Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-04
HURT THE KAlSER'S PRIDE
Captain Coghlan's Remarks Regarding In
cidents at Manila.
Result Has Been 80 Get Increa.eS
Naval Estimates Through
the Hcichstag

me New York Herald's special corre-
spondent in Berlin cables the following. un-
der date of Wednesday:
Inc Coghlan incident / am told. worried
mis- majesty the kaiser not a little az first.
The full details were cabled TO him from,
Washington. and led to a long conference,
with Count Wolf Metternich. who on his
trip accompanies his majesty as represcn-
tative Of the foreign Office.
What shocked him most WAS the lack NJ
discipline in an officer under any c.rcum-
stances, permitting himself such liberties
of comment In Germany any such breach
would be summarily punished. but its oc-
currence would be thing unheard o.
kaiser's Feelings Hurt.
The kaiser felt the affront ali the more
because he considers that he long ago made
the amend honorable when he personally
rebuked Admiral Won Diedrichs. recalled
him and placed Prince Henry ia lis place.
with instructions to be specially conciia-
tory to Americans. All that is over and
the disagreeable incidents referred to are
more than a year old, and may therefore
be considered bygones.
But in the whole affair the kaiser has
found consolation because out Of Il he has
extracted yet another fact, which would
appeal to the German nation in the caus.
which he has had at heart for ycars-the
increase Of the German navy. Capt. Cogh-
Ian can take it that n this particular direc-
tion he has been the ally OF the kaiser.
Increase in Navy Demanded.
Yesterday / was talking with one OF the
most peace-loving men in this country. but
even he had become lingo on the question
of an increase In the navy. The news
papers are more than ever full of the Same
subject. There Is absolutely no doubt that
in the immediate future a measure for a
large increase in the German navy viii ha
submitted by the government and carried
i'm the face of recent events.
1t has been said concerning the peace con-
ference. which has been described as "A mod
ern phantasmagora born under great din
cuties. that the kaiser would take this
opportunity for making some proclamation
as to his sentiments of amnesty to all poll
teal prisoners. This is without foundation.
His majesty has no sentimental ideas about
the possibilities Of universal peace. His
voice is to Toe heard in his appointment Of
an apostle OF increased ornaments Prof.
Stengei. as counsel to Cuuut von Munster.
Must Prepare for war.
His majesty has often expressed his opin-
ion that peace can only be maintained by
being prepared for war. by having a force
necessary TO command respect Since the
Spanish war he realizes more than ever
that his theory is right.
How long will the peace conference
last?" [ asked one who win take part I'm it.
1t is difficult to say" he replied but We
may count a month or six weeks, ac-
cordiug to how delegates agree as to the
best means Of assuring peace. All We know
definitely now is that the various govern
mentS have secured rooms for their dele
gates at The Hague for the 18th, and that
the conferences will begin on the 18TH and
that until the delegates do meet there Will
be no program announced. Some of the
delegates up to the present time have re-
ceived absolutely no instructions.
Rufied PIumes Smoothed.
President Mci[inley's message to the
kaiser in reference to the Coghlan incident
has quite smoothed the ruffied piumes OF all
here. Its result is Immediately marked in
the striking change of tone in the German
press. which now appears to seek every
means to conciiate American opinion. As
one out of many instances this may be-
taken: The Neueste Nachrichten publish
es on its front page an appeal to the Amer
lean jiugoes not TO continue their anti
German agitation, saying, among other
things:
The American Hotspurs who think to
aid their country by setting * in hatred
against Germany must consider that their
countrymen have very short memory for
the past. Not only WAS the Prussan officer
Baron Won Steubeu, from the year 1873 the
assistant of Washington when he suffered
considerable reveres as he led his forces
to victory. but Frederick the Great was the
first European sovereign who recognized
the young republic. Not only did tho
United States in the civil war receive from
Germany substantial financial assistance,
but also in the German immigrants their
best soldiers"