The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-16
GERMANY'S CUP IS FULL
Bitterly Humiliated by Affairs in
Samoa.
VIVID ABUSE OF LEADERS
Jingoistic Attacks on the Policy Of the
Government-The Agrarian Game
Spoiled by the Folly of
DR.. Lehr.
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press,

Copyright 1899 by Associated Press,
Berlin. April 15.-The Samoan cues
zion continues to overshadow all 9TH
ers during the week SO much so that
the interest in the subject has even
seized the masses. The most remark
able feature of the affair is the united
deadly onslaught made by the entire
agrarian anti-Semite and part of the
conservative and national liberal press
.on the cabinet especially on the minis
ter of foreign affairs. Baron Won Bue-
low. who is charged with following a
Nacillating policy and yielding too
much to British insolence and Yankee
impudence." A regular campaign of
Habuse has been opened against the lsad-
ers in foreign politics, many of the lat
ter utterances being of unusual vigor
for the German press conditions. 1t is
learned on good authority that the eX-
element of this is to discredit Baron
Won Buelow with the emperor. force his
retirement and prejudice public opinion
and the reichstag against the United
States and thus defeat the meat in
spection bill, which is considered by the
agrarianS to be too favorable to Ameri-
and too harmful to Germany. 1t is
added that Fridays Interpolation of
the government in the reichstag on the
Samoan question and Baron Won Bue-
lows reply We're intended a test of
strength between the two contending
parties But the great noise OF the
agrarian press and its allies ought not
TO deceive people into the belief that
they represent public opinion. They
are merely the minority. Neither the
emperor nor the government have al
lowed themselves to be influenced by
s.-cx
strikingly illustrated in the passing of
midland canal bill by the diet. The
measure was extremely distasteful to
the agrarians. The party is distinctly
on the down grade. In the reichstag
the party has only 100 out of a total
of 397 members and in the diet its ad-
herents number considerably less than
half the total membership.
DR.. Lehrs ridiculous jingoism in the
reichstag last evening in presenting the
opening speech of the Interpolation
spoiled the agrarian game. The Ger
man press comments on the occur
rences in Samoa this week differ re-
markedly according to the party stand
point on each paper Until Friday,
while the fate of the high commission
was trembling in the balance, the COM
ment was more vivid and moro bit
ter.
The Deutsch Zeitung headed a page
condemned the action of the govern
ment. 1t declared that the cabinet was
wholly devoid of national sentiment
and aspirations and asked ironically:
what more do We want? The drebund
has fallen to pieces. Russia is allied
with France, England with the United
States, Austria is secretly allied to
France and Italy is wholly dependent
upon England, with the possibility of
her sliding over to France Added to
all this the brutal treatment we have
been subjected to by England and the
United States. by Count Won Thun-
Hohenstein austrian premier>. Mr.
MaXse British consul at Apia), Mr..
Chambers tchief Justice of Samoa) and
Admiral Kautz Indeed we ask, what
more do we Want?"
= The agrarian organ spoke of the i'm
potent weakness shown in Samoa and
concluded: We stand aghast at the
ltombstone of German honor"
The more reasonable part of the press
| expressed itself most bitterly. The
kruez Ieitung. officially inspired. said:
! 1T seems to be settled that we were
too optimistic in judging with Mr.
White that England and America has
mot identified themselves in the Samoan
matter. This, indeed, seems to be the
case, not alone in Samoa. but generally
i'm the white house and in Downing
street.
From inquiries made among leading
4 members of the colonial party, the cor
respondent of the associated press as
certains that it is their belief that the
United States wants the Samoan ISL
ands and is going to have them. A
well informed correspondent of the
Nolks Zeitung asserts this in an article,
adding many details.
The Lokal Anzeiger, under the head
of "A Noble Pair of Brothers, ex-
presses the opinion that the Anglo
American understanding will not last
long, las merchants SO INSCRIPTIONS in
competition as the English and Ameri-
cans will easily become enemies"
Continuing, the Lokal Anzerger sur
misses that the United States before
long will again be friends with Rus
STA"
The Vossische Zeitung compares the
Former cessions to the United States by
France Spain and Russia with the pres
ent movement in the British West In
dies and says: All the countries sub
sequently regretted their sales and
England has no need to yield valuable
possessions in the West Indies so long
as she is not needing worthless terri
tory in Africa and Polynesia
number of paper also point out the
absolute necessity of a larger navy The
semi official Post in an inspired article,
says: probably the Samoan difficult
ties would not have arisen at all if the
other countries had to reckon with a
strong German fleet ready for anv
emergency"
Many of the papers have emphasized
the fact that the absence of cable con
nection with Samoa was largely re-