New-York tribune., 1903-01-23

enough TO sunihilate the British navy. answer
him that this. of course, is fancy picture
which is found i'm the literature OF all peoples
I ,Doint only to the imaginary battle Of Dorking.
which no responsible statesman dreams of ana
which no reasonable man I'm Germany REGARDS
as nossible. You that these articles are
mere fancy pictures by consulting our feet plan
after the completion Of which our navy Will
OCCUPY only fourth or fifth place among the
-axies OF the world. We follow no aggressive
plans, but purpose merely the defence or our
coasts and the protection of German interests
and citizens abroad. That we should not re-
main 6efenceless at is the wish of the ma
ioritv. I may say without exaggeraton OF the
great majority. Of the German people II herr Her
Rebel contradicts this, then he is out or mar
mony with the sentiments Of the ration Herr
Rebei said. also, that the expression, our
future lies upon the water. contains an aE-
gressive aim toward other powers Herr Bebel
appears TO me to have proceeded here also ac-
cording TO the principle OF imputing faise mo-
t;xes when other means of attack were eA-
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 SIS good right 10 sail around on the seas
as other nations have and the new German
Empire has this right. too.
Chancellor Won Bulow later in his address
said that Herr Schaedler QBavarian member OF
The Centre party1. had remarked the other day
that she Germans were more hated than loved
in the world Il regard this wide generalization
as incorrect continued the Chancellor 1 be-
iieve we have trustworthy political friends. and
genius of the German people 1 recently re-
ferred to a wild poet who was unfavorably dis
posed toward US j am glad to note to-day that
The relgo-Frepch author, NJ. Maeterlinck- VINO
IS now in Berlin has not improperly charac-
erized the German people as the moral con
science Of the world But. even IL so rnuch
hatred snd dislike for prevail as Herr beDel
too seems TO assume, then, in my opinion hdIfeN
and envy taIld hate usually born OF enFE' are
.u-ee+er than pity Let us keep powder dry;
let us not quarrel 700 much among ourselves
and nobody VIII run foul Of our wagon
Earlier in his speech Count Won Bdlow, re
ferrfns TO Herr Bebel's criticism OF emperor
Williams attacks upon Social Democracy, said:
Are you not trying by all the means OF agsa aglsa
tion 70 iniure .he monarchy? You wonoeI
that the monarch penetrated with a sense o.
his responsibilities and rights. defenos hlIlseI'
So long MS Social Democracy aims 10 oNetIUt .
the existing constitutional system. you cannot
wonder that the highest bearer OF the nohaIcllu ~
principle takes the defensive with al enc 81
and even severity when this expresses ms
character.
rye-- Bsn<f in his remarks ascrbed the en-
p,re,s deficits to the enormous expenditures for
the army and navy and the futile Efforts
to play the first role in the world. which Ger
many was unable 10 DO. The government ne
continued was afflicted with the maiaoy oi
audiences" which defeated its own aims Inc
speaker instanced the rearnament of the army
with artillery which had already been Delegated
20 the second rank The United States. Herr
Rebel added had entered into the competition
for ar7naTnents and owing to her great re-
sources and energy viii soon outstrip Europe
Herr Bebel further said that the empires ex-
penditures for the army and navy were likely
TO grow even greater under the present con-
oeption Of the foreign policy. Germany wanted
TO be first everywhere. Its attitude toward
weaker States would never be tolerated toward
itself Its action toward Hayu was brusque,
and how the speaker asked, "oan the Pan
theirs bombardment of Fort San Carlos he justi-
fied?" Continuing Herr Bebel remarked
President Castro is struggling for life and the
maintenance of the Presidency We cannot
take il i'll Of man under such circumstances IL
he resists excessive demands. The coercion Of
Venezuela is in the interests of great capitalists
and the Krupp firm has share in it. Such
violence should be resorte6 20 only in the most
extreme cases.