The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-16
GERMANY'Ss
Most Efficient and FayOrIte
Officers go to China.

BERLIN, JULY 14.-Interest in the Chi
nese enigma here is deepening steadily,
both with the government and the nation.
The preparations for specia, expedition
occupy large part of public attention
Among the officers who will 90 20 China
are a number Of the best ana mosts eff
clent In the German army. A score of
them have belonged TO the general stafe
ana the number will also include soma
who were formerly military instructors
in Tien Tsin and elsewhere. The great
est care has been taken in selectlo, the
onicers and men. The authorities will
SEND only those who are declared fit hv
the doctors for a lengthy and arduous
campaign in a dangerous climate. In a
word, the German corps is going to be
really elite corps.
The circular of the minister of foreign
affairs, Count Won Buelow. meets with
singuarly unanimous approval in the
German press, excepting the socialist or
gans which continue to abuse the govern
ment for its so-called weltmachtpolitik
(world power policy, claiming 1t has
thereby precipitated the Chinese crisis.
whole fully endorse Count Won Buelow's
policy, CHASING it as a wise, moderate
and circumspect The whole attitude of
the nation toward the understanding be-
tween the powers excludes the idea of
Germany seeking separate advantages
from action in China, unless in the case
of some the rabid anglophobe newspan-
ers. The Deutsche Tages Zietung points
out that while all the other powers bend
their efforts to subdue China, England
alone is prostrate," etc, and with its
small force of mercendaries cannot be
trusted" because they are unable to ito
take an adequate part in such tasks Of
civilization"
The paper adds:
england is thus forced to RELY ON Ia
pan TO get her chestnuts from the fire
bngland's impotence is mainly owing to
her unrighteous South African war. and
the legitimate interests of the whole ci-
now thereby suffer"
But this portion of the German nress
has no influence.
Lieutenant General Pochammer IN Die
Woche, today discusses the military, sit,,
alton in China, pointing out the difficult
n
cludng the climate, commeariate. hous-
lhg' roads possible lack of harmony and
international jealousies, saving:
China evidently largely counts on the
latter, or else she would not have been
ooid enough to defy the whole western
combination. She accepts a large NOR
allty among the European troops during
the rainy season just setting in there"
The government here remains without
conformatory news Of the losses and ris-
ngs In the Kigo Chou district.
The newspapers are calling attention
to the alleged existence of a Chinese
campaign of lies" citing as proof the
text Of a number of recent statements
Of the Chinese authorities expressing the
belief that the Chinese are cunningly at
tempting to sow discord in the way of
the powers.
The Vossische Zeitung thinks China
will not succeed in this, Gas even Rus
sia has been forced to acknowledge Chi
nese duplicity," proofs of which the Vos-
sische Zeitung prints in a ST Petersburg
special, saying that Russian troops, on
June "A. intercepted an imperial edict
which ordered the regular troops in tho
Russian sphere Of influence to join the
Boxers in fighting the foreign devils.''
A number of German papers contain
tions condemnng further sales
Of ships, ammunition and arms to China.
One letter is from a retired German Gen
eral, deploring the fact that German sol
diers in China are being killed with Ger
man Krupps and Mauers
The Hay -Hollenben agreement continues
to be discussed here. The foreign office
has been rather reticent on the subject.
The Frankfurt Zeitung maintains that
the German sugar question with the
United States which has aroused the
new commercial agreement. The Krues
Zietung says that If this is true the val
us of the agreement is greatly minimized
thereby.
Interest in the South African war was
revived this week owing to the. recen
news. Extras were issued announcing
that the British had met with severe de-
feats. The Lokal Anseiger today magni-
fed the engagement near Pretoria, claim
ing that the British final victory over the
Beers is by no means assured, and the
Vorwaetrs today says:
''The brave Boer lion is by no means
dead even IL the number of dogs hunt
ing him be 20 to l."
The latest issue of the Militar Wochen-
blatt contained the announcement Of ten
books by German military writers on
the South African war.