The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-13
GERMANY ISSUES DOCUMENTS
THE OBJECT TO PROVE CHARGE F
 AGAINST P4UhCEF0TE.

Representative and His Government
 Just Preceding the Spanish War l British Ambassador Proposed n Col Iective Note to the Effect That the War | Was Not Sanctioned by the Powers. | Berlin, Feb 12.-The official Reich- sanzeiger this evening published the fol-
 lowing;
 "In 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, relative to the idea of intervention in the Spanish American conflict, we publish two doc- | uments which follow:
 The first is dated Berlin, April 10, | 1898, and is addressed to the emperor by Count von Buelow then secretary of state Count von Buelow transmits to the emperor a telegram from Dr. Von Holleben, dated Washington, as fol- lows:
 "'The British ambassador to-day took
  manner in a 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 repre- sentatives at the request of the British ambassador, are telegraphing to their governments in the sense which fol- lows:
 "'In view of the attitude of congress no hope of peace can any longer be en- tertained, and the general opinion is that Spain also would have no objection to war. A good basis for fresh nego- tiations appeared to be afforded by the note of the Spanish minister, April 10. If this view is shared by the govern ments it seems advisable to dispel the erroneous notion here that armed in tervention in Cuba meets with the sup port of the civilized world. CThe pres ident in his message of December said it was only in that case that he desir- ed intervention.) The representatives of the powers here think in these cir cumstances that the great powers might direct the attention of the Amer ican government to the Spanish note of April 10, and might declare that inter- vention did not appear to them to be justified.
 "This declaration might take the form of a collective note from the pow CTS to the representative of the United States. Such a document would pro- duce a greater impression, and the rep resentatives of the powers here would not then incur the risk of appearing ,s+ ct which fhn president, in his latest message, has not even deigned to mention. In the event of an Identical note being decided upon, it would be advisable to publish it inn mediately, in order that the civilized world, to whose authority the appeal is made, may be absolved from reproach in approving of this attack on
 ''Dr. Won Holleben adds: Personally, I regard this demonstra ton 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. von Holleben also subsequently, forwarded the text of the collective tel egram as originally submitted by the British to the other foreign representa- tives for communication to their gov ernments The text of this document follows;
 The attitude of congress and the resolutions of the house of representa- tives passed yesterday by a large ma- iority leave but little hope of peace, and it is populary believed that the warlke 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 arm ed intervention of the United States in Cuba commands, in the words of the message, ''the support and approval of the civilized world" It is suggested by the 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 ba- ! sis for an amicable solution, and as re- moving any grounds for hostile inter- vention which may have previously ex- isted "
 The feeling here is that Germany has | scored heavily in the controversy re- 1 garding Lord Pauncefote's proposal of | April IA, 1898, by the publication of Dr. Won HollebenS despatch to the ReichS- anzeiger. In official circles it is assert ed that this dispatch proves every | statement given out here since Lord | Cranborne's original remarks. Much | curiosity prevails here as to how the British government will reconcile the statement of Lord Cranborne in the house of commons yesterday with to- days publication in the Reichsan- zeiger.