Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-20
KAISER AND B0ER
SyMPATHIZES, BUT HAS PLANS
OF HIS OWN,
BETTER FOR GERMANY AT is.
Triple Alliance Would Like to Inter
fere, But Will Not With Ger
many Out.

London. Oct. POI believe" said EN-
peior William recently, that it is to
Eermany's advantage for England to
have the Bcer republics"
The complete accuracy of this impcr-
Sant quotation. which gained strength
from the fact thai it was not said with
Gny idea Of repetition or for the sake
OF nollnsylng sccne British diplomat, is
VouChed for. The remark was made in
rrs course CT a conversation between the
emperor ard one Oh. the leading Ger
mans. whose advice in matters of COM
msrcial policy his majesty greatly relies
np3a. and VINO, by the way, is not a lover
o rrglalli in her works.
Ihroush a recent visit of this individ-
uai TO England, the Associated Press Sc
cared what may be accepted as the en-
1srorS candid opinion of the South Al
it2aA matter. For several days the pro-
hoars have hfnted that Germany. Rus
s-A ana France are contemplating joint
action. With the idea of cnercine
3. ain into granting ct least a degree OF
Independence to the Beers. Several cor
respondents have adduced the most CIR
Ns'iA " f!bNS li0 MS
ence Of this u~ndercurrent of protected
diplomacy between the powers men
TONED, and While the English are used
no intervention rumors. the last one has
no small degree of cryience. and has
even affected the markets. Whether
llGssla and France ever contemplated
suca action is not known, but the cir
cdFGstances under which Emperor Will
liam spoke effeetually and definitely dis
poses of all possibility of any European
l~n1ervention. for it is ACKNOWLEDGED on
al sides that Russia ana France would
not act without Germany. There is even
1urther significance in his maiesty's pro-
nouncement, for since he made the state
ment referred to, his interviewer has
@<erred with the TSoer delegates. This
occurred only a few days ago. and /,
can oe inferred that Or. Leyds. the
diplomatic agent of the Transvaal. was
informed THAT it would be hopeless to
expect any aid from Emperor William
toward the Intervention campaign
'p'anned to synchronize with Mr.. Kru-
gers plans.
The foreign office processes Ignorance
G. any secret intentions on the part of
lie continental powers in regard TO
scout Africa, ard indeed, appears genu-
fnety to disbelieve the possibility of any
SaGn thlnS happening. How it would
meet such an ev%entual:ty, however, can
DE judged from an expression used by
an official who is regarded as being in
Lord Salisbury's confidence more thar
any other man, and who said:
What! Interference mooted again.
Why we would fight all Europe frst,e,
To what extent Great Britain may be
Indebted to Emperor William for render
ing such a serious alternative necessary |
tan only be sur1nised. but it is not doubt
Ell here that the anti-British feeling
among the pople of France and Russia,
daily gains in virulence and is not likely
to be decreased by the expression of ex-
President Kruger in Europe. The Asso-
GATED Press further learns the emper-
or's conviction that it would be best for
England to control the Boer republics,
sprang from the idea of gaining counter
roncessions as well as from a distant
IGea that Ger1nany's commerce would ba
benefited thereby, and that German
manufacturers and German shipping in
fiu~try will be profited. The elections ara
pVvr and parliament is p~roroug. 1! for 4
month, so the conditions of affair in ire
i.rs is engrossing the attent.,l, Of the
leading Englishmen. The gravity Of tho
Irish situation has been pointed out in
Ri 81 dispatches but only now is i.r.
s"nd waking up to a reaiizati N of the
fact that the next few years promise to
he among the most stormy VIII Il hive
h!tr marked the history of Ireland. Mr..
Michael Davitt has prepared and circu-
lated for the signatures of the national-
ists, an address to former President Kru.
ger, expressing admiration and sympa-
thy for the latter and referring to En-
gaud as an ''oppressor,' to the war as