The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-23
GERMANY AND
VENEZUELA
Buelow Pays Respects to
Castro and Defends Kaiser's
Government.

BERLIN Jan. 22.-Chancellor o
Buelow again spoke on Venezuela III
the reichstag today in answer to the
criticisms of Herr Bebel (SOcialist) on
the governments policy. The chancel-
lor said:
Herr Bebel has defended the singu-
lar behavior of the Venezuelan gov
eminent against US with a degree of
animation such as 1 have seen in no
European newspaper. President a
tro doubtless will read Herr BebeIs
speech with the greatest delight. The
question at issue between Venezuela
and the powers is not merely one Of
claims, but of the defense by the pow
ers of their prestige, which has been
impaired through President Castro's
action and through the manner in
which he repudiated impOlitely, to ex-
press it mildly, our just claims. We
were therefore perfectly justified in
proceeding jointly with Great Britain
n Italy for the preservation of our
prestige"
In answering Herr Bebel's attacks
upon ermany's naval expenditure, the
imperial chancellor spoke as follows:
When Herr Bebel says that naval
officers, retired and on waiting orders,
have written articles claiming that u
feet must be strong enough to ami
hilate the British navy, I answer him
N@ACs u ON6oNg - q IL p1SIOlO
which is found in the literature of all
peoples. l point only to the imaginary
battle of Dorking, which no responsible
statesman dreams of and which no
reasonable man in Germany regards as
possible. YOu can see that these ar
ticles are mere fancy pictures by con-
SuItlng our fleet plans after the COM
pletion of which our navy viii occupy
only fourth or fifth place in the world.
We follow no aggressive plans, but
purpose merely the defense of our
coasts and the protection of German
interests and citizens abroad.
Herr Bebel said also that our fu-
ture lies upon the water and contains
IN aggressive aim toward other pow
ers. Herr Bebel appears to me to have
proceeded here also according to the
principle of imputing false motives
when other means of attack were ex-
hausted. We intend nothing of the
Kind. The expression quoted does not
mean that we want to drive any power
from the sea, but we have just as good
a right to sail around on the seas as
other nations have, and the new Ger
man empire has this right, too"
Chancellor Won Buelow said that Herr
Schaedler (Bavarian member of the
Center party) a remarked the other
day that the Germans were more hated
than loved in the world.
Il regard this wide generalization as
incorrect" continued the chancellor.
Il believe we have trustworthy po-
litical friends and that the world has
not forgotten the radiant genius of
the German people. But even If so
much hatred and dislike for us prevail.
as Herr Bebel, too, seems to assume,
then, in my opinion, hatred and envy
and hate is usually born of envy-are
SWeeter than pity.
Let US keep our powder dry; let us
not quarrel, too, among ourselves, and
NOBODY will run foul of our wagon"
lettering to Herr BebeFs criticisms
of Emperor Williams attack upon So
cal Democracy, the chancellor said:
Are you not trying, by all the means
OF agitation, to injure the monarchy?
You wonder that the monarch, pene-
tfated with a ems of his responsible
ues and rights, defends himself. So
long as Social Democracy aims to
oVerturn the existing constitutional svs-
tenn you cannot wonder that he high
est bearer of the monarchic principle
taxes the defensive with all energy and
acter."