The age-herald., 1898-07-10
GERMAN PRESS
 IS MORE BITTER ySr
 Continues Its Tirade Against all ThiEgS
 Pertaining to America. WHITES SPEECH AT BERLIN Characterised As a Political EnulCiatiOl
 of Prime Importance. A RUPTURE SEEMS TO BE IMMINENT The Berlin Correspondent of the Associated Press Threatened With Expulsion Because He Exposed Germany Plan to Seize
 Slice of the Philippines
A RUPTURE SEEMS TO BE IMMINENT

Berlin, July 9-The remarkable speech delivered by the United States ambassador, MT. Andrew D.White, at the Fourth of July celebration by Americans at Leipzig on Monday last, has divided the attention of the German press all the week along equal ly with the latest developments of the war between Spain and the United States. The speech is universally characterized as a political enuncation of prime importance. The attendant circumstances, too, were of an unusual character.
 MT. White in an interview with the cor respondent of the Associated Press said:
 Never in my life have I seen such scene of fraternization of Americans and Britons. T he flags of both were entwined around the hall and a number of prominent Englishmen residing in Germany were pres ent The toast to the president of the United States was received with tremend- ous enthusiasm by every one present"
 The reception by the German newspapers of MT. Whites speech varied greatly. Many of the papers suppressed those portions of the ambassadors remarks which were un-
 
 pretended to be unaware of any system atic unfriendliness toward the United States on the part of the Germans.
 The Post of this city, in addition to ad- mitting a few days ago that the Spanish would materially help to dispel the un- friendly feeling which threatened to arise between the Americans and Germans promises to co-operat te with Mr White in establishing better feelings between the two nations.
 Government Press Mute
 The government press thus far has been mute, but the correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press here learns that the govern ment will take an early opportunity to re- fer to the speech of the United States am- bassador.
 A remarkable article has appeared in the Deutsche Zeitung, the leading organ of the Pan-German party. After approving of MT. Whites speech reminding Americans of the past close relations between the two countries the paper asks:
 How has the United States treated us in return? How has she thanked us for past favors during the last decade? The United States throughout has been un- friendly to us in it's economic, commercial and political course and has treated us worse than any other European state. She has been guilty of the breach of a solemn pledge testified to by her own president, Cleveland. From these causes flows the anttpathy undoubtedly prevailing on our side against the United States, an antipa- thy which is justified and which is by no means confined to a few unimportant pa- pers, but extends to all the German press. with the sole exceptions of Barths Die Nation and Liebnechts Vorwaerts. It is in this direction that the cure can be found for German antipathy for America and Americans like MT. White ought No try the remedy and remore the causes of fric- ton. Germany has always been just and fair even to her foes. Let the United States begin to be just and fair to it's most meritorious friend"
 Significant Article
 The Vorwaerts says: "It were folly to disguise the fact that the relations between the German and American governments are no longer as friendly as could be wished in the interests of German peace. Certainly the German government thus far has not taken a step which America would be justified in calling breach of neutrality, but 1t is equally certain that the belief is general in America that Ger man neutrality, although formally correct is anything but systematic. Judging inn partially we must admit the Americans have reason to believe that Germany lacks good intentions. Since the outbreak of the war not only the entire government press, but nearly the whole of the rest of the press have sided strongly and in many cases venomously with Spain against America. Even worse, the German papers, even those in close touch with the gov ernment have stated that Spain was on the point of ceding Manila and the Philip pines to a neutral European power. We referred immediately to this statement, pointing out that a neutral power accept ing such a gift would create casus belli and the cession was not effected. But it is probable that the plan existed and that Spain was approached by the Berlin gov ernment with such proposals"
 The statement cabled by the correspon- dent here of the Associated Press on July that he had learned on the best authori- ty that Germany, France and Russia had reached an understanding relative to the Philippine islands by which, when hostli- ties ceased they will combine to prevent the United States or Great Britain gaining possession of the Philippine islands and that when the war is over an international congress will be proposed, similar to the Berlin congress of 1878 to settle all ques- tions connected with the war, at which meeting Germany will demand a slice of the Philippine islands or other compensa- tion in the far east, remains true notwith- standing the carefully worded semi-official statement issued by the news. bureau here on July 8.
 Neootiations Proceeding
 AS q matter OI IdCl Ine correspondent of the Associated Press has secured cor roborative details, showing that the ne- got1ations between the three powers are still proceeding, and while it is not in- tended to exclude Great Britain, Austria and Italy from the congress. Russia. France and Germany will take the initia- tive provided, naturally, that the situa- tion at the close of the war seems to them to call for a settlement of the Philippines question by an international council
 The government, of course, is furious at this important news leaking prematurely and some of these papers have gone to the length of threatening the correspon- dent of the Associated Press with expul- sion from Germany. On the other hand some government papers now admit the truth of the news cabled to the Associated Press. The Paris correspondent of the Kreuz Zeitung significantly says:
 "Tt is feared in Paris that delicate and difficult negotiations are necessary between the powers in regard to the Philippines