New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
GERMAN ANGLOPHOB1A.
4 NOTEWORTHY STATEMENT BY An
EMINENT GERMAN JUR1ST.
spondence Of The london Post.

Correspondence of The london Post
Germans afflicted with Boeritis in an aggravated
form. who almost foam at the mouth nenIs when 1hs
told me that they do not hate" Great Britain Vi
The same view has been put forward & Dy many T5ay
would attribute the origin - a6a ton at
the corrupt motives on which Bfhsn h TTv an}tv''
of the British methods of warfare The Germans
they protest are far from ar fhe Frtsdrch
DernbnTg has written on this 9Hn Mhe
men; of Germany to refrain from melting two
faftaG Britain IN oS'H'E'''' 'i A''DAl -. o.,
ected fhe ro t rts Dr.
stradontz deeply interesting afs a9d rs entted
Against the stream Dr. yon stradoarN vN wI'tss ex
nresaeS a your admTaSe 0 sentiments on the subject OF
Anglo German relations 1t is true tnat it despite
soothing and explanatory semofticai aricieS nc IN II.
oons ghSh b ,b Are opesn Once 5f n
Berlin, have set ourselves to 'jeeT at ti eIreao
n6dn 6an argay nT toward nng
the Beers with the insane belief that ContinsnIai s
Who whom noMrish these and similar aucnaons among
the 5ye Bo ssrs and aSe s If ser
orty of Germans have lost all sense t OF dntF@ps pa1
and the suffe:ings. the profound and painful SUI
rpgs E o reaf With Whch Great Britain bears
sufferings 1t is most true that our amateur ann, t
sraat and kindred Civilized nations But regard
point are or ore Correctly
against the British people; Is undoubtedly @ @preva,
the intellectual aristocracy the select ranks
of the really and scientifically educated not among
ing position in the nation but most certainly among
/ "It IS true that there has been, Professor
Nommsen recently said a period now dead: W wnen en-
! older and advanced brother But all memory
fb6n 81 6n1s davg the dislike of Great Britain has
decidedly worse. Since the Boer war oeean ~ hfs
| developed genuine hatred or is it no sign OF
| hatred that in recent years German comic papers
shorId have DETAINED the venerable Queen OF n rhS-
land in the yilest manner IN manner when @ reasy
does not differ much from the not notorious =
and that these Germa- comic papers should enjoy y
universal applause and irnTerse sa IS .ntsbie mo
| Taper shorld dare to publish representato1s con,
cerning whom the German Eperor b,a aon5a 1a esp
| had accorded the honor of reception 70 houston
Who bv the way is a Lecturer Vienna University
and has had completely German ] ennoa,'9h tba, in
II sign Of hatred against Great Britain tna1 bsnl N
| the matter Of the Rner everythng-ves. aoso-
wey of suScr@ses or advanced by the British in
answer reproaches should be Described as ne s,
forward from the Roer side should he stsrnpsd as
Poe-s arainst the British should be assumed to be
true? Can there be any OF aer exp anaton or tne
German nationaI hero-a who in the hour OF
stress wfsn dapgeT ger 1d PHI h millions con-
veyed place Of safety and lsft not 81, ong fSs Tps
OF
in the lurch? We niFht become enthnsiastic for De
Wet and Potha and Dslarey and az AL fns ns bT.sth
lost cause. for those men from wnorn et even
hsir Rrith % DO rot an |,tnnplh ..abfses fact
hat his riches have been acquired in an alto
gether reputable fashion"
THE SOURCES OF SANDER
'It you desire to learn the nature Of the hatred
knowledge merely from the Tespsc,a Ole }nnf
ed bv hirhrv educated and capable men and Whi:n
ere tendy to TIE % RonTs ns 1sps the lna"
corner raz azetrrs the 'Ceneralanzeiger FOR x Y and
the the ny I n wha. shsms manner the
German ECeror has sesn sandsTed IN ~ ms oIS Po% Fob
er,s with The BLACK Eaelei Here the only expiana-
ton can he the hatred Of Great Britain Go INTO
everywhere the same 1t is most fatal infatua-
,cceTmate9 Eat ths but aid not produce
IT. The great historian Is right nhc d seainsi
the British IS symptom. not the cause OF tne an
,nE09 ng09fm a1a ncuTas ehasn9 which now gapes
tween the two nations the opinion he expresses IS
deny The hatred arains, Great Britain. NOTHING is
becnne a. article Of b-er in Great Rrttain from
which scarcelv any one dissfnts ina, tde!TanY ,
ish rex<ra pers should repeat this day by day Un-
re EFyse Whx nnHd farS not7 Peone II
Great Britain esreciallv sensitive TO the German
France II Is old and has been famed afresh by
| defeat oF Fashoda' British had
cus'oued themselves 10 regard Germany as close
relative and a GOOD friend. The disappointment is
I a paFrrul The British regard the Germans
as dieovaI friends. This know from the utter
a0~es Of many EnFlish peope i IS not at all sur
the British the feeling that we Germans, as you
sav entertain snecial dislike for them. d"nv.
| however that have 'infamed the hatred Of the
Prft'sr ara'nst The German Emperor is to-
dav the popular in Great Britain. and
! that fact still effect The British regret
! unfriendlnees hut they do not yet hate If.
therefore Mommsen describes the chasm as pro
found and incurahle.' I must express the view that
( the chasm-ae viewed. at all events. from Great
Rritain-is the present time profound but that
has not yet become incurable.
TINE FOR CONCILIATORY ACTION.
'It is consequently high time that those left
from a period that Is dead who deplore more than
the younger generation the yawning Chasm between
/ nations ike MommSen. and that those OF
the German edurated world who filled with
contempt OF the wantonness OF hating Great Brit
ain you should co-operate and endeavor
uncontrollabs TO close the rift before 1t has be-.
come wide TO be bridged over and to prevent
the development c' racial hatred which finally.
d. snte the roodw- the government. despite the
the sovereign houses. must lead to collision
which would bring endless misery the world
a.. The future belongs to the unison OF the
three great Ciermanlc nations. Germany. Great
/ Britain and North America. In this way only can
we perma anenty withstand the danger which til reat
from the East The Roman peoples will not
/ II we continue present ways then shall live
/ to Britain effect unde standing with
Russia ard with her good friend France. That
would be a pleasant triple alliance against Ger
many
The exhortations of Dr. Stradontz. l
! bound to appear to have shared the fate OF
In opening sentences OF his letter.