Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-30


BECAME a FACTOR IN THE STU
ALTON.
London, November 29.-The Contem-
porary Review contains sensational
anonymous article entitled, THE Arch
Enemy of England" This is the Ger
man Emperor. The writer alleges
that the kaiser seized Kiao-Chau by an
agreement with Russia to prevent
England getting it. and the Gar holds
his personal promise to vacate it when
called upon, Russia providing Germany
with coaling stations elsewhere.
The writer declares the kaiser had
drawn up a complete plan arranging
for the naval superiority of France,
Russia and Germany over England
four years hence, when England is to
be compelled to make humiliating
terms throughout the world, leaving
Germany the chief commercial colon
ial power. All these plans have sud-
denly been thrown into confusion by
ZIG DPohASh Nai lid
lea and England drawing together.
The article continues: "The Ameri-
can people, with characteristic shrewd-
ness, have detected this with resent
ment and hostility. and are in no mood
to put up with brow-beating from any
one. Considering that the Americans
took no inconsiderable part in opening
China and Japan to external influ-
ences, the only ground for surprise is
that they have been so slow in mani
Testing interest in the situation in the
Far East, but now that the impulse
has been supplied and an assertion of
the claim to have a voice in it has
been made, there will be no drawing
back or hesitation in pushing matters
to a conclusion.
ut is precisely in the Far East that
the action-the mere presence-of the
United States is so dlsconcerting and
disagreeable to the German Emperor.
1t disarranges all his plans, deprives
himself and allies of that ascendency
in the China Seas which they have
twice asserted for their own benefit,
and from which they saw a long train
of future advantages.
Under such circumstances the con-
tinued proximity of American and Ger
man squadrons at Manila, aggravated
by the demeanor of the German offic-
ers, is full of peril. The peril may
pass off, but will only do so by the
withdrawal of Germanys pretensions.
"At this moment the question turns
on whether the German emperor can
induce Russia and France to join him
in a demonstration of superior naval
force to that possessed by the United
States both in the Pacific and the At
lantic, and the answer to that question
largely depends on whether he and the
Gar of Russia between them can ex-
ercise sufficient personal pressure in
England to induce our government, in
return for some empty concessions in
Africa, some easily broken promises as
to China, to hold its hand, to hesitate
for the necessary moment while they
enforce their will on the United States.
This is to be the real peril to the
creation of a real Anglo-Saxon alli-
ance.
From the very beginning of the
crisis in the far East the English policy
has done nothing but hesitate and give
way, has allowed and assisted the crea-
ton of difficulties that never would
have arisen If it had only stood firm at
the beginning of the question.
There now appears on the scene In
totally unexpected manner one ally,
who could and would adjust the bal
ance OF power in the far East in our
favor. 1t is obviously to our interest
to support that power with all our
strength and make every effort so that
it shall not be discouraged and re-
strained on the Threshold Of the new
and beneficial movement il Is making
toward a more active external policy"