The times., 1899-01-16
GERMANY IN THE EAST.
Ambassador White. SanGuine View
of the Philippine Situation.

Berlin, Jan. 15.-The Ambassador of tn
United States. Andrew d. White. in al
interview today said that the whole furry
of indignation in Germany and the United
States is just as baseless this ar as
last and may be even more baseless. He
added:
In my judgment, ii cInanatcs from small
number of people. who seek 10 FISH in troubled
waters. As 4 matter of TACT. Germany knows aud
shows that She knows that her only true policy
in the East Is 10 remain on good terms with
the United States She l@s no earthly motive
To take tie side Of the Spaniards OF the insur
gents 10 stir them mp or Egg them
That there are some Germans 1t HCngkong
and elsewhere who think they DO not like Amer
leans Is just as true as that there some Amer
leans there and elsewhere who do not like Ger
mans, but such gentlemen direct neither the
policy Of our State Department that OF the
German foreign office
The relations Oi our country and Germany were
perfectly harmonious during the war, and since
the the Germans have acquiesced in our
suggestions. They saw from the beginning how
the war was TO end, and they accepted the situa-
tion cordially.
50 far from qgarreling at this late day over
Pacific possessions. they are more and more in
clined TO work with u in the extension OF com
meTCc and civilization. Only about week ago
they telegTaphed to their consular representative
at Iloilo no account 70 land any force Tor the
protection OF the SpanisTds. but 10 leave that
matter to the Americans
Respecting the meat question there is every
reason 10 believe that the condition OF
| things will be much mere favorable the United
{ States than the old condition. | look 10 the
proposed meat inspection a step calculated 10
help rather than hurt What thinking on
each side wish is a single inspection. which viii
! be valid throughout the empire and super-edc the
( various local inspections. We now have strong
! hopes OF a successful issue.
| The Cologne Gazette publishes an in
| spired article on the alleged injustice OF
| American imputations against Germany
/ II concludes:
The German government docs not fight with it,
| visor down. But, besides. in NiCw OF the fact
| lean market, il wonid be incredibly foolish tC
indulge i'll = policy Of hostility toward the Amer
| lean people.
The Bundesrath considered the meat in
spection bill last week. and the favorable
view taken OF the measure by the Amer.
cans is strengthened by the severe attacl
agrarians are making on the measure.
There is some anxiety in official circle!
at the stringency in the German none!
market which IT is feared may endange
| the success OF the coming German aut
Prussian loans. The loans, it is now semi
| officially stated, amount to far less thai
200, 600 600 marks, which ii was original!
expected would be the amount.
Considerable Indignation is shown at tn
! unfaNOraDle reports coming from l-OnuOl
concerning the financial cOndit ION OF Ger
many, especially the statement that lead
! ing English banks recently declined to ac
, cept Prussian bills for large amount
This statement Is declared to be utterl
, untrue and calculated to impress the Ger
man bourses unfayorably with respect t
the loans.
|, The government has learned that til
! Austrian premier, Count Thun- Hohen
, stein. for months preceding his attack o
the German government in the reichs
I rath, systematically accumulated ever
shred of evidence tending to demonstrat
that Germany had exceeded treaty power
, in expelling Austrian subjects. A deere
Z requesting frontier officials to report sue
cases was issued by the Austrian author
! tiles as early as September.
: The German foreign Office is of the opin
. 4 ion that this alone shows that CoII
/ Thun- Hohenstein sought to pick quarr'
a with Austrias ally long ago. and demon
e states that he is not proper person I
k be at the helm of Austria, if the a!lianc
e is to remain more than empty words