The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-10
HAS STIRRED THEM UP
Ambassador Whites Speech Has
Arou sed Criticism.
OF GERMANY
She Is After a Slice of the Philippines
and Will Call a Congress of the
Powers at the Conclusion of
war-Secret Leaked Out.
DOWNRIGHT 1895 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1895 by Associated Press.
Berlin, July 9.-The remarkable
speech delivered by the United States
ambassador. Mr.. Andrew ID. White. at
the Fourth Of July celebration by the
Americans at Leipsic on Monday last
has divided the attention of the Ger
man press all week equally with the
latest developments of the war W
Spain and the United States. The
speech is universally characterized as
a political enunciation of prime import
ance. The attendant circumstances
also were OF an unusua character.
Mr.. White, in an interview with the
correspondent here of the associated
press, said: Never In my life have
| seer such a scene of determination of
Americans and Britons. The flags of
both were intertwined around the hall,
and a number of prominent Englishmen
residing in Germany were present. The
toast to the president OF the United
States was received with tremendous
enthusiasm by every one present"
The reception by the German news
papers OF Mr.. Whites speech varied
greatly. Many of the papers suppressed
those portions of the ambassadors re-
marks which were unfavorable to Ger
many and Germans. Others pretended
TO he OF any SyettindNiI uh-
friendliness toward the United states
on the part of the Germans.
The Post of this city, in addition to
admitting a few days ago that the
speech would materially help to dis
pei the ~unfriendly feeling which
threatened to arise between the Amer
leans and Germans" promises TO CO.
operate with Mr.. White in establish
ing better feeling between the two ma
tons.
The government press thus far mas
been mute, but the correspondent or
the associated press here learnes that
the government will take an early OPP
portunity to refer to the speech or the
United States ambassador.
A remarkable article has appeared In
the Deutsch Zeitung, the leading or
gan of the pan-German party. After
approying Of Mr.. Whites speech ana
reminding the Americans or the past
close relations between the two coun-
tries, the paper asks: How has the
United States treated US in return? How
has she banked us for past favors our
ing the last decade? The United States
throughout has been ~unfriendly to US
in its economic. commercial n pontl-
cal course, and has treated us worse
than any other European state. she
has been guilty of a breach OF a SOL
emn pledge testified by her own presi-
III CIV
flows the a~ntipathy undoubtedly pre-
vailing on our side against the United
States an a%ntipathy which Is Justlned
and is by no means confined 10 a rev
unimportant papers but extenos 10 al
the German press, with the sole excep-
tions OF Barth's Die Nation and Lieb-
knecht's Voerwaerts. 1t is In this dlrec-
tion that the sure can be found Tor Ger
many's %antipathy for America, ana
Americans like Mr.. White ought 10 Try
the remedy and remove the causes OF
friction. Germany has always peen
Justly fair, even 10 her enemies bes
the United States begin to be JUS ana
fair TO it's most meritorious fr1eho'
m yoeryyaerts SAYS: 1T were folly
N dispuise the fact that the relations
hot ween the German and American gov
ernments are no longer as riendly as
could be wished. in the interests OF Ger
MANY and peace. Certainly the German
| government thus far has not taken a
stem which America would be Justlneu
to calling a breach of neutrality, but IL
Is equally certain that the belief Is gen
eraI in America that German neutrality
although formally correct, Is anything
hut sympathetic. Judging impartlaily'
we must admit the Americans nave
reason TO believe that lachs
good intentions. Since the OUTBREAK OF
tho war. not only the entire ~overnfneh
nress. but nearly the whole of the rest
~ the press, have sided strongly ana,
In many cases, enormously with spain,
against America. But even worse the
German papers. even those IN cioss
touch with the government. have stated
that Spain was on the point OF ceoihe
Manila and the Philippine ISLANDS 10 a
neutral European power. We answered
immediately 10 this statement. pointing
ont that a neutral power accepting such
a Gift. would create a casus belli, ana
the cession was not effected. But III u
nrobahle that the plan existed and that
Spain was approached by the Berilh
government with such proposals.
The statement cabled by the corre-
spondent here of the associated press on
July ., that he had learned on the best
authority hat Germany, France ana
Russia had reached an understanding
relative to the Philippines ISLANDS ny
which, when hostilitiee ceased, hey VIII
combine 10 prevent the United Sta.es
or Great Britain gaining possession OF
the Philippine islands. n that when
the war Is over an International con-
gress will be proposed. similar TO the
Rerliu congress OF 1878. to settle all ques-
tions connected with the war. at which
meeting Germany will demand a slice
Of the Philippine stands or other COM
pensations in the far East, remains true
Notwithstanding the carefully worded
denials officially issued by a news bu-
reau here on July 3, As a matter OF
fact. the correspondent Of the associated
press has secured cOrrohoratiNe details,
howin that the negotiations between
the three owe are stu proceeding
and that while Il is not intended 20 ex'
clude Great Britain, Austria and italy
from the congress-. Russia, France and
Germany viii take the initiative: pro-
vided. naturally. that the situation al
the close Of the war seems to them 70
call for a settlement of the philippines
question by an international congress
The government press, Of course, Is flu
rious at this important news leaking GU
prematurely and some OF these papers
have gone 10 the length Of threatening
the correspondent Of the associated
nrsss with expulsion from Germany. Or