The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
NOT IN FAVOR
Of ARB|TRATIO
Afraid Germany Will Be
Caught in a Trap.
BERLIN PAPERS UNEASY
ACCUSE AMERICA AND ENGLAND
OF HYPOCRISY.
Present Attitude Of Delegates at The
Hague Said to Be Not in Ac-
cord With the Acts of the
Nations They Represent.
Copyrighted, 1899. by the Associated Press,

C-or,,r,eh+ed 1899. by the Associated Press
BERLIN. July 15.-Now that plan
for arbitration has been adopted at The
TTar,1e and the articles regulating war
fare on land have been published, the
nress is devoting much attention to the
work of the peace conference. NotWith-
standing the tone of skeptlclsm WIN
which the conference is generally treated
the opinion is fully expressed thal the
results VIII be considerable ana perll@-
nent. II is admitted that the exagger-
ated hopes INDUCED IN by some that the
conference would do something to make
war well nigh impossible In the future
have rot been fulfilled, but 1t Is pointed
out that the conference is not therefore
a failure by any means.
The Pan-Germanic Deutsche Zeitung-
referring to the arbitration plan, is ex-
ceedingly uncomfortable over the tnougnt
that Germany may be caught IN TINS TINS
trap" and says it thinks the per,iaTnnt,l nr Tnel
bureau will become place Tor Ling
/. lish intrigue"
In treating the question some Of the
papers point out that the United States
and Great Britain have not shown In
practice as much zeal for arbitration as
they have displayed at The Hague. me
refusal of the United States TO arpltrate
the case with Spain, and Great Britain
refusal to so settle the TransVaal dlfn-
Guilty are mentioned by the kreuZ Aeltung
and National Zeitung as inconsistent WITH
their positions at The Hague.
The papers also comment on the United
States refusal to arhitrate the Hazeiton,
Pa affair as requested by Austria. as be-
ing inconsistent with the attitude OF the
American delegates. Otherwise the work
of the American delegates Is referred TO
in complimentary terms.
Great Britains role at The Hague Is
commented upon with much less approval.
THE refusal to abandon the dum-dum bull
la+ causes bitter remarks upon the sub
iect of what the papers style "England's S
jj,ncfyflized methods /of warfare"
T,he Cologne Volks Zeitung calls atten-
+ton to the continuous increase of exports
from the United States. while the imports
that the United States Is growing more
onG more independent Of foreign coun-
fries It says: "In the iron industry al
raedv the United States is strong enough
to bsat England and Germany"
r'he Aerarian Deutsche Tages Zeitung
rin.s an article claiming that the assert
~ - aIIneriortty of American agricultural
s,,etnodg is an error, adding that the only
advantase the American has over the
Garman farmer Is in the abundance Of vir-
S,n soiI and lower taxation.
The announcement that Russia ls about
~ order field guns in the United States is
rroocetvsd 20 with doubt here. The Neuezten
Nachrichten, owned by several large man
,,Facfiirers, claims to know from an un-
ouastfonabie source that the report is ut
fxerIv untrue asserts that II Is the product
~ American Imagination and love OF adj
vsrtiscnert and adds: THE Russian ar
tiIIery staff is too serious and well in
forraad TO go for guns to land that in
thig branch of manufacture has not yet
thrown aside its baby shoes"