The age-herald., 1899-08-06
Admiral Dewey's Alleged Anti-
 German Utterances
NOT BELIEVED BY THE PRESS
American Hero Considered Too Cautious to Make Any Such Bad Break The Events in Samoa Fol-
 lowed With Interest

Berlin, August 5.-Midsummer dullness is breeding over Berlin. Nearly everybody of consequence is absent and politics are at a standstil The exodus to the watering places, seashore and mountains, has been more general than usual. The papers edi- torialize on secondite subjects, live themes of discussion being almost totally lacking. Although the diet assemblies August 10, the fate of the canal bill Is as uncertain as ever Its chances have not improved dur ing the vacation. The Centere, whose help is vital, insists upon the passage first of the communal reform bill to which ar- engagement the Prussian government se- riously objects. The agrarian opposition remains determined. Even the fact that the emperor has come out publicly and strongly in favor of the canal bill makes no difference.
 Admiral Dewey's alleged anti-German utterances at Trieste are more extensively commented upon in the American than in the German press. With few exceptions the tone of the latter Is moderate and con ciiatory. Most of the papers disbelieved the truth of the alleged utterances from the first, citing the admirals past conduct
  wards the German representatives in the east. The influential Boersen Courier says:
 "On the German side no serious politician for a moment has attributed any import ance to this latest canard. Admiral Dewey is known, from his intercourse With Ger man naval officers as a quiet, thoughtful gentleman, incapable of giving vent to such incautious utteranccs'
 The Agrarian Deutsehe Tage Zeitung likewise expresses disbelief, adding: After all We need not trouble ourselves about Admiral Deweys views of Germany, Prince Henry and German naval officers"
 The Tageblatt repeatedly expressed the conviction that the whole story Is hlaccur- ate and other important papers, like the Cologne Gazette, Hamburger Correspond eng and the bulk of the Berlin papers, said it would be interesting to know just now much and how little of truth there was 10 the whole story.
 Events In Samoa
 Events in Samoa are being followed with some attention. The news that pr. So.f, the German president of the municipal council of Samoa was induced to resign, was received with general displeasure. Government circles as yet have no con firmation of the report. The Cologne Ga- Zette has special dispatch from Apia say ing the assumption of Chief Justice Cham bers' place by United States Consul Os- borne and Dr. Solfs resignation must be regarded as an indefensble relinquislment of Germany position and Is unjustified by the facts.
 The Nationalistic Deutsohe Zeitung vio- iently attacks the government for yielding and the Vossische Zeitung closes an arti- cle by saying: "The Samoan commission has wound up its labors. The propositions formulated are subject to the approval of the powers. Careful examination is the first requisite of the avoidance of sanguin- ary troubles which might again lead to in- ternational complica tions."
 The government press so far is silent.
 The German press is, in the main, reti- cent regarding the Santo Domingo muddle referring to American comment on the troubles in the island, the influential Ma tional Zeitung remarks: We attach slight significance to these American press yer sions. For some time to come the Ameri- can craving for activity will be satisfied with the solution of the Philippine ques- tion. In Hayti doubtless the Americans will not be welcomed. Horrors committed by the United States almost daily against colored people will hardly tell in favor of an American protectorate with the Hay tian negroes and mulattoes. Even in Cuba the colored people have already received proofs of the ineradicable antipathy of tho Americans toward the blacks"