The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-20
WANTS ATONEMENT
GERMANY WILL PROTECT HER
RIGHTS N CHINA.
OCCUPATION OF KlAo CHOU
NOT REsPoNsIBLE ron PRESENT
TROUBLES N CHINA.

All the othrr Powrrs-SociHlist Cry
In ReichstaE That the Charge
About GermaRy's Action Was quite
True.
Berlin. Nov 19-In the Reichstas to-day
on the occasion OF the presentation Of the
supplementary credit Tor China. Count
Won Buelow. the imperial chancellor EN-
phaticaly denied the assertion frequently
made abroad that the China improsli1
was traceable 70 the German occupation
Of X lao Chou. tn s statement was greete,i
hy the Social Democrats with loud cries
Of 1t is quite true.'
Count Won Buelow expressed keen regret
such a cry was nsard IN the German Par
lament The chancellor further declared
that he dld not wish at present 20 say
anything which might be pref esd to
the common objects OF the Powers 80
China. but ne felt the need of placing
himself in touch with the nation Ger
many. he explained. had adhered 60 the
aims and policy outlined ia the circular
to the allied governments. The allegation
that the government had not forcsecn tine
Chinese crisis was true But most Of the
other nations likewise failed TO anticinate
that the storm in the Far East would
burst 20 violently OF 40 soon.
But" added Count you Buciow "the
prsmonltory signs dii not escape as. We
directed the attention OF the other cabi-
nets repeatedly to these signs. We az
once agreed TO everything our roptesen-
taiive Ia China described as necessary TO
take as a measure ~ precaution aud dis
patched a force. offering even more than
asked for ] wish TO reproach no one.
least OF all Baron Won ketteler who. tn
endeavorlng most earnestly. in the fuihl-
mcnt OF his duty to bring the chief chi
nese authorities to reason. went almost
without fear. 20 his death, worthy ~ the
land he represented and the name be
bore"
This statement caused loud applause.
Germany's Modesty.
Reverting 10 the Kiao Chou allegation.
Count Won Buelow rccapitulatc1 previous
territorial acquisitions and expeditions Of
the other Powers in China. adding.
I'VE. with provcrbial m0desty. restrain
ed ourselves longest Of al the Powers.
even until the massacre OF our mission
aries IN Shan Tung.
continuing. Count Won Buclow Eaid
I'VE FIRST acted in China hy force of
circumstance. and. thcn In such e nay
that peace was affected. neither dire tly
nor indirectly. our presence at klao
Chou Is based on treaty with Chira
In accord with iuieuatioull law. We
have always shown a frordly ard b.
nev0lent disposition toward China aud
demonstrated this specially in lSo. when
China was az the mercy ~ the victorouA
japanese. We have 30 desire 20 Inter-
fere with the interests q the other loN-
ers la China We wish % protect our
a
there Is one of legitimate defense
I'm the fscn of the Chinese attifu1e
We ta to take the necessary .uca ures To-
the protection of our iihuis aud tHe ae-
Tense OF our honor. The other Powers
were In the same position. ana an tie
civilized people alike were compelled
to act in self-dcfense a dispassionate Oh.
server cannot doubt that the recent move
ment Is traced neither 10 kino chou
Hong Kong. Tonquin or Port Arthur. 90
Is directed against European civilization.
with which Japan has thrown Ia her lot
What Germans desire is. not a political
adventure but the assertion of our IN
tcrcsts. our rights and our honor as
great people We are waging no war OF
conquest on China We only wish for
atouement for Chinese misdccds and a
guarantee OF reforms. We especially de-
sire atonemcnt. since otherwise such
things might occur again. We desire the
influence accruing 10 Germany
Ia tho present movement email
be preserved to her. We desire our share
IN what Is 10 be won from China. We
will not overreoch any one. and We Will
not bet anyone overrcach us. We nave
nothing 20 gain by partition Of China,
and do not desire a. We shall fare best
II china recover herself. 80 far as nossl-
BILE under the best ordered admlnlstra-
ton obtaiuable and remains solvent. We
wish to conflne ourselves 10 our present
position and will not shake China un-
necessarily We have no re5son for go
ing beyond the convention of Aug. 3 isaS,
or TO strive for territorial acquisitions
which will place disproportionate strain
upon our resources.
AnRio-GermRn< Agreement.
Neither have we an interest IN mailing
ourselves down in China 10 "a definite
stretch Of territory. German trade had
spread far and wide So China long be-
fore we occupied Kiao Chou We defend
our rights in peaceful competition there
fore. with all nations on the principle Of
Live and let live That o. the object of
the Anglo-German agreement Of Oct IS.
the principles Of which the other cabinets
have declared Themselves in agreement
with.
I'VE assume that the other Powers viii
not make territorial acquisitions. There
is no ground FOR doubling the loyalty OF
their attitudca. or the end get in view
hy the CIRCULAR note only the most urgent
point. the Liberation Of the Europeans in
pekln has been attained. Othcr highly
Important objects remain 10 BE- reached
securlty Of the lives and property of
foreigners. adequate satisfaction for out
RACES. compensation f0U the diahurse-
uents made and the costs incurred. and
the safeguariing OF our possessions. For
the attainment OF these unanimous
agreement has been arrived az by the
Representatives OF the Powers in Pekin"
Count von Buelow here read the text
OF the demands on China already pub
lshed including the following not hAhef-
10 made public;
The Chinese government shall under
take 20 enter ur-on negotiations for such
changes IN existing treat,es regarding
trade and navigation as the~foreiEn gov
ernments deem advisable. and with ref
erence 70 other matters having in view
the facilltation Of commercial relations
'sIt is impossible 60 foresee further de-
veiopments. We shall not allow ourselves
10 b. led beyond these dernords cxcept
by the interests OF civilization and es-
/ pecially By the interests OF Germany"
Later IN his speech Count won Buelow
said:
by dispatching troops 70 China we
have IN no way impaired our readiness
| 10 do battle in Europe We declare that
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