The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-02
DISTRUST' THU 'BRITON
GERMAN PRESS DEVOTEs MICH
8 SPACE TO DISCUSSION OF THE
SAMOAN OUTBREAK
ENGLAND'S MOTIVES DOUBTED

ENGLkND'S MOTIVES DOUBTED
Semi-0fiicfaI Organs Are Moderate
but Other Influential Berlin News
papers trge More Aggressive
Policy on the Part of the German
Government - German Socialist
Party in Danger OF Disruption.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 1.-The latest develop
mentS In the Samoa muddle have claimed
the larger part of pubic attention this
week. The government is most reticent
to the great dissatisfaction of the press,
and in the absence of clear information
from headquarters regarding the attitude
of the government, editorial comment is
varied and contradictory. The agrarian
organs attack the minister of foreign
affairs, Baron Won Buelow, and the gov
ernment for yielding over much to the
United States ambassador, Andrew D.
White, and to the authorities at Washing
ton. The Nationalistic Deutsche Zeitung
says:
Many Germans are disappointed with
the Won Buelow regime, and wish Mar
shal Won Biebersteins s, bad as 1t was back
again.
The Kreuse Zeitung says there is abund-
ant confirmation at hand showing it is
not SO much the United States as Great
Britain that has opposed difficulties in
front of every step Germany has taken or
wished TO take in Samoa, and expires S IS
amaZement that while Great Britain has
attempted to make Germany believe she
was friendly, the British policy of envy
"England's calculations seem TO be that
Germany viii not risk conflict over such
a trifle Samoa. The error of this cal
culation is that our prestige in the world
depends upon the maintenance of our ac-
quired rights We are ready to agree to a
fair compromise, including the abolition
of the condomium. Beyond that we can
not go.'
1t is understood that the foregoing was
inspired. Another article in the Kreuse
Zeitung says:
1T is shameful that in spite of the para
mount German interests in Samoa, Eng
lish is the only language officially al
lowed
The paper then asks the government to
see, In the negotiations pending, that Ger
many is accorded equal rights with Eng
land. In conclusion the Kreuse Zeituny
remarks:
'England's success in Samoa at Ger
manys cost would be the worst business
England has done for the last hundred
years.
PACIFIC UTTERANCES.
The Tageblatt expresses confidence that
neither Great Britain nor the United
States will override legitimate German
rights and maintains the government pos
sesses information to the effect that no
such attempt will be made.
The Cologne Gazette publishes letters
1<..,% Gov 10
latest, dated Feb 1S, rehearses the old
complaints against Chief Justice Cham
bers, who is charged with overstepping
his functions toward DR.. Rafael and Her
rem Fries and Won Buelow. The CORE
spondent also claims that the landing of
the blue jackets and marines from the
British cruiser Porpoise, in the Greves-
muhl affair, was injudicious and calcu-
lated TO make matters worse. According
to this correspondent the whole attitude
of the British representatives was wrong,
and the rigid non-tnterference of the Ger
man warship Fake in the native Quarrels
was the only correct one. The Gazette
corrects several of the correspondent 8
statements, but maintains that Mr..
Chambers attitude has been incorrect.
The general tone of the press, in COM
menting upon the recent occurrences is
one of distrust, both of Great Britain and
the United States and their ultimate in
seemingly been confirmed by specials re-
ceived from the United States, all of
which assert that the American press and
people desire a serious encounter with
Germany.
The influential Centrist, Cologne Volks-
Eeitung, prints New York special,
warning Germany against the belief
that the anti-German sentiment prevail
Ing in the United States is of small ac-
count" 1t asserts that war against Ger
many is daily preached and may lead to
deplorable results if the American gov
ernment does not check this in time
GOVERNMENT PRESS CALM.
The government semi-official press,
however, remains calm and dignifed and
insists that all the, mooted points between
the two nations will be amieably ad-
tusted.
Mr.. White, upon several occasions this
week, has expressed like opinion. He
repeated that neither the German nor the
United States governments attached
much importance to the Samoan imbro-
glio and added:
Throughout I have found the govern
ment very conciliatory and inclined to
take a reasonable view of all questions
eeitering into the final settlement of
Samoa"
Certain papers and large and influential
circles express dissatisfaction with the
terms of the INSTRUMENTATION con-
vention, and the Colonial society, at it's
annual meeting at Dantsic, passed a reso-
iutlon asking the government to protest
against its ratification, as by its terms
German rights in the Gandu country
around Lake Tschad and in Kano and
Hokoto are infringed. Several papers
take up the cry and announce interpella-
tons on the subject when the reichstag
reaSsembles.
SOCIALIST PARTY DISRUPTION.
The socialist party is being disrupted
internally in consequence of book writ
ten by Herr Bernst,.,n of it's chief
Intellectual leaders, witty published. in
which the fundamental doctrine that the
poor are constantly becoming poorer ana
'hat capital Is becoming more and more
concentrated Is strikingly disproved The