The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
One Method Of Adjustment.

II is encouraging 90 feel that In this
hour OF perpIexity. while the great pow
ers are. so 10 speak. cropping In the dark,
and while the civilized world awaits IN
perturbation a settlement Of the ire
mendous problems now under grave con-
sideratlon-i. is encouraging, We say. 10
feel that the New York Journal Is ready
10 come to the rescue with number OF
PROPOSITIONS, any one Of which may be
counted on 10 remove all difficulties and
10 usher in "A species % millennium under
cover Of which all OF Us may be happy
and universal concord be assured.
The Journal, with that modest self-dbnc-
CATION for which it Is justly celebrated
throughout the world. has told as 81 TIE
favor. not to say enthusiasm. with which
its policy has been received In Ger
many. OF course, We know. in general
way, that the Journal has policy for
every conceivable emergency. 1t has pro-
vided for all cur outside complications
and all our internal necessities and en-
tanglements. There is no question Of aG-
ministration, either foreign or domestic,
which the Journal has not provided for
Ia advance and arranged with special
care II gives US no surprise, therefore
to hear that the Journal IS now prepared
10 brush away al the obstacles in the
path Of our adjustment Of the Samoan
imbroglio. Naturally, there is no hope
Of q satisfactory result from any other
cause England. the United States. and
Germany cannot possibly agree-that Is
10 say. they cannot be unanimous, which
means confusion and futility. The jour
nal. therefore, comes 10 US in the guise
If = ministering angel, and, what is more
to the purpose, it brings a perfect sym
postum of approval and commentator
from the German press. The Nord-
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says: 1--WE
understand that the Journal has the larg-
est circulation OF any paper printed III
English in the world, and as it undoubt-
edly is the exponent Of the sentiments Of
the great majority of Americans, its ut
terances may be regarded as an express
sion Of the attitude Of the Washington
government" And the Boersen Kourier,
one of the most powerful newspapers N
the German Empire. is thus quoted by the
Journal:
TIL Boersen Kourier asserts that the
last part OF the Journal editorial. in which
IL Is said that Germany and the United
States have absolutely nothing TO quarrel
about; that there are kOzen ways in
which the trouble may be Settled, notably
by creating Legislature for The Islands,
consisting of TWO houses, elected respect
lively by natives and whites, or by having
the government administered by SWISS Of
tcials under the protection of the three
powers, or by a division of the islands,
cannot be emphasized too strongly 1t
declares that these propositions might
we'll b presented TO the Samoan Commits
sion. because any one OF them would
prove an excellent substitute for the pres
ent Samoan treaty
The Berliner Zeiturg. the Tageblatt, the
Vorwaerts, and a great number Of Ger
man publications. perhaps including the
Fliegende Blaetter, for all We know, are
enthusiastic over the Journals "concilia-
tory spirit and wise counsel" The whole
press Of Germany, in fact, has arisen as
upon two hind legs and gone 10 bawling
with truly maennerchOr harmony, for an
adoption of the journals policy. Just
what that policy is We do not pretend TO
know; but We are quite sure that it is
something systematically benefcent and
wise, and that both England and the
United States Will grow fat and prosper
Gus by adopting it. We trust that the ad-
minstration viii stop its waste of time
and money, relieve the Secretary of State
OF the intellectual wear and tear involved
in the settlement of these perplexing
questions, and turn the whole thing over
TO the New York Journal. We advise the
government 10 this effect for at least two
reasons. First the Journal seems to be the
only repository Of accurate information
and judgment in the premises. and. sec
ondly, there is the fear that. unless our
suggestion is adopted. the Journal Will
leave US in disgust and transfer itself to
Germany, whore il seems TO have honor.
friends, and all Imaginable reverence.