New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-10
Calls Alliance
GREAT MISTAKE
GERMAN EMPEROR SHARPLY
cRITIcIsEs PACT BETWEEN
BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
SHOULD NOT TEACH
YELLOW RACE SECRETS
No Doubt About the Position Occu-
pied by the kaiser-Extensive Adj
ditions to Be Made to War FaciI-
tiles on Pacific Coast.

London, July 8.-Dispatches from
Copenhagen state that the kaiser, who
is visiting there, spoke sharply of
Japan when that nation was men
toned in his presence. He earnestly
declared, it is said, that the greatest
mistake ever made by the white man
was the Anglo-Japanese alliance. He
said that Europeans were acting most
foolishly in allowing a yellow race to
copy all their methods and learn all
their secrets.
Add to War Facilities. t;
San Francisco, July 8.-Extensive
additions to the government navy yard
and dry dock facilities on the Pacific
coast will result from the coming of
the batt1eship fleet which was an
nounced by Secretary Metcalf in an
interview on Thursday
Secretary Metcalf had little to add
to what he had said Of the coming of
the fleet on the previous day. I'VE
have already arranged for a new dry
dock at Bremerton," he said, "and
other improvements in the repair IA
cilities on the coast will have to be
taken up by congress in the fall. The
large dry dock at Mare island is access
slDle to battleships of deep draft"
Practice War Maneuvers.
San Francisco, July S.-Two thou
sand National guardsmen who are par
ticipating in the army maneuvers at
the Preside in conjunction with the
regulars, Friday night slept at the big
guns in the forts which line the bay
shores. For Is days the state militia
will be drilled with the regulars in the
handling of big guns.
A part of the manenvers will be the
repelling of an imaginary night attack
from the sea by hostile fleet com.
posed of launches and small boats
Before the expiration of two weeks, it
is believed that the militia companies
will not only have familiarized them.
selves with the Notifications, but will
have learned how to operate the heavy
coast defense guns.
Toxic Not Disturbed.
Toxic, July 8.-A report from New
York that President Roosevelt has Off
cially confirmed the dispatch of 1e
battleships to the Pacific produced but
little commotion here Some are in
| clined to read between the lines either
a sinister motive on the part of Ger
| tain section of Americans affected
with anti-Japanese mania, or the
machination of a tool of third power
which is trying to benefit from the
! quarrels of others.
| Japanese Newspaper Comment.
Toxic, July 8.-The Nichi Nichi in {
leader says: "The American feelins
toward Japan appears to have reached
almost an hysterical stage in their ap
| prehension that the resolution adopted
by the Japanese chamber Of commerce
is an intention to boycott American
| goods. An explanation of such atti
| tude may be sought in their own fea
regarding the final outcome of thu
San Francisco affair. A complete SO
luton of the question without leavin,
the least element of difference be
tween the two countries is pressin,
necessity"
Excitement in Philippines.
Manila, July S.-The reported nava
activity is causing much excitement il
the Philippines. Leading Filipino in
dependence organs have announce,
/ that they side with the American
against the Japanese. All the Japa
nese laborers employed in the nav
yard at Olangapo have been dis
| charged.
Astronomers Study Mars.
IL New York, July S.-Mars is neare