The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-20

Of expiation. / should like 10 know what
the professor had in mind. Does he wish
President Castro TO send an expiatory
prince. l admit got enough with the Chi
nese expiatory prince" Loud laughter fol-
lowed the chancellors last remark.
continuing. the chancellor rejected Lord
hoseoerys statement in the British House
OF Lords that Germany got tweive-fold
more from Venezuela than England got.
He added: Lord Rosebery's calculation
was mT,SS mat and politically incor-
ly distributed generally and In the Vere-
zuela affair In particular. According 10 my
t Hpsni c,r we got all out OF Venezuela that
10 accomplish more would. in view OF my
knowledge of the conditions In Venezuela
and according TO my Judgment Of interna-
uonal politics, have been a mistake.
The chancellor denied assertion by
Baron Won Hertlngs that part OF the Ger
mans In Venezuela complained OF the cold
water application which we made 10 Ven
ezueia, because the foreign merchants there
got the advantage of Germanys course
1t was best. said the chancellor, before
beginning military steps that we exhaust
every possibility Of securing q peaceable
settlement, and. having begun them, that
we keep within reasonable and moderate
limits. Professor Hasse and Herr Ortel
made sharp attacks on our representative
at Washington. I had already caused q
denial TO be printed in the North German
Gazette that Baron Won sternburg used the
language attributed to him. especially that
he did not say Prince Bismarck's policy was
antiquated, nor that minister should rep
b s ece 8r Sb 20 of
his own country. The journalists misunder-
stood Baron Won Sternburg. as he explained
TO the Foreign Ofhce: L must beg the mem
bers not to attack the German representa-
tive at so important a post as Washington
for matters which later prove untrue.
AMERICAN WIVES.
Professor Hasse also mentioned that the
Baron Won Sternberg married an Aperican
lady. Petitions OF our ministers to marry
foreigners have been treated differently at
different times. which is only natural. Such
cases cannot be all decided by the same
formula The principle has been held. es-
pecially under Count Won Caprivi, that a
German diplomatist must only marry a
German woman. Prince Bismarck en-.
phasized the same principle, but he permit
ted numerous exceptions"
The chancellor then mentioned cases
where Prince Bismarck allowed distin-
guished German diplomatists to marry for
eigners. He referred 10 the case OF Gen.
Won Schweinitz. who was German ambas-
sador at st. Petersburg. and quoted Prince
Bismarcks letter giving him permission 10
marry an American, as follows: Refdsal
to grant permission to Count Won Schwel-
nitz to marry an American would exercise
an extremely unfavorable influence upon
our relations with the United States, which
have been so Care1ully pfOmOttu--i HfIc
are enough tendencies at work against US
In America, and our refusal would be util-
ICED in hostile sense"
'T believe. therefore" Baron Won Buelow
continued" that we can apply the same
principle to our present representative at
WASHINGTON. Prince Bismarck took the
greatest care to foster good relations with
America and our oversee interests are to-
day much more weighty than in the l0s or
sos and nobody can dispute that our rela-
tons with America are just as Important
now"