The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
OOH PAUL WARNED IN ADVANCE
THAT THE GERMAN EMpERoR
WAS TOO BUSY TO RE-
CEIVE HIM
GERMANS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Seem to Have Been Somewhat shab-
billy Treated During the War
by Britons and Beers
Alike.

BERLIN, Dec. 12-Tn the reichstag to-
oay, the imperial chancellor Count von
BueloW, referring to the complaints
Whch had arisen on account of Emperor
Williams failure to receive Mr.. Kruger
went lengthily again into reasons for
the non-reception Of Mr.. Kruger cover
ing new ground in statement which he
made as to the relations between Ger
many and Great Britain. He said the
announcement that Mr.. Kruger was COM
ing was made twenty-four or, at the
most, forty-eight hours before leaving for
Berlin Up to that hour 1t had been as
sumed that Mr.. Kruger would go from
Paris to Holland. The chancellor added:
We apprised him courteously and con-
siderately, through the Paris embassy.
and DR.. Leyds, that the emperor regret-
ted that he was not In a position to re-
ceive him. notwithstanding this. Mr..
Kruger started. He was told again at
cologne, In the most considerate terms,
that the emperor was unable to see him.
NOT DICTATED BY ENGLAND.
The chancellor repudiated the sugges-
ton that the governments action was
due to any wish or proposal from the
English court or government to the en-
peror, or to himself, the chancellor For
the emperor only German national con-
siderations were authoritative. If FAM
lily relations or dynastic considerations
influenced the foreign policy he would
not remain minister another day. Con-
ttnuing, the chancellor said the Anglo
German agreement of 1888 did not contain
a provision relating to war between
Great Britain and the South African re-
publfcs. The Yang Use and Samoan
| agreements had no secret clauses.
THE JAMESON RAID.
When the emperor. in 1896. sent the
| telegram to Mr.. Kruger there was no
| question of war between the states It
was matter of f1libustering expedi-
ton. The chancellor did not repudiate
| the telegram, whereby the emperor gave
a correct expression of his righteous feel
ing regarding international law. The em-
peror did not intend to determine Ger
many's policy forever by that telegram.
| The chancellor added: II commit no
| diplomatic indiscretion in saying that the
| reception of that telegram outside Of
| Germany left no doubt that in the event
/ of conflict with England In Africa,
| Germany would have to rely solely on her
| own strength
Baron Won Richthofen, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, referring to the
expulsion of Germans from the Transvaal
and the Orange Free State territories,
said: "It has appeared to me that these
expulsionS in many cases have been un-
justifable, both as to cause and manner,
and contrary to the principles of inter-
national law, and an expression of this
view has been made in London.
ION the other hand, the Germans who
have been fighting side by side with the
Beers have not met with happy lot.
They have been dismissed without pay
and told We did not invite you .
Won BUELoW CRITICISED.
Prior to Count Won Buelow's speech,
Dr. Hasse, the Pan-German leader,
sharply criticised the failure Of the gov
ernment to receive Mr.. Kruger While
admitting that Germany could not adopt
any other position than that of the strict
est neutrality, he thought the government
should avoid the appearance of breaking
neutrality in favor eff England. He re-
ferred to the services done England by
German ship in South African waters,
and complained further that the manner
of the refusal to see Mr.. Kruger had
wounded German sentiment. He added
that the English thought they could
give Germany q treatment different to
that extended 10 other nations. claiming
that English officers had treated Germans
scandalously in South Africa, saying Of
them they are only Germans, whereas
they treated Frenchmen and Greeks well.
Abiding then to Emperor Williams
recent speech asked GLOW does this
agree with that proud expression, 'civis
Romanus sum- " q am q Roman citt-
zen); and he sarcastically contrasted the
non-reception Of Mr.. Kruger with the re-
cept1on extended TO Mr.. cecil RhodeS IN
Berlin.
After the imperial chancellor had
spoken, Herr Bebel asked him whether
Emperor William message, that he could
not receive him, meant absolute re-
fusal or that he would receive Mr..
Kruger later.
Count Won Buelow did not reply
GERMAN PRESS COMMENT
The Agrarian and conservative organs
strongly dissent from Count von Buclow's
speech yesterday. The Kreuz Zeitung
admits that a reception of Mr.. Kruger
by Emperor William could not have
helped the Boer cause, but asks what
harm could it have done to Germany.
The Tages Zeitung. referring to Count
Won Buelow's allusion to popular pas
sion in England and to the popular
passion which causes wars" exclaims,
eve have come to pretty pass. It
then cites sarcastically Prince Bismarck's
word, 1--WE Germans fear God, but moth
ing else in the world
NEW ARMY RIFLE.
In the reichstag today, referring to the
reports that a division of the German
army had been recently armed with a
new rifle, the minister of war, Gen. Won
GossIer, admitted that, in order to keep
abreast with modern requirements, the
war Office is negotiating with a Scandi-
navian inventor for the pattern of an
automatic breech-loaded. The pattern,