The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
UNDERSTANDING
WITH GERMANY
White Is Confident of
Adjusting Troubles.
Copyrighted. 1899. by tn. Associated Press.

Copyrighted. 1sss by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-THE United States
ambassador, Andrew D. White, has
now received detailed instructions re-
garding Samoa, both by mail and cable.
He declined to give their nature, but
said:
Il do not see any reason to change
the opinion 1 have previously expressed
that the difficulties will be entirely ad-
justed automatically. My instructions
have not made the task of coming to an
amicable understanding more difficult.
I have had several conferences with
. Baron Won Bulow (the German Minister
Of Foreign Affairs during the week
about Samoa and the Philippines and
our commercial relations. 1 found the
German Government very conciliatory."
Mr.. White utterly disbelieves the re-
ports that Germany has financially sup
ported Aguinaldo and similar stories.
With reference TO the latter allegations
a high government official said to the
Associated Press correspondent: These
reports are utterly baseless. 1t is true
that a commercial syndicate for the ex-
port Of arms and ammunition has ex-
listed at Hongkong for years and is still
doing a thriving business. Its mem
bers are English, Americans, Japanese
and Chinese, but it does not contain a
single German. The Consul of Germany
certainly does not belong to the syndi-
cate nor is he in anyway interested in
the arms and ammunition trade"
American affairs have occupied
large space in the German press during
. the past week. The events at Manila
have been followed keenly and the
press comments are plentiful and va
ried.
Generally speaking, the papers are
. rather sympathetic to the Americans,
but fears are expressed that the task
Of .subduing the FilipinoS will prove
harder than the Americans suppose.
The Vossische Zeitung, in an article
.. wishing the Americans success says:
. If America insists upon establishing
permanent American rule in the Philip
pines, the United States stand just on
the threshold of a colonial war Of whose
dangers and expense, blood and money
the American newspaper strategists
have probably no adequate idea"
The KreuZ Zeitung says: Whoever
looks over the situation calmly must
admit that the final victory of the
Americans is not only certain, but desir-
able. The Tagallos, with their Aguinal-
do, are certainly incapable of self-gov-
ernment. We are unable to discover in
this Aguinaldo, who has played with
more than hostile intentions between
, two powers, has any traits Of real
greatness"
The Kreuz Zeitung then rejoices that
the relations between Germany and the
United States are improving, and pays
a high tribute to Mr.. White for his
steady efforts in that direction. The
paper next advises a partition Of the
Samoan Islands, Germany taking the
n lfah Avnfo he aTNff fal &c cit
uated, and which contains more than
. half the total population of the entire
group. and the United States and Great
Britain dividing Savaii, Tutuilla and
Menua.
:. The commercial relations between
the United States and Germany have,
. however, absorbed chief attention,
. partly on account Of the Reichstag in
: terpellation on the subject to-day, in
trOduced by Count Won KanitZ, the
:. Agrarian leader, with the approval of
the Government, which hopes thereby
J; To exert pressure on the Washington
Government, which. it is claimed here,
is hanging back needlessly and inter
p. posing obstacles in the way of a mu-
>: tual understanding regarding reci-
procity.
-r. In reply to an Interpolation, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs Won Bulow said in
the Reichstag to-day:
'As regards the differential treatment
Of German sugar, apart from the Ding
ley tariff, the German Government OBJ
jected that this treatment was opposed
TO the most favored clause Of the
treaty and that 1t was a customs
surtax incorrectly calculated We
have secured the removal Of the
different charges arising from un-
fair reckoning Of the surtax. but
Germany has a further demand re-
specting the deduction of additional ex-
else from the so-called over-contingent
which has been persistently rejected
on the other hand the American Gov
ernment has promised to consider Ger
1nany's proposal for the deduction of
the general Industrial tax to which Ger
man sugar is subjected"