The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-01
A QUIET hint DROPPED
THAT ABUSE OF AMERICA Is NOT
WISE
A new GROUPING OF POWERS
Compels Teutonic Recognition of
American Influence in the Worlds
Politics of the Future
Associated Press Special Wire

BERLIN, April 3O.-(Copyright 1888
Public attention is so engrossed with thu
Hispano-American struggle that the re-
converting of the reichstag and the Prus-
sian diet have been almost unnoticed
The newspapers print entire pages OF
war news from all parts, mostly unrelia-
BILE, and much of it is unfavorable to the
United States. Extras are repeatedly is
sued alleging great naval disasters to the
Americans. One of the worst offenders
announced on Wednesday last that four
American warships had been blown up.
giving among the victims a fictitious iron
clad off Buenos Ayres. AS a whole how
ever, the German press has ceased It's
hostile tone towards the United States.
For this change the government is entirely
responsible as all the newspapers which
are in the habit of obtaining information
from the foreign office, which includes all
newspapers of Importance in the empire,
were this week given a hint to stop their
abuse of the United States as being di-
rectly opposed to the governments atti-
tude, besides being unpatriotic and polit-
ically unwise. This hint was effective and
not line directly hostile to America has
since been printed in any paper.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press notes that several newspapers, not
ably the Frankfort Zeitung, have adopted
a distinctly friendly tone respecting the
war.
The fact that Paris, Rome and Portu-
guese newspapers which are even more
unfriendly to the United States than the
German newspapers were all point out
that the war is q conflict of the Latins
against the Anglo-Saxons, also has had
some effect in bringing about the quick
change in Germany, and some of the for
merly hostile German newspapers are now
emphasizing the view that the interests Of
Germany are entirely on the side Of Amer
lea. For instance, the Berlin Post, which
enjoys close relations with Prince Hohen-
lohe the imperial chancellor, and which
hitherto has roundly abused the United
States as "rapacious'' and "pharasaical,"
now quotes utterances of French newspa-
pers and deduces there1rom that it must
be clearly to Germany's interests to side
with the enemies of France.
A Gloomy Prophecy
Among a mass of articles dealing with
the war, the Kreuz Zeitung, favorite
army paper. publishes an article contrib
uted by Maj. Scheibert, who, judging from
QcISOLldl cAPclASuCSS ouIliiE luS CANll wal
in the United States, says: 1.-THE Ameri-
cans, doubtless will incur serious reverseS
at the commencement of hostilities, and
unless their navy is strong enough to force
a great battle and demolish the naval re-
sources of Spain, which think very doubt
full, the war will drag along for years and
cost America much more blood and treas
ure than her people believe possible"
The New Dreibund
Herr Liebknecht, the Socialist leader,
writes as follows: 1.-THE war means new
grouping Of the powers. Henceforth Eu-
rope will have to reckon the United States
as a decisive factor in the worlds politics.
If the German government is blind it
must open its eyes to this fact and shape
its political course accordingly
In concluding, Herr Liebknecht says:
1.-THE United States as well as Great Brit
ain has been preparing to form during the
year past the newest dreibund-the United
States, Great Britain and Japan. If it Is
effected it means the end of the old Eu-
ropean paramount power in the world S
policy
In the reichstag also this week, during
the debate upon the Kiao Chou affair.
Herr Liebknecht told the government that
while they had not informed the reichstag
of it, he knew that, during the China-Japan