The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
TUESDAY. APRIL a, 1870.
INJHI\kABI

II would be hard 20 exceed the surprise
81 the American people when the cable
Informed them last Sunday morning that
the special kilograms to an the German
newspapers from this country represented
that the American press and people de-
sire n serious encounter with Germany.
A number of German newspapers have
printed special dispatches from New
York warning Germany against the be-
lief that the "anti-German sentiment pre-
vailing in the United states is of small
account" and adding that war against
Germany is daily preached. and may
lead to deplorable results, if the Ameri-
can government does not check it in
time"
1t IS hard TO imagine the kind of hope
less scoundrel who can have invented
this libel upon the American people. Tx
cept a war with Great Britain. there is
hardly an American who could look upon
anything with more dismay than the
prospect Of a war between the United
states and Germany. A very large part
of our population IS German or OF German
descent. they have mixed with and as
Simulated with tine other Americans per-
foctly. and no people could dwell to-
eether more tremendously than Our Ger
mans and the rest of our population. To
talk Of "a falling out between our Ger
man element and the other dement's OF
United States c~itizeny is to talk Of a feud
IN the most perfectly harmonious family.
It IS u~nthinkable, and the man who would
attempt to foment any such discord
should be p~illoried and treated as "a pub
lie enemy. Whoever should foment such
a strife would be laughed at
Not only are other Americans entirely
satisfied with their German fellOw-citi-
zens. but all Americans recognize the in
estimable advantage to this country of
perfectly harmonious relations between
Germany as a country and the United
States as a country. IT would be q worlds
calamity TO have the friendly relations
between Germany and ;ne United states
disturbed. and ninety-nine Americans in
every hundred recognize it as such.
Whilst the people of the United states
feel in exactly this way towards Ger
mans and Germany. there is ne1erlhe-
less a feeling amOngst Americans 'h@'
the German administration has not acted
as friendly a part by US since the begin
ming Of our war with Spain, as We have
acted towards Germany. Ihere - not
the smallest disposition to hold the Ger
man people responsible Cor this.
The idea here is that the German En-
peror and the Emperor alone Is respon-
siblo for It. He Is beloved here 10 be
strongly infected with medieval ana
feudal ideas and to desire in his secret
heart a suppression OF Democratic devel-
opment. and the unfriendly acts which
have been charged 60 the account OF Ger
man officials are believed In America TO
have emanated directly from the En-
peror. and we have haG really u%nfriendly
acts 10 complain Of. There Is no longer
room for doubt that the German admiral
q. Manila seriously embarrassed Admiral
Dewey for a long time and Admiral
Kautz's telcgraphic announcement from
Samoa that "the German Consul General
had issued an mcendiary proclamation
saying that my" (hautz's) proclamation
was untrue and he should uphold the
provisional government Il simply as
founding.
Nevertheless. the American people are
delighted TO learn that the Gcrman gov
srnnent has entered into negotiations
with our government in a spirit OF friend
liness and frankness that makes a pacific
pollution OF the trouble almost certain. We
are prepared TO forget and forgive any
and everything SO that the Emperor viii
not put us into a position that makes II
necessary for Us 10 quarrel with Ger
many.