New-York tribune., 1908-12-08
GERMANY'S RELATIONS
CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.
Acknowledgements Terms Vel
c0med-Support of Austria.

Berlin Dec 7.-Chancellor Won Bdlow, dur
ing the budget debate to-day. addressed the
Reichstag on Germeny's foreign policy, dwelling
on the situation in Southeastern Europe, the re-
lations Of Germany to France and Great Brit
ain and Germany's attitude toward the Amerl-
can-Japanese understanding.
Referring to this agreement, the Chancellor
said that the substance of it had been communi-
Gated to Germany by the representatives OF both
countries, and added:
The new arrangement Is thoroughly In hsr-
mony with the principles OF Germsnys poncy IN
the Far East the principles of the open door
economically. the preservation OF the Status quo
territorially and the integrity and independence
of the Chinese Empire. We have no occasion 10
regard the agreement otherwise than syInpa-
thetically. 1t gives new support TO our prlhc!-
pies and additional guarantee OF peaceful deVeI-
opment in the Far East.
Answering a complaint that Germany was lett
out of the American-Japanese agreement the
Chancellor called attention to the fact tnat Ger
many already has a precisely similar arrange
ment with Japan through an exchange OF notes
Japan explicitly accepted the principles OF the
Anglo German agreement Of 1900, which guar
antees the maintenance Of the open ooor ana
the territorial status quo.
The Chancellor began his speech with fun
statement of Germany's attitude in the Balkan
crisis He said that the political situation had
been dominated for the last few months py the
Turkish revolution The leaders in that move
ment were for the most part able army of1cers'
who had received their training in Germany and
had held creditable posts in the German army
The revolution had been carried out without
bIoodshed, and the movement possessed a dig
nifty which inspired the respect OF the ehtlre
civilized world He continued:
From the very start Germany participated in
that feeling, recognizing the idealism of the
movement and the integrity of its leaders
myself had some of those men at my mousse: ana
they inspired me with the greatest respect 1hey
are patriots, not utopians. Baron MarschaIl Won
Bieberstein, the German Ambassador to Turkey,
steadily favored the reforms. It is wish to
see Turkey politically and economically strong,
but we never wanted Turkish territory from
the fact that It's geographical situation Is NOT
suitable. Turkey really lost nothing through
the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by
Austria Hungary. Neither did the INDEPENDENCE
of Bulgaria mean the loss of any territory.
From the very beginning two points were
clear for the exercise OF German dlplo-
macy: First, must leave the lead IN SOUTH
eastern European policies to other powers ana,
second We must never hesitate for moment
to stand faithfully by our ally, Austria Hun
gary (Cheers) We were informed of Austrias
infen+ion TO annex Bosnia and Herzegovina about
the same time when Russia and Italy received
similar notifications
Prince Won Bulow expressed the hope that the
international conference would have a soothing
effect
Count Won kanitz, ConserEativ leader. ex-
about treaty negotiations between Germany and
the United States He said that Germany had
made the mistake OF granting America all the
advantages in her commercial treaties without
equivalent to herself and that she must conse-
quently now undergo all sorts of tariff annoy
ances 1t was in the highest degree desirable
the speaker said, that this unnatural relation
ship between Germany and the United states
speedily be put to end by the conclusion of
another commercial treaty.
He pointed out that the appropriations now
sought for the navy-S102, 5O,0O0-eXCeeded
more than eightfold the appropriations OF twenty
years ago. He expressed doubt whether the
German taxpayers were able to bear the burden
Of maintaining the greatest standing army on
earth and the second largest navy, but. this Tor
the moment aside, the army budget should have
contained an appropriation for arships. which,
he said were destined to revolutionize land