The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-31

Germans Declare the Opinion of Military Men at Washington Is
That Conflict Is Inevitable, Although Ambassa-
dor White Predicts Peace

Berlin, Dec. 9O.-The Tageblatt this
evening prints a double-leaded cable
dispatch from Washington, setting
forth that the principal military and
naval authorities there consider that
war between the United States and
Germany, sooner or later, is inevita-
BILE
The United States ambassador, An
drew White, informed the German
newspaper men who called at the en-
bassy today, that rumors of the posi-
bility of war were the "thinnest kind
Of sensational nonsense.
Not one of the authorities referred to
in the Tageblatt dispatches. he added,
would under any circumstances disclose
such opinion. least of all when the re-
lations between the two countries are
so good as at present
Moreover" said Mr.. White, Mr..
Roosevelt. commander-in-chief of both
the army and navy, it is we'll known.
entertains not only official but personal
predictions for Germany. which have
been known not only officially to the
German government, but which have
long been known among his friends.
He studied IT. Germany, reads and loves
German literature and has a most sin
cere personal respect for the German
emperor.
ANY utterance of the kind alleged
by an officer of either service would
be sternly rebuked by President ROOse-
Welt" concluded Mr.. White.
German Cruiser Dispatched.
Today the small German cruiser Ca
zelle was ordered to sail Immediately
from Kiel to Venezuelan waters.
The government intends to send one
or two other small warShips to rein
fol &c the present German squadron in
the Caribbean sea.
The additions to Germany's naval
force in the Caribbean will not be suf-
fieient to give rise to suspicious among
the people of the United States that
Germany meditates anything beyond
the collection of claims due subjects.
The German government desires be
yond anything else in this matter to
avoid disturbing the government or the
people Of the United States. German
newspapers published today are full of
expressions of this kind and many of
these expressions are so much alike
that it is easy to infer their utterance
was suggested by the government. A
remarkable thing is the fact that there
is not a single unkind expression to-
ward the United States in any Of this
newspaper comment.
Spanish War Recollections.
I'VE hope that this opinion" says
the Berliner Neuste Nachrichten,
which grew out of the Spanish war,
and which we consider to be wholly
erroneous, viii soon give place to a
more correct conception of Germany S
aims. 1t is quite unreasonable that the
people in The United States holding
such opinion should connect this Opin-
ion with the Venezuelan affair, inso-
much as Washington has been fully
informed of Germany's intentions"
The LOkal Anzeiger says: The task
for our diplomacy is to make German
interests prevail against Venezuela
without at the same time losing touch
with the American government The
authorities at Washington have up to
the present time shown such an intelli-
gent comprehension of the situation
and friendly disposition toward Ger
many's wishes that no grounds for ap-
I prehension exits at this point"