The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14

DR.. Won HoLLEBKN, In connection with
the foregoing preface, and tho other was
sent by him later to Berlin as e the text
of the collective telegram, a originally
submitted by the British to the other
foreign representatives for communica-
ton to their Governments II is not
quite clear which Of these two versions
was actually put in circulation among
the Foreign Offices other than the Ger
man. The original text" in It's i'm
portant part. was this:
The memorandum OF the Spanish Minister.
delivered on Sunday. appears TO me and my col
leagues TO remove all legitimate cause for war. III
that view should be shared by the great powers.
the time has arrived to remove the erroneous I'm
preston which prevails. that the armed interview
ton OF the United State. In Cuba commands. 10 the
words OF the message. the support and approval
OF the civilized world II Is suggested By the
foreign representatives that this might be done
by a collective expression 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 .
reasonable basis for an amicAble solution. and
~ nioNih M tichhNS W. ANSN'N
which may have previously existed"
The other version is more aggressive
in its lone:
The representatives OF the powers here think
In these circumstances that the great powers might
direct the attention of the American Government
to the Spanish note Of April 10, and might declare
that Intervention did not appear to them TO be
tv.tta.A 1rhIs dn,IavatInn might tale the firm of
a collective note from the powers to the representa-
tives OF the United States. Such a document
would produce a greater impression. and the repre-
sentatives OF the powers here would not then Incur
the risk Of appearing only to repeat their nrst step.
which the President, In his lates, message. has not
even delgned to mention. In the event OF an
Identical nc,e being decided upon. It would be ad-
,isable to publish 1t Immediately. In order that the
civilized world. TO whose authority the appeal Is
made, may be absolved from reprosch In approving
OF this attack"
II is not clear, we say, whether his
second and somewhat more offensive
version was merely DR.. Won HoLLEBEN's
loose paraphrase Of the text actually pro-
posed by Lord PAUNoEFoTE, or whether
it was a modification Of the latter,
adopted by the Ambassadors at Wash
ington and sent not only to Germany,
but also to Russia, France and the other
powers. The declaration that our inter-
vention in Cuba wa unjustifiable occurs
in the version telegraphed by DIR. Won
HoLLEBEN, but not in the text originally
submitted by Lord PAUNCEFoTE. 1t is
important to keep this in mind; and
also, that DR.. Won H~oLLEBEN's express
sion of personal dissent, and the Kaiser's
strong and friendly veto, are attached
to the harsher version, not to the one
directly attributed to the British Am
bassador.
At the present time Of writing there has
been no rejoinder to the German state
and exhibit, either by Lord PAUNCR-
or from the Foreign Office at Lon
don. In the absence OF any explanation
of the apparent lack of harmony between
Lord CRANBoRNE's declaration and the
Won Holleben dispatches, we are per-
fectly free TO say that whatever may
been Lord PAUNCEFoTE's techni-
cal connection with the proposed second
collective note. it is preposterous to
suppose that he, of all diplomats, was
intriguing in April of 1898 against the
of the United States. His whole
course in this country is a contradic-
ton of that idea. The main purpose of
Lord P~AUNcEFoTE's official life has been
to promote friendly relations between
his Government and people and ours.
We are confident that the outcome Of
this curious investigation will reveal
Lord PAUNCEFoTE as the voluntary pro-
moter Of no movement adverse TO the
States. He was not instructed
by his home Government 10 prepare the
second collective note, for the proposal
was rejected at nee at London. Did the
initiative proceed from the late Queen
VICTORIA, who in April of that year was
in the South of France, and presumably
communication az well as in strong
feminine sympathy with the ~unfortu-
nate Queen Regent? Or was Lord
.PAUNCEFoTE merely acting as Dean of
the Diplomatic Corps at Washington
procuring a formal hearing for a
proposal favored by the Austrian Am
Dassador alone?
Whatever the answer NAV be TO these
questions, it is exceedingly gratifying
20 the American people to learn mean
how promptly and emphatically
he Kaiser WILHELM planted his heavy
upon tho cacond rollacti,-a note