The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
GERMAN ANGER
WILL NOT DOWN
Wrath at Chamberlain S
Speech Increases
in Berlin.
Editors in the Kaiser's Realm
Discuss the Speech Of
Hay.

BERLIN, NOV. 23.-Germany continues
to ring with protests against the refer
ences which Chamberlain, the British
Colonial Secretary made to the German
army in his speech at Edinburgh. Meet
ings are held every day and there is no
sign of abatement of the agitation. The
Pastors Society of Gladbach is circulating
a protest which has already received
the signatures of $50 pastors. The Wur
temburg Veterans Society has issued a
wal ming against attaching too great i'm
portance to one mans utterances.
The letter from Chamberlain's secretary
is pronounced here to be unsatisfactory,
for. as the papers note, Chamberlain
takes nothing back. The press generally
regards the letter as another insult and
rejects the assumption that the anti
British movement is artificial. On this
latter point the Cologne Volks Zeitung as
serts that the movement is as spontaneous
as it is possible to imagine, adding that
the government has tried by every means
to suppress it, but has failed in the effort.
Other papers describe the movement as
being the most remarkable of its kind
ever witnessed.
The Liberal organs like the Tageblatt
and the Vossiche Zeitung, try to prove
that the movement is directed exclusively
against Chamberlain, and not against
Britain, DuI the FTdnhIurIer Eel
tung admits that German patriotic feel
ing has been infiamed in an unmistakable
manner against Great Britain The paper
asserts that 1t was unstatesmanlike on
the part Of Chamberlain to give fresh
fuel 10 this feeling, and says Chamberlain
was not wise in reasserting his error.
Germany's Policy Criticized
Nevertheless, the Frankfurter Zeitung
admits that part of the cause
of this friction is to be found
on German soil. 1t says the move
ment here expresses the German want of
care in the management of Germany's
foreign policy. which is looked upon as
being lacking in steadiness and power,
and as acting by fits and starts. The
paper last quoted says that If the govern
ment had rightly gauged the movement
at the start 1t could have forestalled it
by a timely utterance. Nevertheless, the
paper concludes that too much noise has
been made in Germany over the Cham
beIlain matter.
Secretary Hays speech at the banquet
of the New York Ch1mber of Commerce
Tuesday last has raised a lively discus
sion Of Germal-American relations The
Kreuz Zeitung sees therein proof that
Washington does not Intend to be liberal
in drawing up commercial treaties with
the European States, and that it is mol
willing to concede the lame duties assotu-
er contracting states. The Kreuz Zeitung
adds that since Secretary Hay holds fast
to the Dingley tariff other countries can
only answer with the IMPOSITION of SINH
lar duties.
The assurances given by DR.. won Hol-
leben, the German ambassador at Wash
ington, to President Roosevelt regardir;-
the attitude of Emperor William and the
German people toward the United States
have been warmly received here All the
papers express the hope that there will
be an Improvement ii. the relations be
tween Germany and the United States
through this clearing Of the atmosphere.
Conduct Of Pan-Germans.
The Berliner Zeitung calls DR.. Won Hol-
leben's assurances a .7isavowal of the
Pan-Germans. The paper admits that the
Germans advocated fJreign conquests ir
manner which necessarily caused yexs-
ton abroad 1t shows from the Pan-Ger.
man Association printed matter that the
Pan-Germans want to annex Chile, Al
gentina, South Brazil. the West Indian
Islands, The Netherlands, Turkey etc
and goes on to show that the German
Fleet Society. which enjoys high Gover.1-
ment protection. follows similar ideals II
quotes from a recent article published in
the societys organ:
Upon whether we succeed in winning
back to Germaniem at least part of the
South America and possibly in Queens
land and South Africa, depends chiefly the
degree we expand as power during the
coming century What Goes this mean bit
that when our navy is strong enough wa
shall begin wars of conquest in alI.Iands
where the German element is numerous?''
Continuing, the article quoted says that
it can readily be understood that such ex
pressions from a Government protected
society awaken distrus; abroad. and this
distrust is all TIE more justified since in
foreign countries, Under the eyes of Ger
man Ministers and Consllls, an agitation
has been begun aiming to represent the
Germans there as being oppressed and rs
needing helm from hone. The Berliner
Zeit1rg further saws:
This is especially the case in Souti,
America whero Gerr,an clubs have been
organized in I'll the large seaports in or
der to send crias Of distress to the Father
lard"
The manor claims that the result OF
this agitation has been to arouse the
suspicions Of the natives agair,-t the
Germans. whom thev had hitherto re-
garded as bearers of civilization. He~ce
cno'-heaSed Germans in Rio de Janeiro.
Bahia Pernambuco and Santos have
adopted measures against the pan-Ger-
rams who. are now rooted out of those
cities.
Will Discuss the Tariff.
The reassembling of the Reichstag on
TUESDAY attracts little attention. Tie
tariff debate is not expected to begin i'm
mediately the budget having precedence,
but a general tariff discussion during tile
budget debate is regarded as certain to
occur The Governments preamble to
the new tariff bill was sent to the mem
bers of the Reichstag to-day but the re-
port governing the reason for the changes
is not ready. 1t forms bulky volume
The tariff agitation has assumed greater
activity since the Bundesrath passed the
tariff bill retaining all the essential fea-
lures of the agricultural schedules A
number of meetings in different parts Of
Germany were held this week protest
ing against an increase of the duties on
the necessaries of life.
Much attention has been devoted this
week to several bye-election contests es-
pecially to the campaign In the Witten-
burg district, where DR.. Barth, the Radi-
cal leader. is candidate to succeed the