Evening journal., 1900-03-08

two and his camp in possession of the
Beers. From another we learned that
the British loss was 5000 in killed
alone in this supposititious rout, and
also that London was almost in a
state of revolution, and that the queen
had sent for Lord Rosebery.
AS these statements were never, so
far as / saw, denied, I presume that
the German public still believe them.
The newspapers publish a good many
kilograms, but they are curiously de-
void of anything in favor OF the Eng
lish. They quote the speeches of Mr..
Courtney, Sir Edward Clarke and the
Irish members freely, but they do not
quote the replies. The attacks upon
Mr.. Chamberlain are always quoted
and gleefully commented on, but the
replies-the answers to attacks-I
searched in vain for in such German
papers as l saw.
Shortly before / went abroad had
given me some leaflets; one printed in
Manchester was called "How War Was
Brought About" So far as 1 could
judge, there was scarcely a true state
ment in it, and it displayed an igno-
rance, either real OF feigned, of every
fact that favored the English side. It
is hardly necessary TO say that who
ever supplies the Germans with food
for thought has not neglected to in
clude this curious tract, which l saw
in Germany.
Again, the extras announced that
Mr.. Courtney addressed a large and en-
thusiastic meeting in Birmingham, the
home of Chamberlain, and extracts
were given to show how the lion had
been bearded in his den. It is a note
worthy fact that those writers who are
most rabid in expression of their ha-
tired Of England seem to hate Mr.. Cham
berlain with almost equal venom, as If
in him England were embodied and
personified.
But, though no effort has been made
to enable Germans to know what there
is to be said on the English side Of
the question, there are here and there
individuals in Germany who have
taken the trouble to inform themselves
and have not simply swallowed whole
the information sent out from Brus-
sells and Manchester. Thus am told
that the Deutsche Rundschau, the alb
lest of the German monthlies, has re-
lish side Of the case was carefully pre-
sented. In the Weser Zeitung there
have been articles which at least show
ed that the writer had studied English
papers, and knew something of English
opinion; and in Die Woche, a new IL
lustrated weekly journal, there was
recently an article, which have just
read, by Lieutenant-G General Pockham-
mer, praising the English army, and
asserting that it has met with re-
verses not because it was incapable
and cowardly, but because it had i'm
possible tasks set for it to do, and that
this has been so because it was erron-
eously supposed that fighting today
is the same as fighting was for
merly. The article is an interesting
criticism of army matters by a not un-
friendly military man of distinction.
But the pleasantest thing heard in
Germany was in a cafe where I was
sitting one evening, when / heard a
German gentleman talking to an Aus
trian. He said that it would be a dis
aster TO civilization if the British
should be beaten in this war; but thew
can't be beaten. They never know
when they are beaten, and 60 on fight
ing till they win. The Beers, said this
German, are fighting for the superior
ity Of the Dutch, the English are fight
ing for the equality Of all. The gem
tleman went on to say that for more
than thirty years he had lived from
time to time under the English flag in
various parts Of the world, and that he
had learned that wherever that flag
fioated he was always sure of one
thing, and that was gerechtigkeit.
The English word for gerechtigkeit
is justice.-Wilson King, an American
ex-Consul, in London Daily Post.