New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
FIELD DAY IN REICHSTAG.
STERNBURG ATTACKED.
Toz BGeIor Replies to C1tscsms on
TenezueI0n Affairs.

Berlin. March 1e.-1E the Re4chSt&S to-oHS'
during tie discussion Of the Foreign once Sc
don Of the Budget Baron Won Hertling. Centre
Party, referred to the Venezuelan affair He
said public opinion at first demanded actlon'
since GeTnany's honor seemed engaged Ou1
after action had been taken. apparently Win
success public opinion changed ana douocs
arose as to whether it was necessary for Ger
mary TO risk 90 much Chancellor Won B0Io"
replied He said:
The Venezuelan matter was from tne veg
beginning neither question Of territor1lL
ouisstion nor of glory for US, but OF setueInent
through extraordinary means Of business x Wnlch
had been complicated by the debtors unrose-
terance Of our honor played q part We were
able to establish our claim only tnTous1 Co
non action with England ana 4ac atatg, y. matter
In naxd but Of giving & warning WHICH ~ouIu
serve for the future The mere money PolnS @
of view must not control in such cases We CO.
not submit TO breaches of the law Other~lse
we would not need ships or cannons but. %
course the Venezuela case was excepconaI:
We sbeTI not always dispose Of such matters
through force. but our action VIII oepeno uPo. ~
special circumstances PROOF that torce .Ss
necessarE here is seen from the fact that t1e
english Government also resorted TO torcioIe
rasssuresE whereas II Is well known prlnclPHie
OF Ensland's commercial policy that every
Investing private capital abroad does 50 upon his
own risk We found ourselves In ollen1Ina.
hut nobody can reproach u9 with acclng w ~ re
sobriety and calnnness- We nao 70 80 80. -
that our relations with other powers snouio nOt
be disturbed through this relatively suoorolllaee @
matter There was no lack OF attempts 10 go
ste such disturbance. here refer, or courSe'
70 no government. but to the press WMcn AZ
tempted to engender II VIII De pev1. u IN one
side and the United States on the otheF. Ane
most unErounded and siIliest runors were CIR
cuiated as If designed TO land troops nake
co1ouests or violate the integrity OF the SCUM
American republics. In such lying leeehQs One
American paper was spec1aIE gts| rn-aien
vented an oflcial Of its own In tne nIts1 Forets9
Once who Informed the paper that we wanted
10 swallow Venezuela first then colombia aiiu
finally Brazil
DEPUTIES MOVED TO LAUGHTER
This statement OF the Chancellor called forth
loud laughter. He continued:
These perhdious attempts to SOW dlscord
were frustrated through the Io!al5 o. Ii - o1Ir
nets and the confidence in the nonesY oSea oL Gsi
policy These fantastic and mahcious soGI F
70 our satisfaction. failed OF their lnoenoso tbe
s.o+ orr relations with England ana 1ne
T-1fre6 states rema ined intact and our oer1ldnus
sesinst Venezuela are TO be regafoeo as a.
Ceoted. according to the pEotocol serriine 'ne
controversy.
Tn. Chancellor summarized the terms Of the
-,-o+oco1 mentioning that Venezuela had al
-esdv paid the first tnstalment OF tne 0eFiiiNIi
,n5ernritv The Chancellor then SAID:
--he claims ~ the second class have not been
subiected 10 investigation The Henezuetae Ia.
Government IS ready to cooperate III 3Ua
COMMISSION at Caracas in investigating ano ~
80. - sr,ounts Of these claims The thiro
rIsss claims will also be settled ...s
The cost of the blockade cannot yer O+ - [ske
e,T+ II is small We have decided not 10 nioHo
= demand that Venezuela pay an indemnify 70
ever the cost OF the blockade. owing 10 ln0
-atber homeless financial condition OF tnat coun
I 800 ~ a+rsiped what We wanted and what
under the circumstances was atCalIlaolss- tCaos !4L
action against Venezuela was laaue i VI II
or-r fanfare Of rrumpets- put WIN an .rI.
Ea-v viFor and was carried 10 the end WITHOUT
weakness and within eKpedient bounds
The Chancellor then turned to the Dreibund'
saying:
r will ne renewed unchanged at the proper
tine. which proves il is not an acclQehLaI oi
temporary constellation Its object Is Lne IrsIi r!
+eusnce Of the status quo and peace The Drel-
hund is the most peaceful. the strongest. thT
most lasting and the most elastic aiildhce- l
look care that the tariff and other political ques-
+,o7s should not be mixed up with the renewal
% -. T1-eih11rd Reference has been made here
n nv rennark that the preibund is no longer
absolutely necessary to US Even the GERMAN
-apers which should have known better. drew
false conclusions from those words. win Inat
urterance did not damage the prospects OF l tne
renewal Of the DreibU1d or render II olncuII'
Etantialy. against elements that wanted TO pre-
vent its renewal ! only meant that Germany
did not need an alliance more than any other
power The foreign press last year repeatedly
asserted that the Drefbund had lost its stgnih-
canre. That is an innocent pleasure which we
mus leave 70 those who were disappointed at
its renewal They were weeping tanners, whose
hides z freshet has carried on The Drelbuno
will have the same weight IN the scales Of poll
tics as formerly.
THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION.
The Chancellor then touched on the Macedo-
man question. Germany he said, ''adheres to
the fundamental principle not to pursue an &C
tive policy in the Balkans, and agrees with
every measure leading TO an actual improvement
in the conditions without shaking Turkeys ter
ritorial integrity Russia's and Austria's pro-
posals met these requirements skilfully. We
shall never refuse our cooperation where
question OF the maintenance Of peace is in
-olved."
Professor Hasse. Of Leipsic University, Pan
German and National Liberal, said:
an not satisfied with the settlement Of the
Venezuela affair. A formal expiation has not
occurred The moral effect Of our cooperation
with other powers and inviting the intermedia-
tiou Of America will be to increase Americas
reputation while ours sinks. l attribute the
hostile attitude of the VenezueIans TO American
intervention The behavior OF our minister,
SteTnbuTg, has been Of such a character that the
United States should pay his salary. l refer to
his well known interview. in which he even
Censured the late Prince Bisnarck's policy
being antiqusted. The interview shows to a
high degree his vanity. and that the batteries of
Fresioent HooseNeit were strong dose have
no words in which TO characterize his action.
He even ventures to place the President the
same plane with the German Emperor. Why.
that Is an incredible lack Of national spirit. One
can really call this gentleman Germany's ex-
pistory envoy TO the United States
Herr oerteI. Agrarisn, said:
We came out Of the Venezuela affair fairly
well. ] cannot pass z more favorable opinion.
The affair was not suited for fanfares. II II
were merely question Of the claims of the
Disconto Gesellschaft and its Venezuelan rail-
way I would say Hands of" I rejoice over
III. cooperation with England. for the latter
showed energetic activity from which
statesmen could learn a lesson