
or intends 10 actively interfere IN be-
half of Spain and imputing to his Maj
esty sentiments which were ac-
tuaIIy foreign to MIN at the
opening OF hosulittes,7 nave great
~ annoyed the Emperor, and the
constant reiteratiOn of the erroneous
statements as to Germany's official at
titude being unfriendly to the United
States" have displeased Emperor Will
liam exceedingly.
After the repeated official assur-
ances which our Government has Civ
en- of its intention to maintain the
continued the official land his Males
tvs brief but pointed declaration to
the same effect in the speech from the
throne at the closing of the Reichstag,
in which he testified to the unbroken
friendship between the two countries,
it is downright folly to speak of Ger
many's Interior motives in connection
with the war. There has not been a
single act or word of the Government
which could be construed as unfriend-
ly to the United States, nor has the
Government any such intention in the
future.
Harold Frederic, the London CORES
pendent of the New York Times, sent
on June 10th to his paper the sub
Joined, which is sufficiently weighty to
be accepted at all the capitals of the
world. Mr.. Frederic has the very high
est political connections:
1T is difficult to comprehend on this
side the genesis of the recurring scares
about German intervention in the Phil
ippines reported from the United
States. Nothing could be more silly
than to credit Berlin with a desire to
become embrOiled with Washington.
1t is the last thing the Kaiser would
dream of. HIS inner desires and am
billions are in a Numerically opposite
direction. He thinks Of himself, in the
last resort, as representing some fifty
millions Of the Germanic race placed
in the centre of Europe from the North
Sea to the Danube, menaced on one
side by hereditary Latin foes and on
the other confronted daily by the vast
illimitable tide Of Slavdom. He knows
we'll enough that these two are drawn
by internal forces into antagOnlsm to
the German between them Every
time there is a street riot between
Czech and German in Prague or a
scuffle between Dane and Prussian in
HOIstein, or Pole and Prussian in
Posen, it makes clearer to his mind
that Germany's ultimate resource may
turn out to be her kinship with the
people, which, a while
ago too remote to think out, has now
become one of her familiar 1ntelIec-
tual assets. In some future emergency,
near or far, it may loom before her as
a veritable rock of denyerance. mat
is the truth about the German policy,
which wishes to keep we'll with both
the English-speaking nations, and,
is informed and far-seeing
enough to have a much clearer per-
2eption of Americas stupendous fu-
.ure might than exists elsewhere.
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