The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-01
GERMANY WiTHDRAWS.
Her Ships VIII he Recalled From the
Philippines.

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| Washington, Feb. 2S.-The German
government has set at rest effectually
the rumors of a purpose on its part, d.
| rectly or indirectly. to enlbarrass the
| United States in the Philippine islands
and has given a signal manifestation
of its desire to promote the most cor
| dial relations between Germany. and
| the United States by ordering the with
| draWal of all vessels of it's navy from
Philippine waters and placing the lives
and property of its subjects there I'M
der the protection of the United States
/. government. This action is regarded as
a master stroke in diplomacy by which
Will be removed all possibility of a
clash between German and American
interests in and about Manila and gives
notice to all the world, and especially
to any Americans who entertained any
suspicious of sinister designs by Ger
many, of the wishes and purposes of
the German empire to cultivate the
friendship of the United States. The
announcement of this act of the Ger
man government came at the close of
day that had been full of sensa tional
rumors of a clash between the Ameri-
cans and Germans in Manila the ru-
mors finally going so far as to assert
ihat Admiral. Dewey had fired on and
sunk German vessel at Manila
Any lingering fears in naval circles
were set at rest finally at the close of
the day by the receipt of some dis
patches from Manila, but without men
ton of any untoWard incident. Based
on this fact, Secretary Long, Secretary
A1ger. Captain Crowninshield and Gem
eral Corbin all took the responsibility
of denying the rumors in the strongest
terms Finally, at the close of the day
and after the official close of the de-
mn ~ttS,r ,fC i
for the reason of the great confidence
the officials had in the falsity of the
rumors the statement being authoriz-
ed that by one bold stroke Germany
had removed all possibility of any clash
between hot heads at Manila. 1t was
announced that the German govern
ment had ordered its ships away from
Manila, probably to the new naval sta
tion on the Chinese coast The an
nouncement was coupled with the state
ment that the German vessels were
needed there. This may be the cause,
for the story has come to Washington
that the Chinese have been abusing
German citizens almost in the shadow
of the Chinese capital-at Tien Tsin
The Germans have come to believe that
the only way to meet such cases ie by
punitive measures.
The German government followed it's
~ lflt Stale department
of a purpose to order its vessels away
from the Philippines with formal
application to the United States gov
eminent to undertake the protection of
all the Germans in the Philippines. not
only in person, but in property. This
was regarded as a signal manifestation
of confidence that the administration
felt could not be resisted and as pract-
ically formal notice that the Germans
11n IA too,
pines, and rather than be subjected to
suspicion on that score. had taken the
course of turning over the care of the
welfare of their citizens to the United
States government. The president very
promptly accepted the trust and there
Will be no German ships, either at Ma
Mia or Iloilo, to disturb the relations
between the two countries by forming
the base of sensational and false ru-
mors.