The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
GERMANS WATCH
UNITED STATES
Pan-American Congress
Is Causing Much
Discussion.
DR.. Wagner Would Like to
See the Burial of the
Monroe Doctrine.

BERLIN, Oct 26-The Pan-American
congress at the City of Mexico has caused
much press discussion here, the general
tone OF which is belittling and skeptical
OF lts success. 1t is interpreted as being
a scneme of the United States to increase
It's influence over Latin America. An al
nance between the United States and the
latter is regarded as chimerical, owing
10 the radical differences, the only con-
TO ..ISs 4e merely geographical:
:, therefore, says the Berlin Neueste
Nachrichten, "Pan-Americanism is more
ilascking IN a practical basis than Pan
The paper continues: 1.-The Pan-Ameri-
can idea Is solely capable of development
upon the basis of the subsection of all
america to the hegemony of the United
States. The republics of Gnglo-Saxon and
Latin America differ so greatly respecting
territorial conditions and the composition
OF the populations that a closer union is
only conceivable upon the pre-supposition
States.''
DR.. Hans Wagner discusses the subject
at length In Der Tag. He says the Nom
roe doctrine no longer means America for
americans, but North Americans. DR..
wagner hopes for an International COM
mission which will prepare a we'll merited
grave Tor the Monroe phrase.
No Harsher Policy.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung calls this
Utopian, and also regards DR.. Wagner as
being wrong in thinking President Roose-
velt intends to adopt a harsher policy
toward Great Britain, since the latter has
already conceded all that the United
States wants
The Cologne Volks Zeitung refers to al
legged attempts in American newspapers
70 create an anti-German sentiment by
the assertion that Germany wants to es-
tablish colonies in South America, ad-
m1tting that the Pan-German newspapers
have given abundant cause therefor. The
paper classifies the. whole idea as being
among the most splendid castles built in
the air The Cologne Volks Zeitung also
says 1t will be one hundred to one that
suspicious will be cast upon Germany's
policy because she has decided to estab-
llsh an information bureau in Berlin for
emigrants, under the management of an
official who was formerly German Con-
sui in South America.
Colonial affairs and the establishment
or The emigration bureau have been wide
iy discussed during the week. The OBJ
Ject OF the bureau is to guide German
emigration into the colonies, but the press
is largely skeptical of it's success
Professor Hans Meyer, who has travelled
in the colonies, recently wrote a series
of articles for the Taegliche Rundschau
arguing in favor of radical change in
the system Of governing the colonies. He
says the Government must abandon the
Capitalization which ate Berlin holds the
colonies in bonds, claiming 1T is better to
the imperial appropriations for the col
Onies, except in the case of providing for
the troops and naval stations for their
protection. N
Would Injure Colonies.
The Colonial Zeitung, organ of the Co
lonial Bureau and the Colonial Secretary,
rejects Professor Meyers plans, which it
says would injure the colonies immensely
The Freisinnige Zeitung points to the
fact that self-government is impossible
for German East Africa, since there are
only 2S6 Germans there.
The Taegliche Rundschau asserts that
the present system of government from
Berlin has not satisfied the friends of the
colonies and that Germans who live in
Africa are affected by colonial pessim-
ism. The paper adds that the present
state of things cannot be improved by
festivities patriotic speeches and the cir
The Freisnnige Zeitung indorses the
above remarks, but says the fault is not
with the system of government, but in
the fact that these African colonies, ex-
cept in quite unimportant districts, are
wholly worthless and cannot be improved
by any sort of recipe.
Alma Stencil of San Francisco, who is
only 13 years of age, made her debut
here tonight appearing at a concert with
the Philharmonic Orchestra. Miss Stencil
was highly successful.