The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-14
PAuNcEFoTE UNDER FIRE.
Statement from Berlin That He
Sought Concerted Action to In
terfere in Late War.

| London, Feb. 12.-The under-secre-
tary for the foreign office, Lord Gram
borne, replying in the house of COM
| mons Tuesday to question of Henry
Norman QiberaD, who asked whether
the governments attention had been
called to the statement in the German
press, and alleged to have received Of
fetal confirmation at Berlin, to the
effect that Great Britain April IA, 1898,
through her ambassador at Washing
ton, Lord Pauncefote, proposed
fresh note in which the powers should
declare that Europe did not regard
the armed Intervention of the United
States in Cuba as justifable, and that
in consequence of Germany's refusal
to accept this proposal the step was
abandoned, said:
mo. sir. Her late majesty's government
never proposed through her majesty's am
| bassador or otherwise any declaration adj
| verse to the action of the United States In
Cuba. On the contrary, her late majesty's
| government declined to assent to any such
proposal"
Lord Cranborne's answer to Mr..
Norman was received with rounds of
applause.
Mr.. Norman later said to repre-
sentative of the press:
II am perfectly satisfied, and of course.
implicitly believe that statement of the
British Minister'S
John Redmond, the Irish leader,
commented on Lord Cranborne's
statement as follows:
THAT the feeling which existed in Amer
lea and England did so much for the United
States at the time of the war is all hum
bug To my personal knowledge the ma
jority Of the members of the house of COM
| mons were strongly anti-American in those
days. 1 have no doubt Germany has evil
dence to prove ner assertions"
Washington, Feb. 12.-When inquiry
was made at the British embassy
Tuesday relative to the recent dis
patches purporting to give the ac-
ton of Lord Pauncefote just prior to
the outbreak of the Spanish war, the
ambassador sent word that there was
absolutely nothing to be said by him
for publication. 1t is understood that
if there is any occasion for Lord
Pauncefote's taking cognizance of the
controversy he will communicate d.
rectly with the London foreign Office,
which will determine upon any pub
lie utterances to be made. Moreover
there is reason to believe that the for
eign office is already in possession of
all the papers bearing on the inter
change on the Spanish war and that
nothing which could now be submit
ted would alter the situation as here
tofore laid before the British authori-
ties.
| Washington, Feb. 12.-In view of the
statements and contradictions, more
or less official in character, coming
from the principal European capitals
respecting the attitude of the powers
individually toward the United States
just preceding the Spanish war, the
officials here feel natural reluctance
to being drawn into the controversy,
and it is with difficulty that even I'M
official statements can be had on this
subject.
One fact remains uncontroyerted,
namely, that the European ambassa-
doris and ministers here called upon
President Mckinley, April z, 1898, in
the effort to prevent war.
The matter now in controversy is
what happened after that call and the
question at issue is, as presented in
the latest phase in the European dis
patches, did Lord Pauncefote under
take to secure the support of the other
European powers in an attempt at
forcible restraint upon the United
States. Sitting all the facts the con-
ctusion reached here is that Lord
Pauncefote's activities in the direc-
ton of Intervention have been gener-
ally misunderstood. 1t is known that
the Austrian minister was untiring in
his efforts in behalf of Spain. The
United States government has never
cherished the least ill-feeling on that
score, realizing that the blood ties be-
tween the Austrian and Spanish reign
ing houses sufficiently excused such an
attitude. In the course of these eff
forts Mr.. Hengelmuller turned to
Lord Pauncefote, as dean of the corps,
and sought to have him, as such dean,
see what measure of support could be
secured for another and more forcible
presentation to the United States
as TO the undesira bility of war. Lord
Pauncefote was confident that no such
proposition would carry, but he yield
ed so far to the application of the Aus
trian minister as to submit his propo-
sition to the other representatives of
the European powers. The result
justified Lord Pauncefote's Judgment
of the outcome and it probab bly, was the
inquiries he made in this proceeding
and not any proposition originating
with himself. that led to reports from
the ministers and ambassadors here to
the European chancellories.
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