The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
SYMPATHY FOR BO[RS
Opinion In Berlin That There Will
Be War.
AN UNEQUAL STRUGGLE
GERMANY WILL NOT ATTEMPT
TO INTERFERE.
Newspapers Manifest a Friendly Sen
timent Toward the TransvaaI-
Prominent Americans Invited to
Attend Army Maneuvers- Discus
sion of Defeated Canal Bill.

Copyright. 1899, by the Associated Press.
| Berlin. Sept. 2.-The general opinion
expressed here is that war betweer
Treat Britain and the Transvaal is al
most unavoidable. Many articles from
the pens of we'll known writer's hav
appeared this week in that vein. Near
~ all sympathize with the Beers. Tn,
Tone OF the Independent press is abou
the same. 'oou
Ihere IS no doubt that the govern
nient, II not exactly friendly to Grea
Britain in this quarrel, has resolved K
ABSTAIN from active interference. Thi.
TACT, which the correspondent of the
associated Press has repeatedly hat
1rCm an authentic source, is again cor.
roborated this week. The CORRESPOND
ents informant said that reliable in.
formation which has reached the gov.
eminent for months past made il eyi.
oent that its opinion about the Pretoria
government had to be revised. 1t would
pc neither wise nor to Germany's in
terest to take sides against Great Brit
am IN an attempt to right certain
wrongs He added that the German
government, of course, would be sim
cerely sorry to see war break out in
the Transvaal. 1t was natural to feel
Tor brave little people in such a strug-
gle, but thence to active interference
was a long way.
In conclusion the informant said that
the government was not influenced in
it's course about the Transvaal by last
years agreement with Great Britain
regarding certain colonies, and it can
not be said that this course of the gov
eminent would be popular.
Comment Of the Press.
The Cologne Gazettes presumably
official article of Aug. 80, warming the
Transvaal against placing itself in an
unfavorable position, and adding that,
In the event Of war, nobody will lift a
finger to prevent the destruction of the
republic. has been, with few excep-
tons, unfavorably commented upon by
the whole uninspired press.
The Deutsche Zeitung says: Things
have got so far that the press is in
spired to take sides in such an often
sivei way against the Transvaal in a
matter where right is very evidently
on the side of the Transvaal This
policy brings US in conflict with our
feelings OF right and justice as well as
our national sentiments. -
The Deutsche Tage Zeitung says:
we have heard with a feeling of re-
lief of the action of the Germans at
johannesburg There the Germans dis
avow the government s policy of friend
~ neutrality in South Africa. We hope
the Beers fists will repair what Ger
man diplomacy has spoiled and that
the outcome of the war will put our
government again on the side of right,
even if we have to risk losing thereby
the enthusiastic compliments of Cecil
The Kreuz Zeitung, in a sober edito-
rial article, expresses regret that, in the
event of war, victory will finally be on
the side Of Great Britain in such an I'M
equal struggle.
German Army Maneuvers.
The army maneuvers. which will be-
gin tomorrow and end Sept. Is, will be |
Of more than usual interest and i'm |
oortance. Half the troops engaged, the |
Fifteenth corps will approach the oppos
ng forces, the Sixteenth corps, by |
forced marches through the Black for
,st passes. After striking the plains,
he corps will operate along both sides
If the En- river. The decisive action
Will probably occur in Wurtemburg,
between Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg.
Big reviews at Carlsruhe, Strasburg
md elsewhere will precede the manuv-
IT'S. Emperor William strongly hopes
% see some strategic surprises.
A noteworthy feature of the maneuv-
,rs will be the presence of number of