The record-union., 1899-05-07
Firm Belief Among the People That
Their interests in Samoa
Have Been RuthIessIy Disregarded BY Both
England and United States.
Agrarian Press Severely Attacks
Minister of Foreign Affairs Won
Buelow for What They Style His
Supine Disregard of Germany's
Legitimate Interests in the ISL
ands.

Copyrighted. 1899, by Associated PreFs)
BERLIN, May g. = The belief has
taken complete possession of the pub
lie mind in Germany that German in
terests in Samoa have been brutality
and ruthlessly disregarded by both
England and the United States. 1t
seems that this view is steadily gain
ing strength with nearly all classes.
The press certainly reflects the senti-
ment with increasing violence The
Government has done nothing the past
week, either to fortify or dispel this
trend of public opinion. The Govern
ment press has been strangely silent
upon the subject.
The Agrarian newspapers and many
other journals have seized the occasion
of the birthday anniversary of the I'm
perial Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Baron Won Buelow, to severely attack
him for what they style his supine dis
regard of Germany's legitimate inter
ests in Samoa, and his alleged obse-
quiousnesS toward Great Britain and
the United States.
The matter of claims for damages,
both in Samoa and the Philippines, for
German property destroyed in recent
engagements has also been injected
into the press discussion with singu-
larry growing excitement. the asser-
ton being made that the United States
meant to disregard these lust" claims.
The North German Gazette" men
t1oning reports that English and Amer
lean merchants in Samoa express a de-
sire to see Germany annex the whole
OF the group, bitterly attacks the Inn
perlal Foreign Office for Expressing
this statement and keeping it out of
the. press.
The Agrarian "Deutsche Tage lei
tung," in the course of a severe re-
view of Germany's attitude toward the
United States during the past year,
| olames the Imperial Foreign Office
with "knuckling down to the Ameri-
cans in every case, even recalling the
instance of Admiral Won Diedrich's at
Manila, so as not to hurt the feelings
OF Messieurs, the Americans. The arti-
Gle concludes as follows: Only now,
by showing bold and unyielding front.
| can the prestige of the empire, which
has suffered so seriously Iatterly. be
re-esta blished'
A commission which has visited King
Otto ON behalf of the Bavarian Cham
Der of Deputies found his majesty as
crazy as ever, although in robust
health physically. He passes entire
days in fine weather in the garden
and park of his palace. His hallucina-
tions mostly consist in imagining him
self dog, when he crawls on all fours
and carries flowers in his mouth
The Crown Prince of Germany and
his brother, Eite Fritz, following the
Hohenzollern tradition, are learning
the trade of joiner and woodworker.
The United States ambassador to
Germany, Andrew d. White, will start
for The Hague on Tuesday. May 10Th.
to attend the peace conference, at
which he will be one of the representa-
tives of the United States Mrs. White
Will not accompany the ambassador
but will go to The Hague later. Mr.
White estimated that the duration of
the conference will be from one month
to five weeks, and says it is likely that
after adjourning for a time. in order
that the delegates may have time to
report to their respective Governments
and receive new instructions, the con-
ference will reconvene for a final SEES
sion. The American delegates will be
housed together in a fine building that
has been rented for the purpose.