The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-03
LIE TIERS OF VOYRON
SHOW FRICTION BETWEEN TIE
FRENCH COMMANDER IN CHINA
AND GEN Won WALDERsEE
OLD HATRED STILL ALIVE
German Press Comment on the Incl
!. dent ChamberIain's Speech at
Edinburgh Brings Forth De-
nial Anent War of '7o-.71.


BERLIN, Nov. 2.-The publication in
Paris this week of three letters written
py Gen. Voyron, who commanded the
french troops in China, to Field Marshal
E count Won Waldersee, showing, among
olher things, that the relations between
sSthe French general and the field marshal
Were strained during the entire period of
the foreign occupation, caused but little
excitement here. government official
mere, Who was interviewed on the sub
Ject, said absolutely no occasion exists
Tor Germany to take official notice of the
affair, adding that the Matin, which pub
1shed the letters, was not an official or
gan. The French government would
eVade any diplomatic representations by
disclaiming any connection with the
Matin. Furthermore the expectation ex-
pressed In Paris that the incident will
cause the publication of the field mar
ShaFs letters will not be realized.
The Kreuzzeitung today admits the
skill and politeness with which Gen.
Voyron sought to secure the greatest
T possible degree of independence of the
field marshal for the French comman-
der, and says that hence Won Waldersee
deserves all the greater praise for dis
charging his difficult task.
The National Zeitung sarcastically adj
mits that the Matin proves Gen. Voyrons
diplomatic talent by the publication of
the letters.
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten dis
cusses the letters and the several issues
involved, and assumes that their pub,ica-
fion was an unfriendly act against the
field marshal, as otherwise the matter IS
incomprehensible since Won Waldersee
treated the French with exceptional cour-
tesy.
Referring to the Chauvinfstic French
newspaper comment on the letters, the
Berliner Neueste Nachrichten concludes:
Race Hatred.
'The more the French papers discuss
the letters, the more deeply we are i'm
pressed with the fact that the temporary
cessation of ChauVinistic demonstrations
in France is due rather to tactical con-
siderations than to a change in the polit-
zeal sentiments of the nation. AS soon as
the general situation warrants French
nope of consent in a new reckoning with
Germany the old hatred will break forth
with its full force The French remain
the arch enemies of our people. We Ger
mans must never forget this in times of
peace and polite practices
The Vossiche Zeitung says: 1t requir-
ed great self-control to maintain cool
blood over the letters, and magnanimous
spirit was shown thereafter in giving the
French general, Bonnal, warm recep-
ton in Berlin at the end of May.
The Vossische Zeitung further quotes
Emperor Williams expression to Gen.
Bonnal about the Germans and French
fighting a common foe in good comrade-
ship, adding that this comradeship is il
lusory.
In conclusion the Vossische Zeitung
says: 1.-THE conduct of Gen. ,Voyron and
his malicious patrons is unworthy of
nation claiming to be chivalrous.''
The Tageblatt regards the letters as
viYner
officially recognizing Field Marshal Won
Waldersee as commander in-chief. in
structed Gen. Voyron to do his utmost
to make. the same illusory, adding: ct
was a policy of pin pricks, where cour-
age to express the meaning openly was
lacking"
Press Reply to ChamberIaIn.
The speech of the British colonial sec
I Tetarya Mr.. Chamberlain, at Edinburgh
Loot. rs Qn which he said the British
would find presidents for anything they
do in South Africa in the examples in
Poland, in the Caucasus in Algeria, in
Tonquin, in Bosnia and in the Franco
German war. which the British had never
approached), has brought forth, in the
press here, an emphatic and rather bitter
denunciation of the charges made
against the German conduct of the war
of 1870 Official circles say the German
Chamberlains utterances, Lord Salisbury
having repeatedly disclaimed RESPONSE
bility for the colonial minister's express
sions outside of parliament.
The return of the German troops from
China, with the exception of the per-
manent garrison, has been completed.
A naval expert in the National Zeiting
discusses President Roosevelt's naval
programme, and asserts that it is impos-
sible to carry it out, since the American
shipyards are unable to build so many
vessels simultaneously.
The newspapers are devoting much at
tention to New York's mayoralty con-
test. The Vossische Zeitung described the
police corruption in New York being
horrible, and the New York correspond
ent of the Kreuz Zeitung says:
IF Low tries to fill the offices with
honest men, he will fail, since there are
mot enough honest men in New York
The Bayreuth programme for 1902 in
cludes "Parsfal, the ''Nibuengen
Ring and 1.-THE Flying Dutchman.'
Sudermann has finished his play, Lust
Zu Leben, which soon will be produced
in Berlin.