The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24
THE EUROPEAN
 PRESS ANGRY Berlin Newspapers Now Say Very Harsh Things About Am erica. "Insolence" of Uncle Sam Will Not Prevent Germans
 Being Neutral. Some of the London Journals Begin to Grow Surly and Snarl at
 This Country.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BERLIN, April 23.-With singular unanimity the German press of every class IS condemning the United States for the course taken toward Spain. All the German papers impute to the United States selfish and base motives ana praise the attitude of Spain, in con- trast with the undignified course which the United States is pursuing" |" The most rabid of all the German pa pers ln this regard is the Tageblatt Whlch usually has been friendly to- ward American aspirations. The deep interest taken by the German public In the matter Is shown by the fact mat practically the entire space of the newspapers is given up to news rela- tive to the Hispano-American struggle. everything emanating from Washing ton IS discussed in hostile temper or sarcastlcally commented upon, while pro-SpaniSh statements are indorSed and applauded
 The semi-official newspapers, if not favorable to the United States, are at least more cautious. They steadily point out why Germany ought to and Will maintain the strictest neutrality, laylng stress, among the reasons they advance for such a position, upon the fact that millions of Germans, born in the United States, heartily side with thelr adopted country in the present quarrel with Spain.
 The organ of Prince Bismarck, the Hamburger Nachrichten insists that will be the most useful to her own in terests. IT. is wholly indifferent to Germans" says the newspaper,
 whether Cuba remains a Spanish col ony or becomes an American i1depend- ent republic. But German-American in- terests must be watched and attention must be paid to the feelings of Ger man. In the United States.
 The Nachrichten, however, charac- terizes the action of the United States as ''an insolent piece of presumption against the rest of the world, an un- justifiable outrage, quite analogous to the interference by Greece In Crete" Concluding. the Nachrichten says: But German theoretic opposition to forced when German interests are di- rectly concerned, which is not now the case. Therefore the Nachrichten counSels the Strictest neutrality say ing: Tt must be left to Spain indi- Vidually to resent American insolence."
 Other semi-official German newspa- pers, looking to the future insist upon S nothing to incur the lasting enemity of either of the opponents.
 The Schlesische Zeitung emphasizes this opinion in saying: There are mill lions of Germans in the United States who love their old home, but feel in this matter the same as the other citi- zens of the United States
 The Vorwaerts concludes a long ar ticle upon the war between Spain and the United States by saying: 'The ene- mics are too unequal to admit of any supposition but that the war will end in the utter exhaustion of Spain. To Spains loss, however, there will be no corresponding gain to the United States. Thus the war, no matter how it ends, means a great disaster, and even the dollar-crazy Americans will hardly be able to call it good busi- ness.
 Commercial men, particularly ship pers and exporters, regard the war as favorable to German interests. The Russian Ambassador at Berlin, Count von Soten-S Sacken, in an interview with a correspondent, which presum- ably voiced the oninion of his Govern ment, said: Tt must be recognized that the Madrid Cabinet throughout peaceable and dignified attitude, while the Government of the United States has been behaving in a manner which cannot be approved of by believers in either justice or peace. This is the common impression in Russia, even In official circles. After the recent be- havior of the United States, the con- clusion is inevitable that might is go- ing before right in the Cuban ques- ton. So far as I know, Russia, like Germany, will preserve strict neu- tra1itvn