The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-30

Among the crew of the United States
cruiser Philadelphia are a number Of Ger
man-Americans and through them
friendly intercourse came quite naturally.
All our reports agree on this point.
German residents of Apia,'' Councillor
Hamman continued especially mention
that they have not had to suffer nearly
as much from the Americans ON account
Of passport regulations and quarantine
measures as from the British, thanks to
the more urbane methods of the former.
Regarding the utterances OF Capt.
Coghlan the government, Councillor
Hamman concluded, has attached no I'm
portance to the incident. The assurances
received from Washington on that sub
ject have been entirely satisfactory
Some Of the newspaper comments elic-
tied by Capt. Coghlan'S utteranceS are
very significant. For example, the Frank
furter Zeitung admits that it saw no ne
cessity for the dispatch of large German
squadron to Manila, and asserts that the
squadron 1nterfered ipjudiciously with the
American blockade. The Zeitung alleges
that this interference was due to direct
instructions from Emperor William. Even
more significant is the fact that the CO.
logne Volkszeitung, the main organ of the
Center, the dominant party in the reichs-
tag, has an article agreeing. with the fore
going statement, and containing the fol-
iOWiliS iLy SlGflOuS passage,
SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTION.
Perhaps it was due to negotiations
on the part of Germany, in order to OBJ
tain If possible, coaling station in the
Philippines, that a number Of our vessels
were sent to Manila. IF this presump-
ton be correct, those who sent instruc-
tons to Admiral Won Diedrichs, without
the knowledge of the foreign office, re-
CelV6d hitter lesson The of-
flee has since been engaged in remedyi,rg
the blunder, and haSssucceeded with the
American government, but not yet with
the people of the United States, as the
Coghlan incident againydemonstrates.
The force of this editorial article is
seen by the fact that the paper in which
it was published was, from the outbreak
of the war with Spain one of the most
virulent enemies of the United States.
The Volkszeitung and sother newspapers
advise Germans not to- undervalue the
Importance of hostile demonstra tions, ac-
companying the CoghIan incident, put
ting them on parallel lines with similar
incidents on both sides in the period pre-
ceding the Franco German war
The jingo Agrarian press seizes the op-
portunity to attack the cabinet, and par
ticularly the foreign minister, Baron Won
Buelow, ard to reiterate the charge that
he is pursuing a vacillating policy. The
North German Gazette, for example,
says:
advancing at the. wrong time and then
retreating at the wrong time-that has
been our foreign policy for decade
past
Other newspapers continue the cam
paign for a larger navy, insisting that If
Germany wishes to remain world power
she must have many more ships, so as to
be able to interfere at any time and any
where. The great majority of the news
papers, however, preserve a calm and
reasonable tone over The Coghlan incl
dent.
Emperor William has taken a deep in
terest in the Coghlan incident and in af-
fairs that have been developing in Samoa.
While visiting at Wartburg the emperor
had full reports sent to him regarding
both matters, including copy of the
satirical ditty which Capt. Coghlan sang
at the conclusion of his speech at the
Union league club in New York, and
which has majesty read with great
amusement. 80
ANOTHER TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Universal attention has been attracted
in political circles by the prominence
given in the semi-official North German
zeitung to an Endorsement
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