Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-06
Ambassador to Germany a Passen-
ger on the Deutschland,
DISCUSSES SITUATION IN CHINA
Better Understanding Between
United States and Germany.
EUROPE RESPECTS Us NOW

NEW YORK. August 6-Andrew ID.
White. United States ambassador to Ger
many, was a passenger on board the
Deutschland. which reached her dock today
from Hamburg
Mr.. White said, in answer to questions re-
garding affairs in China that Emperor
Williams speech to the soldiers who wer.
going to China was generally misinter-
preted- He never meant" the ambassa-
dor said, Ito tell them to give the Chinese
no quarter. Nobody so understood his
speech until some French papers nut that
| construction upon II. The first time | ever
| heard Of such an interpreta ton was when
| received certain Paris paper The en-
peror Is fine speaker, and being an emo
| tlcnal man he may be inclined to yield 10
! the impulse of the moment perhaps but
| he Knows how to control himself and ne
| certainly never meant to command his SOL
! dlers to be merciless. What he did say TO
/ them was that they should bear In mind
| mat they were going TO face a desperate
| foe
Germany feels deeply the assassination
OF her minister. Mr.. White continued.
Baron Won ketteler a superior man.
He was much admired and his sad dea tn
made a deep impression. The emperor took
| the matter much to heart because he liked
the minister very much. He was the kaisers
personal representative. as well as the rep
resentative of the empire.
New Era for China.
| Speaking on the general situation in China
Ambassador White said, with enthusiasm:
The present conflict means the birth
| throes OF new era. 1t means the begin
ming of the opening of China to the civil
| ized world
rs there any talk of partition in Ger
many?' was asked.
'Oh, no. This trouble will never tcrmi-
nate In such a way. The war will end In
| the allied powers debating terms TO China"
Passing TO German opinion Of the United
States, Mr.. White said that at the begin
| ming of President McKfnley's administra-
ton 1t was very bitter indeed, on account
OF the tariff, but that later on the Ger
mans discovered that that tariff scarcely
hurt them. NOW" he added the feeling
is much better. Trade fiourshes and the
alliance In the east has the effect Of bring
ing the two nations closer. To be sure the
German people sympathized with Spain as
a small power attacked by a larger and
the queen regent aroused their particular
sympathy In her struggle against domestic
plotters as well as against superior pow
| er. but they are beginning to forget all these
| things, and our recent reciprocity treaty
| lowering the tariff on certain German i'm
ports has had a very healthy effect
Our admirals conduct in China was at first
! misconstrued. but now the Germans ap-
prove of his policy.
Distrust of RUSSIA.
Russia is looked upon with the usual
distrust." the ambassador continued. but
the fact that she and Germany fight shoul-
der to shoulder in China tends to improve
the feeling between the two countries"
In conclusion the ambassador touched
upon the admiration felt In Germany for
our arms The German attaches who saw
our men hight are most eXuberant in their
praises of our army and navy: of the valor
and skill of our soldiers and sailors In this
connection ii may be said that our war
with Spain and the part We play In the
Chinese conflict has opened the ewes OF
Europe and made it a good deal more
of us than it had done before"