The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-24
AND GREAT BRITISH LOSS
MANY BELIEVE THAT DREYFUS
WAS RUSSIA'S SPY.
ANTl-ExPosITloN MOVEMENT is DEAD
The German Press Declares McKinley's Pitts
bug Speech Undignified and lnsincere,
and Halls Reeds Reported Can
didacY With Approval.

UfAH ftPPio'Ws
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press)
Berlin. Sept 23.-An outbreak of
as a question Of few days, or at the
most of weeks. The whole press de-
votes considerable space TO the matter.
Neither the attitude of the people or
press has changed materially. Without
exception they disapprove of such a war
and blame Great Britain for badge1ing
the Transvaal beyond endurance. The
Liberal press also blames the Transvaal
for its Illogical stand in first sanction
ing Great Britain's attempts at inter-
ference i'll its internal affairs and then
rejecting such attempts and making
thereof casus belli. Thus argues the
Vossische Zeitung, Cologne Gazette,
Tageblatt and others THE whole
Conservative, jingo a1ti-Semite, Agra
rian. Ultramone and Centre press sides
with the Beers.
A Foreign Office official said to the
correspondent here of the Associated
Press:
''Of course, it is in no sense to our
interest to have England and the Trans
vaal go TO war. That little Boer ma
ton viii finally sHccumb and, probably,
viii be wiped oIrt of existence. 1T
is only too likely that this will diminish
our prestige in South Africa and injTe
our not inconsiderable material inter
ests there. for our trade with the Boer
States is increasing and is only next to
that of England. Other interests will
also be jeopardized or injured IN such
a struggle. Still there is no occasion
and no political or moral right for US
to interfere. So long as our undolbted
rights are respected by the belligerents
we ehall not interfere"
The informant of the correspondent
refused to say whether it was a dis
tinct, formal understanding with Great
Britain, or whether the agreement of
a year ago, ON the subject of South
Africa, included German neutrality in
the event of war with the Transvaal
Experts are beginning to speculate ON
the probable outcome of the war and
the losses On both sides
LII the Frankfort Zeitung, General
Won Bogllslawsky, military writer of
note, predicts that the British will sus-
tain enormous losses in the Transvaai,
owing. mainly, to the inferiolity Of their
officers and their inability to under
stand or apply modern tactics
The Dreyfus excitement has largely
subsidized here since the pardon, though
many papers express the belief that the
mystery surrounding the case will be
one day removed. Others say the end
is wholly unsatisfactory. In military
and diplomatic circles the opinion
seems to prevail that Dreyfus was in
deed spy, but for Russia. This has
found utterance in many papers.
The interesting outcome of the case
is the fact that the Emperor, who has
been deeply stirred by the revelations
made at Rennes of the espionage system
between France and Germany, of the
extent and elaborateness Of which he
has hitherto been ignorant, has in
structed General Von Hhlmke, chief of
his private military cabinet, to thor
oughly investigate how and to what
extent the system can be abolished or
reduced to a minimum.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns reliably that His Males
ty, above ALL was startled by the fact
that the military attaches of both ccun-
tries, while personally men of the incest
se1lSe of honor, had been 50 deeply in
VOWED in the scandal, and he instruct
cd General Won Hahnke TO ascertain il
ii were possible for Germany to take
the initiative in abolishing extraterri-
toriaIity for attaches and other members
Of the embassies, thus abolishing the
most hein0us and dangerous form OF
espionage.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press understands that General Won
Hahnke has reported that It Il I'M
possible for one state, especially Il mill
tary one, to do this alone. He gave
many potent reasons for this view
The Government, this week, exerted
strong pressure to-lnduce German III"
duStry and commerce 10 abandon all
movement against the Paris exposition.
Chief Commissioner Richter sent a note
10 all the leaders Of the movement. CIV
ing strong reason, why II would he
unS1se for Germany and injurious to
her interests not 10 appear as strong
AZ possible ut Paris i'm 1900. This and
other facts have had effect and it may
be said tlla1 the anti-expositim move.
ment in Germany IL entirely dead. 4
curious feature Is that the note dwelt
on the fact that the exposition III not
political bfd purely an economic On
terprfse and that the mistake Of 1900
which seriously injured German com