Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-13
BRINGS THE PROOF.
Germany Makes Public the
Spanish War Documents
Showing That England Proposed Ia
tervening in Spain's Behalf.
Germany Surprised at Repeated De-
malls at London.

! Berlin, Feb. 12.-The official Reich
sanzeiger, this evening, published the
7 following I'm order to definitely clear
up the question, so far as it affects
! Germany, in regard to the attitude of
the powers in the spring of 1898, rela-
/ tive to the idea of Intervention in the
Spanish-American conflict, we publish
two documents, which follow:
THE first is dated Berlin, April Is,
1898. and is addressed to the Emperor
by Count Van Buelow, then secretary
of state. Count Won Buelow transmits
to the Emperor a telegram from Dr.
Won Holleben, dated Washington, as
follows:
1.-The British ambassador, today, took
/ the initiative, in a very remarkable
manner. in a new collective step Of the
representatives of the powers here We
suppose the Queen Regent made repre-
sensations to the Queen of England. In
this sense the six representatives at
the request of the British 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 en-
tertained and the general opinion is
that the powers also would have no OBJ
! lection to war. A good basis for fresh
negotiations appeared to be afforded by
the note of the Spanish minister. April
10. Ii this view is shared by the gov
ernments it seems advisable 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 December
said it was only in that case that he
desired intervention) The representa-
tiVes of the powers here think in these
circumstances that the great powers
might direct the attention of the Amer
lean government to the Spanish note
of April 10 and might declare that in
tcrvention did not appear to them to be
justified. This declaration might take
the form of a collective note from the
powers to the representative of the
United States. Such a document would
produce a greater impression and the
representatives of the powers here
would not then incur the risk of ap-
pearing only to repeat their first step,
which the President, in his latest mes
sage, has not even deigned to mention.
In the event of an identical note being
decided upon, it would be advisable to
publish it Immediately, in order that
the civilized world, to whose authority
the appeal is made, may be absolved
from reproach in approving of this at
tack
Don Won Holleben adds: Personally.
| regard this demonstration somewhat
coldly.'
And to this concluding sentence of
the ambassador, the Emperor appended
the following marginal note:
i regard it as completely futile and
purposeless and therefore prejudicial.
L am against this STEP
DR.. Won Holleben also subsequently
forwarded the text of the collective
telegram. as originally submitted by
the British to the other foreign repre-
sentatives for communication to their
governments. The text of this docu-
ment follows:
The attitude of Congress and the
resolution of the House of Representa-
tives passed, yesterday, by n large ma
Jority. leave but little hope of peace
and it is popularity believed that the
warlike measures advocated have the
approval of the great powers. The
memorandum of the Spanish minister.
delivered on Sunday, appears to me and
my colleagues to remove all legitimate
cause for war; If that view should be
shared by the great powers, the time
has arrived to remove the erroneous
impression which prevails that the
armed intervention of the United States
in Cuba commands. in the words OF the
message, "the support and approval of
the civilized world" 1t is suggested by
tho foreign representatives that this
might be done by collective express
sion from the great powers of the hope
that the United States government will
give favorable consideration to the
memorandum of the Spanish minister
of April 10, as Offering a reasonable
basis for an amicable solution, and as
any grounds for hostile in
tervention which may have previously
existed
The statement of the under secretary
Of the British foreign Office, Lord
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