The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06

tional Zeitung remarks; I'VE attach
Slight significance to these American
he American craving for activity will be
satisfied with the solution OF the PElup-
pine question In Hayti, doubtless ,1 the
rOrs committed by the United states al
most daily against colored people VIII
hardly tell in favor OF an AmerI .ani, PA PA
tectorate with the Hayden negroes anu
muIattOs Even in Cuba the colored PEG
pie have already received proofs OF tlle
fneradfcable antipathy OF the AineilcahS
toward the blacks.
Events in the Transvaal are keenly
watched here. The press comments no
orally on the week s news No DOUBT a
strong undercurrent OF sentiment eSls So
Beers against Great Britain. Every GER
man one meets expresses this freely, ana
the press, except the portion inspired py
the Government, sides more or less
strongly with the Beers. An edltorla1 IN
the Deutsche zeitung is Significant as
showing the aspirations in pan-Gerrnan
and colonial circles. 1t concludes as fol-
lows:
questionable as it remains, after all,
whether England, which, in war with
the Beers, would have to dangerously eX-
pose all her threatened points in Asia, Is
really resolved to fight, it seems settled,
Judging from the consonance OF news
sibiity of war is not being seriously con-
sidered. The near future may show
whether the British flag will be unfolded
for fight in which nothing less is TO be
decided than the question whether Africa
is TO become English or German-Dutch.
IA further sign of the deep interest in
the matter here is the large number of
pamphlets and books on the question
which have appeared within month. All
the periodicals also contain articles on
the TranSVaal question 1t seems doubt
full. however. whether the Government
or the Emperor will again interfere II
things come to a focus in South Africa.
FL tod in mol INl1 dir
cles that his Majesty, on the occasion OF
the visit of Cecil Rhodes to Berlin, said:
The Beers are past saving adding that
they owed their misfortunes TO their
own stub bornness" and that there was no
intention on the part of Germany to call
a halt to England.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that there has been a great
veering around of opinion in Government
circles partly owing to the circumstan-
tial reports of the new German Consul al
Pretoria.
During his trip in northern waters the
Emperor has been kept closely informed
regarding the changes in the whole mat
ter, and on his arrival at Kiel a minute
verbal report was made TO him A high
official said to the Associated Press cor
respondent this week
1T is certain that the Emperor, and
with him Count Bulow and Prince Ho-
henlohe, have beome convinced that to
actively NEEDLE in the TranSVaal question
at the present stage would be to stir up
hornets nest. Germany has come to the
conclusion that it is best for her interests
to let things take their natural course"
A large portion of the press this week
called attention to the enormous pro-
posed increase" of the American navy.
The Oeste Asiatische. Lloyd points out
that America is building forty-siX war
vessels and that the construction of
twelve more was ordered during the last
session of Congress. This. it adds, in the
near future will give a new complexion to
the Far Eastern question
This article has been much commented
upon and a number of papers in close re-
Iation with the Government have begun
a campaign in favor of another large in
crease in the German navy. Even the
| Conservative Neuests Nachrichten, the
organ of DR.. MIGUEL, the Prussian Minis
fer of Finance, strongly insists that such
an increase is necessary unless Germany
wishes to "abdicate the influential posi-
ton she has acquired in the East, add
ing, Germany must be able to keep per-
manently at least one division of first
class ironclads in the far East.
The first torpedo boat of a new type has
Just been launched at the Schichau yards.
The fact that a number of small torpedo
boats have been lost at sea during the
past five years has induced the Govern
ment to abandon the smaller type.
All the torpedo boats built for Germany
hereafter will be siXty-eight meters long,
drawing nine feet of water and will be
among the SwifteSt vessels of their class
af1oat. They will steam thirty-five knots
and will have two tunnels and two tur-
rets.
From a gentleman in the encourage of
the Emperor the correspondent of the AS
| ISOLATED Press learns that the Emperor
| is greatly elated at the success of his