New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
DIPLOMATIC EPISODES.
The King at kicI-German Erpan.
sion--Tde TIbetQn Mission.

London. June Il
Tie hi1s IS 20" SO strong master OF d.
plomacy 1h"1 lie can face the risks Of unponu
larity. as approaching visit 20 Kiel exc,tes
rneasiness among writer's who have dlscernAa
most clearly re magnitude cf his services IN
England IN iss,oll'1s good reia lions with France
They remember ine Ee2ezueIa affair ana ,ha
BagJaa railway llnbloSio and dread a rac,,r-
renee OF German cunning at a critical ,,a,iod
when Russia Is in pressing need Of dinlo,,o.i
support and l-eSland's foreign relations r,a,, h
easily compromised and disturbed Soma oe
tl.sI! blGTt ont The truth that the nation docs
nst want negotiations of ANY kind with Ger
many and that the King would have dome h.,,A-
20 decline the invitation when there wos M
i.vs:2ess 10 be transacted. They do not eNnloi,
low a 'is.t designed primarily as a friendly
meeting between SoTereislls closely related could
Lays been put on without offence To Tho Ger
man 2soD.e. Tbs German Emperor visited the
British caDi;ai H'ken the Fatherland vas seeth
As With Jealousy and dislike OF England on
.ccoCEt Ct the Beer war: and he did not sacri-
zoe lis prestige ard popularity ct home His
s1t!scts Sad confidence in him as their most
s.ro!t aud practical dipioRlatist, and they knew
:hnt ti'eir interests would be safe in his hands
The King has earned during his reign the con-
ada-ca or his subjects to AZ equal degree After
his STRIKING successes in Paris, Vienna and
diStrUSL Of
abnty to meet his brilliant and astute nephew
Era to measure wiz and sagacity with him
There in no evidence that his subjects share the
forebcGiagE OF alarInists respecting the Kiel
visit they believe that the King car hold his
Own ground against the Emperor and that the
two powerful sovereiSns viii meet. exchange
compliments end nct attempt 10 do business.
The King without doubt has the advantages
CT position in REy discussion OF affairs in the
Far Eaes. England IS che open ally of the
Whining power, ard Germany is the secret
syTE2sth!ze- with ;lle defeated empire. Japan
with the diplomatic support OF England is now
before the walls Of Port Arthur, where she was
forced a te=y years ago TO evacuate that strong
hold in consequence OF the joint action Of Russia
and Germany. The King is not likely TO be
Drawn into amy act of betrayal Of the interests
OF Il victorious ally. Lord Lansd owne's chief
achievement in the Foreign Office has been the
alliance with Japan. by which the cooperation
o. any third power with Russia was excluded
The Kings great stroke has been the creation
OF cordial relations With France. Each must be
aware that Joint action between England and
Germany behalf o. Russia would cause equal
irritation IN France and Japan without promot-
Ing the interests OF peace. Neither is likely 10
undo his own work. If British influence be
erted for peace. il Will be through the French
Foreign Office. with the knowledge and consent
pf Japan. and not through the German Foreign
Office. When the dulest writer for the English
press Understands this the alarmists need not
fea- the King Will forget it at Kiel. When Eng
lan9 hss nothing to gain and much TO lose by
any negotiations with Germany respecting the
Far East it Is hardly credible that any encour-
ngenent Will be offered TO the mischief making
diplomatists Of Berlin. Experience in the Ven
ezuela and Bagdad railway affairs ought to
have convinced the Balfour government that the
nation is strongly prejudiced against diplomatic
business Of any kind with Germany
THE Par-Germanic Doctrine" published by
the Harpers, naturally startIes readers who have
not kept abreast Of political literature IN the
Fstherland The author acts as the interpreter
Of the professors economists, agitators and pub
lcsts who are learning ito think imperially"
md are dreaming OF Greater Germany.
sH7ier book might be compiled about the Pan
say Doctrine: and. Il the japanese continue
their triumphs and conquests in the Far East
there may be another record Of Pan-Japanese
or Pan-Oriental movement even more compre-
hensve 81 scope. While the German govern
ment has remained cautiously progressive. the
imagination of the most practical people in Eu-
rope has been fascinated with questions Of
worlds politics. ard a demand has been created
for q Chauyin!stic literature fantastia as IL is
irresponsible. The widest Of thess writers do
not stop until they have comprised the down.
fall Of England AID the humiliation Of America,
and established upon the ruins OF Anglo-Saxon-
Com universal German Empire: but 81 is not
literature written seriously for rejecting minds
Rational Pan-Cer;nanisIn has more definite aims.
anG these are well described in this book. II
starts With an economic and customs union for
Germany, Austria. Switzerland HOLLAND, Bel
gium and Denmark. and this is expected TO open
the way for political union Of all countries in
which German is spoken. Railway lines con-
meeting Hamburg with Trieste; canals uniting
the Danube with the Elbe and the Oder: the
formation Of 2 Continental customs union, aimed
primarily against England and the United
States and secondariIy against Russia, are
s:noag tie means TO Imperial ends: and a long
way or IN tie future looms ny a federated
union Of Germanic peoples and still further re-
moved. a Derrscll:uG beyond seas.
Tie Bismarck tradition has been that German
policies can be sa@oly worked out II Russia be
kept under obligations 10 Berlin. The German
Eagpe.o- Is rot 4 Chaaylnst pamphlet writer
bur practical eIarire builder. He has begun
~ creating a rayy and q merchant heetSof the
hrrt rank ssd he nRs perceived .het the most
elective 7-seinod ~ securing a maritime empire
IVES not she establishment OF feeble colonies un~
Ger unfayorabie conditions Holland and Den
marx haze colonial dependencies second liz ex-
tent and resources TO the British Empire. and
ther possessions can lie brought virtually under
German control II TIE two E9onarches are grad
uay drawn into economic ana political union
With the FatEeIisad. When tho German EN-
rero- escended the throne the Dutcn were m
teaEel, hostile 20 Germany, and the Danes
anrr..y remembered the Ioss Of their two prov
inces. Public opinion il both m0naTch:es has