Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-11
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England Aroused Over Won
Buelow's Caustic Speech.
His Criticism Of Chamberlain De.
nounced as Impairment and Hostile.


London, Jan. 10.-The singing rebuke
administered to Mr.. Chamberlain, the
British colonial secretary, by Chancel-
lOr Won Buelow, in the Reichstag at
Berlin, Wednesday, as result of the
formers references in his speech at
Edinburgh, Oct. 25 last, to the conduct
of the German army in the war with
France, 1901, has caused intense and
widespread irritation here and has nat
urally increased the bitterness of the
Anglo-German discord. The st. James
Gazette. which calls Count Won Buelow
a "swaggering pharisee," says:
His offensive speech has brought the
growing irritation between the two
countries into dangerous sphere, and
the Kaiser's telegram of six years ago
was not more disastrous to mutual
good relations than the studied affrOnt
on a British statesman who is trusted
by the country, and through him, on
the country itself. Our attitude of easy
tolerance is no longer compatible with
our dignity as nation. Even if Won
Buelow had been the head of a Repub-
lican ministry, dependent for it's life
on tickle popular opinion. there would
have been little excuse for his gross
ternational comfy
The st. James Gazette concludes with
expressing the belief that the "Phari-
saical impertinence of the German
press is profoundly distasteful to the
Kaiser. who is manfully striving to
stem the torrent which is bearing his
empire towards the Niagara of disas-
ter" and warns Germany that both
a ov,1 ,f I,a,, Sc
a menace which holds her armed to the
teeth in sleepless vigilance, and when
the expected catastrophe in Southeast
ern Europe leaves her alone between
the upper and neither millstOnes she
may bitterly regret the loss Of the good
will of this country which she is now
flinging away with both hands,
"Von Beulow's words cannot fail to
be hailed throughout Europe as snub
to Great Britain says the Pail Mall
Gazette, in an editorial headed 1.-The
Retort Courteous" in which regret is
expressed that the chancellor, ''in his
anxiety not to be suspected Of being a
friend of England" has chosen to slim
ulate rather than soothe the anti-Brit-
ish spirit"
The Globe accuses Won Buelow of
deliberately pandering to the lowest
and most ill-informed elements of pub
lie opinion in Germany" adding: ut
| is incOnceivable that the chancellor
spoke thus without the approval of the
Kaiser" The Globe then lectures En-
peror William for mot checking the
stream of foul lies and obscene carica-
lures in the German press" and, re-
ferring to the forthcoming visit Of the
Prince of Wales to Germany, says: 1T
is a poor beginning of hospitality on
the Kaiser's part to allow his chancel-
lor to indulge in language Intentionally
offensive to the whole British empire"
The Westminster Gazette. alone dep
1ecates regarding Count Won Buelow's
speech as a cause for further disturb
ing the relations between Great Brit
ain and Germany.
Such comments as those quoted
above are bound to further inflame the
public, already angered in consequence
of the snub administered by Emperor
William few days ago in the North
German Gazette, the chief mouth piece
of the government, in which a note APP
peared to the effect that the German
Emperor had pressed the Prince of
Wales to attend his birthday celebra-
ton was untrue, and explaining that
King Edward had suggested the VISIT
and that Emperor William had ser
invitation, l. II