The morning news., 1899-04-16
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ana It's Affes. However, Are In tho
Minority-samoan Affairs Have
stirred the Empire Up-sOme Think
the United states Want samoa.
Copyright, 1899, by ythe Associated Pressy
Berlin, April 1.-THE Samoan question
continued to overtop all others during the
week. so much so that the interest in the
subject has even seized the masses.
The most remarkable feature OF the af.
fair is the united daily onslaught made
by the entire agrarian. anti-Semlte and
part OF the Conservative and National Lib
eraI press on the cabinet, and especially
on the minister OF foreign affairs. Baron
Won Buefow, who is charged with following
n vacillating policy and yielding too much
to British insoience and Yankee impu-
dence."
A regular campaign Of abuse has been
opened against the leaders In foreign poli-
tics. many of the utterances being OF un-
usual vigor and venom, for the German
press conditions. II Is learned on good au-
thority that the aim OF this is to dlscredit
Baron Won Buelow with the Emperor thus
force his retirement. and prejudice put'lc
opinion and the Reichstag against the
United States, and thus defeat the meat
inspection bill. which is considered by the
agrarlans to be too favorable to Amerl-
cans and too harmful to German interests.
Was Test of strength.
II Is added that Fridays Interpolation
OF the government in the Reichstag, ON
the Samoan question, and Baron Won Bue-
lows reply. were Intended as a test OF
atr f,evfk
ties. as Baron Won Buelow, as well as the
cabinet which Is more or less swayed by
him, Is considered by the AgTarans tn
be distinctly hostile to their interests
But the great noise of the Agrarlan
press and its allies ought not to deceive
people into the belief that they represent
public opinion. They are merely the bla-
tant minority. Neither the Emperor nor
the government have allowed themselves
to be influenced by these mischief-mak-
ers
The officials OF the United States em-
bassy are well satisfied with Baron Won
Buelow's speech. which agreed with his
previous statements TO the United States
ambassador. Andrew ID. White, who con-
siders his speech 10 have been moderate
and pacific. and he 30 cabled Washing
ton.
The correspondent here OF the Associat-
ed Press learns that both Great Britain
and the United States expressed the hope
that the unanimity principle would not
be carried to an unreasonable extent,
which might easily Illustrate the whole
purpose of the commission and result In
a deadlock, II one power stood out against
the others ON every question. Germany
gave coneiliatory assurance.
The stand of the Press.
The German press comments ON the oc>
eurrences in Samoa this week differed re-
markably, according to the party stand
point of each paper, until Friday. Willis
the fate OF the high commission was trem-
bling In the balance, the comment natur-
ally was more vivid and more bitter.
The Deustche Zeltung headed a page ed
itorial with THE Shame OF Samoa" and
condemned the action Of the government In
toto IT declared the cabinet was wholly
devoid OF national sentiment and aspira-
tlons. and asked ironically:
What more do we want2 The dreibund
has fallen 10 pieces, Russia Is allied with
France, England with the United States.
Austria IL secretly allied to France, and
Italy Is wholly dependent upon England,
with the possibility OF her sliding over to
France. Add to all this the brutal treat
ment we have been subjected to by Eng
land and the United States. by Count Won
Thun- Hohenstein 0he Austrian premIer),
Mr.. Maxse (the British consul at Apia),
Mr.. Chambers 0he chief Justice OF Sa-
moa) and Admiral Kautz Indeed, we ask,
what more do we want7'
One agrarian organ spoke of tho trn-
potent weakness" shown IN Samoa, and
concluded: we stand aghast at the
tombstone OF German honor"
The more reasonable part OF the press
also expressed itself most bitterly Tho
Kreuz Zeitung. often inspired. said:
"It seems to be settled that we were
too optimistic In judging from the declar-
~tt - he Int 4ad
AMBASSADOR at Berlln) that England ana
America had not identified themselves In
the Samoan matter. This, in deed, seems
to be the case not alone In Samoa, but
generally in the White House and Down
Ing street"
A Belief That We Want Samoa.
From inquiries made among leading
members of the colonial party. the corre-
spondent of the Associated Press ascer-
tains that II Is their belief the United
States wants the Samoan Islands and -
going to have them.
The correspondent here OF the Associ-
ated Press has had an interview with
high foreign official. who bitterly COM
planned of the "many erroneous state-
ments hoated by the London press regard
ing the Samoa mudd.e"
He claimed that in nearly every instance
these statements we're evidently made for
the purpose of creating unfriendliness
against Germany In the American press
or with the intention of causing an anti
American feeling here.
The appointment of the Samoan COM
mission and the final acceptance by Great
Britain of the German proposal as 10 Its
scope and methods. Is hailed with Joy by
the entire press. and the belief is express
ed that something like order and harmony
will now be tablished In the islands,
and thus remove one Of the main disturb
ing factors standing IN the way OF an un-
between the three countries
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