The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-20
STORIES OF GERMAN GREED
LAUGHED AT BY REECHSTAG.
In Sharp Debate Over Venezuelan Question Chancellor Buelow
Reports That His Conempates Territorial
Acquisitions in South America-"Ony a Matter of Bust
ness BE Declares.


has been OF such a character that the
United States should pay his salary. 1 re
fer to his well-known interview in which
he even censured the late Prince Bis
marck's policy as being antiquated. The
interview shows to "A high degree his van
ity and that the batteries of President
Roosevelt We're a strong dose. l have no
words in which TO characterize his action.
He even ventures to place the President
on the same plane with the German En-
why. that "a an incredible lack Of ma
tional spirit. one can really call this gen
tleman Germany's expiatory envoy to the
United States"
Herr oertel, agrarian. said:
I'VE came out OF the Venezuelan AFFAIR
BILE opinion. l rejoice over the cooperation
with England. for the latter showed an en-
ergetic activity from, which our statesmen
could learn lesson.
ASSAIrS STERNBERG.
Referring to an interview which the New
York correspondent of n Berlin paper had
with Minister Sternberg, Herr Oertel re-
marked
do not take it i'll OF Sternberg that he as
sembled the commanding generals of the
Seventh Great Power (tne German express
learn much from them"
Chancellor Won Buelow. in a second
speech, repealed Professor Hasse's assertion
that Germany could have achieved more IN
Professor Hasse is not satisfied with ma
I terial satisfaction: He wants a special act
of expiration ! should like to know what
the professor had in mind? Does he wish
President Castro to send an exp.atory
Prince? l admit ! got enough with the
Loud laughter followed the Chancellors
last remark.
Continuing. the Chancellor rejected Lord
Rosebery's statement in the British House
Of Lords that Germany got twelvefoId more
from venezuela than England got. He
added:
Lord Rosebery's calculation was mathe-
, matically and politically incorrect"
The Chancellor said he thought an attempt
to accomplish more in Venezuela would
! have been a mistake on Germany's part
The Chancellor denied Baron Won Hert-
| iing,s assertion that part of the Germans
| in Venezuela complained Of the cold water
| application which we made to Venezuela, !"
because the foreign merchants got the ad-
VANTAGE Of Germany,s course.
| fore beginning military steps. that we ex-
haust every possibility Of securing a peace
able settlement: and having begun them.
| that We keep within reasonable and moder-
ate limits.
Professor Hasse and Herr oertel made
sharp attacks on our representative at
Washington. / had already caused a denial
| to be printed In the North German Gazette
| that Baron Won Sternberg used the Ian
gauge attributed to him-especially that he
antiquated. nor that Minister should rep
| resent the interests of the country to which
| ne Is accredited as well as the interests OF
his own country.
THE journalists misunderstood Baron Won
| Sternberg. as he explained in his report to
| the Foreign Office. / must beg the men,
bers not to attack the German representa-
| tive at SO important post "a Washington
for matters which later proved untrue.
| Professor Hasse also mentioned that
| Baron Won Sternberg married an American
| lady. Petitions Of our Ministers to marry
foreigners have been treated differently al
\ 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 Caprlvl. that a
| German diplomat must marry only a Ger
| man woman. Prince Bismarck emphasized
the same principle, but he permitted nu-
| merous exceptions"
| AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
| The Chancellor then mentioned cases
| where Prince Bismarck allowed distfn-
| guished German diplomats to marry for
| eigners. He referred to the case Of General
| Won Schweinitz. who was German Ambass
| dor at St. Petersburg. and quoted Prince
| Bismarck's letter giving him permission to
| marry an American. follows:
| Refusal to grant permission to Count vor
/ SchweinitZ to marry an American would
| exercise an extremely unfavorable influence
| upon our relations with the United States
| which have been carefully promoted
| There are enough tendencies at work
| against us In America and our refusal would
| be utilized in a hostile sense"
! Il believe. therefore" Won Buelow con-