The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-20
ROAST IN REICHSTAG
FOR GERMANY'S MINISTER TO
UNITED STATES.
NEWSPAPERS ALSO ASSAILED
FOR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTER.
NATIONAL TROUBLE.

Chancellor Won Buelow Was an In
terestinE Speaker in the German
LaVv-Making BOdy-Defended His
Governments Policy in the Vene-
zueInn Matter and RidicuIed Pa
pers for Their PublicatiOns-Bar-
ON Won Sternberg Severely Criti-
cised for His Utterances.
Berlin, March 19.-In the Reichstag
to-day, during the discussion of the
foreign office section of the budget,
Baron Won Hertling, Center Party, re-
ferred to the Venezuelan affair. He
said public opinion at first demanded
action, since Germanys honor seemed
engaged, but after action had been
taken, apparently with success, public
opinion changed. and doubts arose as
to whether it was necessary for Ger
many to risk so much. Chancellor Won
Buelow replied saying:
The Venezuela matter was from the
very beginning neither a question of
territorial acquisition, nor of glory for
us, but of a settlement through extra
ordinary means of business which had
been complicated by the debtors un-
trustworthiness, whereby, of course,
the maintenance of our honor played
a part. We were able to establish our
claim only through common action with
England and Italy. 1t was not mere
ly question of arranging the matter
in hand, but of giving a warning which
F,,A
money standpoint must not control in
such cases.
In Defense of the Policy.
I'VE dare not submit to breaches OF
the law; otherwise we would not need
ships or cannon. The Venezuela case
was exceptional. We shall not always
dispose of such matters through force,
but our action will depend on special
circumstances. Proof that force was
necessary here is seen from the fact
that the English government also re-
sorted to forcible measures, whereas 1t
is a well known principle of England's
| commercial policy that everybody in
vesting private capital abroad does so
upon his own risk.
I'VE found ourselves in dilemma,
| but nobody can reproach us with act
| ing without sobriety and calmness. We
| had to take care that our relations
| with other powers should not be dis
| turbed through this relatively subordi-
nate matter. There was no lack of at
tempts to create such, a disturbance. /
| here refer, of course, to no goverr1-
ment but to the press, which attempt
| ed to enEender ill-will between the
! governments at London. Berlin and
Rome, on one side, and the United
States on the other The most un-
grounded and silliest rumors were cir
| culated, as If we designed to land
| troops, make conquests or violate the
integrity OF the South American re-
| publics.
| An American Paper In 1t.
I'm such legends one American pa
per was especially great. 1t invented
an official of its own in the foreign
office, who informed the paper that we
wanted to swallow Venezuela first,
then Colombia and finally Brazil"
This statement of the chancellor CALI
ed forth loud laughter. He continued:
These perfidious attempts to SOW
| discord were frustrated through the
| loyalty of the cabinet and the conf
dence in the honesty of our policy.
| These fantastic and malicious stories.
| to our satisfaction. failed of their in
| tended effect. Our relations with Eng
| land and the United States remained
| intact, and our demands against Vene-
| zuela are to be regarded as accepted.
according to the protocol settling the
| controversy"
The chancellor then. turned to the
Dreibund, saying: 1T will be renewed.
unchanged, at the proper time, which
proves it is not accidental or temporary.
Our object is the maintenance of the
status quo and peace. The Dreibund
is the most peaceful, the strongest,
the most lasting and the most elastic
alliance. l took care that the tariff
and other political questions should not
be mixed up with the renewal of the
Dreibund."
Prof. Hasse of Leipzig University,
Pan German and National Liberal,
said:
Roast for Won Sternberg.
"I am not satisfied with the settle
ment of the Venezuelan affair. A for
/ NAL eXpiation has not occurred. The
moral effect of our cooperation with
other Powers and inviting the inter-
mediation of America will be to in
| crease Americas reputation, while ours
sinks. l attribute to American inter-
vention the hostile attitude of the Ven
ezuelans. The behavior of our minis
| ter, Sternberg, has been of such a
| character that the United States should
| pay his salary. l refer to his we'll
| known interview, in which he even
| censured the late Prince Bismarck's
policy as being antiquated. The inter-
view shows to a high degree his van
| ity and that the fattering of Presi-
dent Roosevelt We're a strong dose.
| have no words in which to character
ize his action. He even ventures to
! place the President on the same plane
with the German Emperor. Why, that
is an incredible lack of national spirit.
| One can really call this gentleman
Germany's expiatory envoy to the
| United States"
Referring to an interview which the
New York correspondent of a Berlin
paper had with Minister Sternberg,
| Herr Oertei. agrarian, remarked:
He Talks Too Much.
IT never read more foolish sentences.
do not take IL i'll of Sternberg that
he assembled the commanding generals
Of the seventh great power (the Ger
man expression for the press) around
/ him. He can learn much from them"
/ Chancellor Won Buelow. in the course
OF a second speech repelled Prof
| Hasse's assertion that Germany could
| have achieved more IN Venezuela. lie
said:
prof Hasse Is not satisfied with ma
/ terial satisfaction He wants q spe-
/ cial act Of expiatiOn. ] should Ike 10
know what the professor had IN mind2
! admit ] got enough with the Chinese
1 eKplatOry Prince"
Loud laughter followed the chanceis
| lors last remark
Continuing, fhe chancellor rejected
| Lord RofeberFy's statement in the
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