The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13
Effort to show that Great britain
Did Propose Intervention i'm the
spanish-American Trouble.
NOTES FROM Won HOLLEBEN
OUTLINING AMBASSADOR PAUNCE-
FOTE's ALLEGED PROPOSITION.
Was Regarded by Emperor william
Futile and He, Therefore, Wrote
81 am Against This Step"

BERLIN. Feb. 1&-The statement of Lord
Cranborne, the under secretary for the
British Foreign Office. in the House OF
Commons. yesterday, caused amazement
here. since the German officials assume
that Lord Pauncefote's proposal OF April
IA, 1895, TO the ambassadors OF the other
countries could not have been made with
out instructions from the home govern
ment. The German officials point out that
Henry Norman's query in the House Of
Commons was shaped purposely to give
il the appearance of covering fully the
North German Gazette's statement Of Mon
day last, without doing so, since the Ger
man side has never charged that the
British ambassadors generally did anything,
but that one ambassador, Lord Paunce-
fote, made a proposal Lord Cranbornes
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 ii. 1898. was not that
Lord Pauncefote was merely sounding
them to ascertain how an Intervention pro-
posal. made later from Austria, would
be received. Lord Pauncefote's proposal
was understood as an independent initia-
tive.
Referring further TO the statement ca
bled from American official sources that
the United States never received such a
proposition from Great Britain as described
from here, the informant of the corre-
spondent of the Associated Press adds:
''Of course not We have never charged
that the matter reached the American gov
eminent, but said the proposition was
baked by Germany before going so far"
The official Reichsanzeiger this evening
published the following:
I'm order TO definitely clear up the ques-
ton so far as IL affects Germany in re-
gard TO the attitude Of the powers in the
spring of 1898, relative TO the idea OF in
tervention in the Spanish-American con-
hict, publish two documents. which
follow. The first is dated Berlin, April
Is 1883, and Is addressed to the Emperor
State Count Won Buelow transmits 10 the
Emperor telegram from DIR. Won Hole
ben, dated Washington. as follows:
" The British ambassador to-day took
the initiative. in "A very remarkable man.
ner. i'm a new collective step OF the repre-
sentatives of the great powers here. We
suppose the Queen regent made represen-
tations 70 the Queen of England. In this
sense the six representatives, at the re-
quest of the British ambassador, are tele-
graphing 10 their governments I'm the sense
which follows:
= In view of the attitude of Congress.
no hope OF peace can any longer be enter
tanned and the general opinion is that the
powers also would have no objection TO
war. A good basis for fresh negotiations
appeared TO be afforded by the note OF the
Spanish minister, April 10. IL this view
is shared by the governments AZ seems ad-
visable 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 Decem-
Der said il was only in that case that he
desired intervention.) The representatives
of the powers think i'm these circumstances
that the great powers might direct the
attention of the American government 10
the Spanish note of Apr 10 and might de-
clare that Intervention did not appear to
them TO be justified. This decla. alton might
take the form of collective nCte from the
powers TO the representative Of the United
States. Such a document won produce a
greater impression and the representatives
of the powers here would not thu incur
the risk OF appearing only TO repeat their
first step which the President. in bis latest
ton. In the event of an identical not be-
ing decided upon IL would be advi-Sble TO
publish IL Immediately, I'm order that the
civilized world, to whose authority the ap-
peal Is made, may be absolved from re-
proach in approving OF this attack
DIR. Won Helleben adds: Personally. i
regard this demonstration somewhat cold
ly.' And to this concluding sentence q the
ambassador, the Emperor appended the
following marginal note: Il regard IL as
completely futile and purposeless, and
''Dr. Won Holleben also subsequently for
warded the text Of the collective tele-
gram, as originally submitted by the Brit
ish to tho other foreign representatives for
communication to their governments. The
text of this document follows:
- The attitude Of Congress and the reso-
luton of the House of Representatives
passed yesterday by large majority leave
but little hope of peace and IL is popularity
believed that the war-like measures advo-
rat tod q "a a NJ No
ers. The memorandum of the Spanish min
lister, delivered on Sunday appears TO me
and my colleagues 10 remove all legitimate
cause for war. IL that view should be
shared by the great powers the time has
arrived TO remove the erroneous impress
sion which prevails that armed interview
ton OF the United States in Cuba COM
mands, in the words Of the message.
THE support and approval of the civil
liked world" 1t is suggested by the for
eign representatives, that this might he
done by a collective expression from the
great powers in the hope that the United
States government will IL given favorable
consideration TO the memorandum OF the
Spanish minister Of April 10 as offering a
reasonabl basis for amicable solution
and removing any grounds for hostile in
tervention which may have previously
The feeling here is that Germany scored
heavily in the controversy regarding Lord
the publication of DR.. Won Hollebens dis
patch in the Reichsanzeiger. In official
circles IL is asserted that this dispatch
proves every statement given out here
since Lord Cranborne's original remarks.
Much curiosity prevails here as 10 how the
British government Will reconcile the state
ment of Lord Cranborne In the House Of
Commons yesterday with tO-days publica-
ton I'm the Reichsanzeiger.
The Vossische Zeitung this evening. be-
fore the appearance of the Reichsanzeiger.
discussed the hypothesis that Lord Paunce-
fote had acted without instructions from
his government. The paper says: "Diplo-
matte rules and customs contradict such
an assumption. since. IL he acted upon
his own responsibility on such an exceed
ingly important question. the London au-
thorities would never forgive him. and IL
would be impossible to retain him in his
present post
Private comment on the statement pub
lished by the Reichsanbeiger IL that Ger
many has completely turned the tables
upon Great Britain.
ATTACKED BY A NEGRO.