Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-13
Dr. Won HoIIeben's Dispatch on
Pauncefote Published.
OFFICIAL BERLIN AMAZED,
ny Denial Of Proposition for Inter.
vention How Intervention propO-
sltion Was Blocked.

mat Germany scored heavily IN the con-
uoyersy regarding Lord Pauncefotes
proposal Of April "A, 1898, by the pub.
lio0tlon Of Dr. Won Holleben's dispatch
IN the Relchs Anzeiger In official cir
Giles It is asserted that his dispatch
proves every statement given out here
since Lord Cranbornes original re-
marks. Much curiosity prevails here as
TO how the British government win
reconcile the statement Of Lord Gran
borne In the house Of commons yester-
day with today's publication in the
Rechs Anzelger
The Vosssche Zeitung this evening,
before the appearance OF the keichs
Anzeiger, discussed the hypothesis that
Lord Pouncefote had acted without in
structlons from his government The
Taper says.
Diplomatic rules and customs con-
lradict such an assumption, since. II he
had acted upon his own responsibility
on such an exceedingly important cues
ton the London authorities would never
forgive him. and It would be impossible
TO retain him In his present post
Private comment upon the statement
published by the Reichs Anzeiger is
that Germany has completely turned
the tables upon Great Britain
The statement Of Lord Cranborne, the
under secretary Of the British foreign
Office, In the house OF commons yester-
day, caused amazement here since the
German officials assume that Lord
PauncefOte's proposal of April "A, 1898,
to the ambassadors OF the other coun-
tries could not have been made with
out instructions from the home govern
ment The German officials point out
that Henry NOrmans query in the
house of commons was shaped purpose
~ to give il the appearance of covering
fully the North German GaZettes state
ment on Monday without doing so
since the German side has never
charged that the British ambassadors
generally did anything but that one
ambassador, Lord Pauncefote, made a
proposal Lord CranbOrne's answer,
therefore is treated here as being a
mere verbal bubble, Moreover the i'm
preston made on the ambassadors OF
the other powers. at the conference held
at Washington, April IA, 1898, was not
that Lord Pauncefote was merely
sounding them to determine how an in
tervention proposal, expected later from
Austria would be received. Lord
Pauncefotes proposal was understood
as an independent initiative,
Referring further to the statement,
oabled from American official sources,
that the United States never received
such a proposition from Great Britain
as described from here, the informant
OF the correspondent Of the Associated
Press added: "Of course not, We have
never charged that the matter reached
the American government, but said the
proposition was baked by Germany be-
fore going so far
The official Reichs Anzeiger this even
ing publishes the following I'm order
to definitely clear up the question, so
far as 1t affects Germany In regard 10
the attitude of the powers I'm the spring
Of 1898, relative TO the idea Of interyen-
tlon in the Spanish conflict
we publish two documents, which fol-
low:
THE DOCUMENTS.
1.-THE first Is dated Berlin, April Is,
1898, and is addressed to the emperor
by Count Won Buelow, then secretary OF
hldlts AOuHl Nul butibN lldhoillNN'h
to the emperor telegram from Dr. Won
Holleben, dated Washington. as fol-
lows.
"The British ambassador today took
the initiative IN very remarkable
manner in a new collective step Of the
representatives Of the great powers
here. We suppose the queen regent
made representations TO the queen of
10, h. civ
sentatIves, at the request of the British
ambassador, are telegraphing to their
governments In the sense which fol-
lows:
4" In view Of the attitude of Congress
no hope of peace can any longer bJ
entertained and the general opinion Is
that the powers also would have no OBJ
lection TO war. good basis for fresh
negotiations appeared to be afforded by
the note of the Spanish minister April
10. II this view is shared by the gov
ernments 1t seems advisable to dispel
the erroneous notion here that armed
Intervention in Cuba meets with the
support of the civilized world. (The
president, in his message of December,
said II was only in that case he desired
intervention. The representatives of
the powers here think In these clrcum-
stances that the great powers might
direct the attention OF the American
government to the Spanish note OF
April TO- and might declare that in
tervention did not appear TO them to
be justified. This declaration might
take the form Of a collective note from
the powers to the representative of the
United states, Such document would
produce greater impression and the
representatives Of the powers here
would not then incur the risk Of app
bearing only to repeat their first step,
which the president In his latest mes
sage. has not even deigned to mention.
I'm the event Of an identical note being
decided upon. Il would be advisable to
publish 1t Immediately in order that the
civilized world, to whose authority the
appeal is made. may be absolved from
reproach in approving OF this attack
Won HoLLEBEN COLD
"Dr. Won Holleben adds Personally
| regard this demonstration somewhat
colby
And, TO this concluding sentence of
the ambassador the emperor appended
The following marginal note: ! regard
II as completely futile and purp0seess
and therefore preiudlcial am against
this step.
"Dr. Won Holleben also subsequently