The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
GERMANY IS
 YET NEUTRAL Refuses Austria'S Over- lures to Help Spain
 Out at Present.
Emperor William Also Truly Predicts Americans Would
 Not Permit Mediation.
Naval Attaches Abroad Ordered to Stop Buying Warships and
 Get Ready to Return.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BERLIN, April 9.-All news of the Hispano- crisis is anxiously watched in Germany, as the opening of actual hostilities is expected, and German interests, especially her com mereial interests, are involved.
 The newspapers, although still hoping that peace will not be broken, are be- ginning to discuss the probable effect of war upon trade. Public opinion is much divided, many of the papers ex- pressing the opinion that the United States ought to be satisfied with the concessions that Spain is offering; others declaring, however, that the United States is right in declaring the independence of Cuba as the only means of preventing the recurrence of the disturbance and quieting just in- dignation in America at Spanish mis- rule.
 Hardly anybody in serious political circles doubts that war is coming, the points at issue being deemed irreconcil- able, although every paper does full justice to President McKinley's mode ration and evident desire for peace. The national conservative newspapers have taken the occasion to point out  ought to seize the opportunity to se- cure objects which her politicians have been aiming at for years. The Deutsche Zeitung, the leading organ Of this party, expresses the hope that the German Foreign Office is arranging to "appro- priate Samoa, drive the Americans from there and take possession of one or more of the Antilles; if possible, the Danish Islands, as Germany, after hn hno bna A r.in n, pendent, will require coaling station in these waters for her navy and mer- chant marine"
 It is learned at the Foreign Office here that the Cannamaba incident has been satisfactorily settled, Spain agree ing to pay 450,000 pesetaS damages for the destruction of German property and the lives taken by the insurgents on that part of Cuba. In consequence or this settlement the German warship Geir has been ordered to Brazil instead of going to Havana for the purpose of collecting an indemnity and punish ing the perpetrators of the outrage. The newspapers, however, call on the Government to send at least one war ship to protect German interests in case of hostilities, and it is understood the navy department has instructed the officials at Kiel to send a vessel across the Atlantic
 In the event of an outbreak the off, cial attitude of Germany will not be changed. Under no circumstances will she depart from the strictest neutral ity. The Spanish Ambassador here. Senor Mendez de Vigo, made another attempt during the past week to. secure Germany's intervention or mediation, while Emperor Francis Joseph or Aus tria renewed his personal and connden- tial solicitations on the same subject with Emperor William. Germany, however, has taken up the position that the question exclusively concerns the United States and Spain, and that un- less both of these countries ask German mediation or good offices, any steps i'll the matter would be useless.
 It is said on unexceptional authority that the Queen Regent was the inltia- tor of the movement to enlist the Pope in Spain's behalf, and that Emperor Francis Joseph aided her, but Emperor William warned them that the step was likely to meet with the decided disap- proyal of the majority of Americans.
 A diplomat at the Spanish Embassy, in an interview, said: Spain IS ready for war if it comes. While 1t IS true that a large number of the spanish people are anxious for war, that Gov ernment is trying to avoid 1t. In the event of war the Spaniards. can be de- pended upon to stand by the Queen Regent and the young King in spite of all democratic conspiring which is go- ing on. It would be cowardly for them to act otherwise. The Yankee republic will find the present generation of Spaniards as chivalrous as their fore fathers"
 Lieutenant A. P. Niblack, the United States naval attache here and at Rome, is waiting orders to proceed to Italy again.
 Commander Willard Brownson, the agent of the United States Navy De- partment in Europe. has been given