Evening star., 1902-02-12
German Officials Amazed at
Cranborne's Statement,
REAL ISSUE EVADED
REASSERTED THAT PAUNCEFoTE
PROPOSED A HOSTILE NOTE.
German Government Publishes Won
Buelow's Dispatches Sent to the
Home Office.

BERLIN. February 12.-The statement OF
Lord Cranborne, the under secretary OF the
British foreign office, In the house OF com
mons yesterday caused amazement here.
since the German officials assume that
Lord Pauncefote's proposal Of April Il.
1893, to the ambassadors OF the other coun-
tries could not have been made without in
structions from the home government. The
German officials point out that Henry Nor
mans query in the house Of commons was
shaped purposely to give 1t the appearance
Of covering fully the North German Ga
zette's statement of Monday without doing
so. since the German side has never
charged that the British ambassadors gem
orally did anything. but, that one ambassa-
dor. Lord Pauncefote. made a proposal.
Lord Cranborne's answer therefore Is
treated here as being a mere verbal quib-
bic. Moreover. the impression made Oh the
ambassadors of the other powers at the
conference held at Washington, April H.
1913. was not that Lord Fauucefote was
merely sounding them to determine how
an intervention proposal. expected later
from Austria, would be received. Lord
Pauncefote's proposal was understood as -
independent initiative.
Baked by Germany.
Referring further to the statement cabled
from American official sources, that the
United States never received such a propo-
sition from Great BritaiBa as described
from here. the informant>zsf the correspond
ent OF the Associated Press added:
"Of course not. We have never charged
that the matter reached the American gov
ernment, but said the proposition was
baked by Germany before going so far"
1t Is uncertain at this moment whether
the German government will forthwith pub
llsh the documents or await further devel-
opments.
BERLIN. February 12.-The official Reich
sanZeiger this evening published the fol-
lowing:
In order to definitely clear up the aues-
tfon. so Tar as 1t affects Germany in re-
gard to the attitude OF the powers In the
spring OF 1898. relative to the idea of inter
Vention In the Spanish American conflict
We publish two documents. which follow
The first Is dated Berlin, April 15 1898 and
is addressed to the emperor by Count Won
Euelow. then secretary Of state. Count Won
buelow transmits to the emperor tele-
gram from DR.. Won Holleben. dated Wash
1ngtOn, follows:
Text of Won Buelow's Dispatch.
THE British ambassador today took the
initiative in a very remarkable manner in
new collective step of the representatives
of the great powers here. We suppose the
queen regent made representations to the
Queen of England. In this sense the six
representatives. at the request of the Brit
ish ambassador. are telegraphing to their
governments In the sense which follows:
: In view Of the attitude of Congress no
hope of peace can any longer be enter
tained. and the general opinion Is that
Spain also would have no objection to war
good basis for fresh negotiations ap-
peared to be afforded by the note OF the
Spanish minister, April 10.
IF this view is shared by the government
1t seems advisable to dispel the erroneous
notion here that armed intervention In
Cuba meets with the support Of the civil
lied world. CThe President in his messag.
Of December said 1t was only in that case
that he desired intervention.) The repre-
sentatives of the powers here think In these
circumstances that the great powers might
direct the attention Of the American gov
ernment to the Spanish note of April 10, and
might declare that Intervention did not
appear to them to be justified. This dec
laration might take the form OF q collective
note from the powers to the representative
of the United States.