The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-28
GERMAN POLICY
NOT annexation
AMBASSADOR Won sTERNBERc
pENt-s HIS GOVERNMENT
WANTS TERRITORY.
BELGIUM OR HOLLAND
Not Sought and Germany Does Not
Need Then--Reoort Was politi-
cal Bugaboo Without Foun-
dation In Fact.

New York, Feb 27. Baron Speck
Won Sternburg. the German ambassa-
dor at Washington, has an article in
| the North American Review which
! appeared today, on The Truth Abort
German Expansion refuting reports
iof Germany's designs on Holland and
Belgium. and explaining Germany's
real policy Of expansion. The ambae-
sador says IN part:
"One must therefore escrihe to b
Inorance of German conditions at attf
tude of some chauyinistic papers rf
Western Europe. In deliberately at
tempting to undermine Germany'a
Ircpr tation, particularly Ia the United
States, and to inspire with fear the
Danes, the Boehmians, the Austrlans,
the Hollanders on the ground Of pos
siblg,impendng union of their states
with the German Empire. union
which the German Empire is not in
the least resirous. and which In Ger
many itself even If desired. would en-
counter wellnigh insuperable difficu,-
ties
II certainly do not belive that those
Belgium or Holland. Their sources
are to be found elsewhere The feel.
ing of safety and assurance which
each Of these two states In view OF
existing conditions. has In relation 70
the other and logically must have. IL
81 4fa&
lsting between them These have be.
come additional The closeness Of
these relations is guaranteed amply
by parallel interests on both sides and.
By cultural and mental motives
I'm the sixties. when Bismarck Was
bard at work on the nafficatfrn as
Germany, Napoleon Til. repeatedly uf.
fcfed the great German statesman to
withdraw completely from intarfer
ence in German internal affairs. In
return for Belgium. This proposition
Bismarck never considered Nor were
the Begians unmindful Of the fact
had Napoleon III. been the victor at
Sedan they would have forfeited
their Independence.
However I do not wish TO over
these matters. which be-
long to the past nor DO wish to all
vance the claim that the Belgians en-.
tertain I'm regard to the pacific France
of today fears similar to those which
agitated them In the days of Napc.
leon III. Affairs have undergone
general reconstruction since then.
and ven the liyeliest historical reml-
nisceuces scarcely would restrain Hol-
land and Belgium from giving a dlf-
ferent direction to their apprehen-
sions. II there We're any legitimate
r. easons for so doing. Nevertheless,
the recollection of the intimate asso-
citation Of the peoples of Germany and
the Netherlands and Germany and
during the past, win. In the
absence of every legitimate reason
Prevent these nations from imputing
to each other enmity and iIl-wil. but
sill promote instead an eminently
sane, mutual cordiality, which. even II
merely matter Of sentiment. will
laye effect upon their action and af-
airs.
Il can only assume therefore. that
he baseless fear. pertaining to a pos
.ible desire on Germany's part 10
nnex Belgium or Holland certainly
oes not emanate from Belgium or
4olland, bot from some places. where
ersons. unacquainted with Germany
Rd the Netherlands. biindiy believe
hat the big German Empire simply
nust be possessed of an ambition to
mex its two smaller nelghbors.
1T is possible, that after the war
{ 1S75-lS7l, when Germany. power
ass and torn by centuries Of dlssen.
ions. which all Europe had been az
rstomed 60 consider a quantite negli.
cable. suddenly sprung to the front
s. a powerful. unified realm, some
IOllanders. and Belgians, viewing
he unaccustomed situation. began TO
eel strange apprehensions lest the
nightly young state would abuse and
ot merely use its newly-won strength.
'hese apprehensions. however. soon
rEmbled away, and disappeared a. a
1ncomitant manifestation OF a