The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07
AFFAIR
CHAGRI \ KAISER
Abandonment Of Exhibition
Strain on German Alncri-
can Friendship.
.ATE EN-, HOSTILITY SHOWN
German Manufacturers Dread OIL
Competition Borders on
Jealous Hatred.

Berlin, March 6.-LThe kaiser's gov
crnmcnt has left no stone unturned to
assure the Washington authorities Of
Its profound regret over tho American
exhibition imbroglio. Most authorita-
tive declarations have been made
through official channels that the Ger
man governments attitude is entirely
bition enterprise itself or to America
in general
The incident caused the German for
cign office the most painful cmbarrass-
tment. Germany has acquired a whole
some respect for the power OF Ameri-
can public opinion. and when the cable
brought evidence that It was thor
oughly aroused over tho exhibition af-
fair, 1t was decided that heroic meas
ures must be taken to set matters
right. 1t is tho Berlin official view
that the governments good intentions
and repentnnt spirit were amply shown
by the elimination from tho Rcichstag
records OF the ministerial remark
which gave offense.
New York cablegrams, however. In
dictate that Americans are far from
satisfied with the official disposal OF
the incident. and grave fears are en-.
tertaincd here that tho carefully do
velopcd fabric OF German-American
friendship has suffered serious blow.
In local diplomatic quarters 1t Is re-
ported as n safe wager that the I'M.
perial Secretary of the Interior. Herr
Delbruck, whose Parliamentary beak
caused the squabble. has heard things
from certain highly placed parsonage
who has spent good deal OF time In
tho last eight or nine years in culti-
waiting the good will OF the American
people.
BY far the most significant aspect
of the whole incident is the light It
has thrown on the latent hostility to
American Industrial competition with
which the entire German business
world is honeycombed The blunt.
brutal truth is that the German manu-
facturers' dread of their American
borders on Jealous hatred.
While clamorng for the widest pos
sible privileges for themselves in tho
American market, German manufac-
command the extension of fresh privi-
leges to American manufacturers In
the German market.
Every sale of an American. type
harvesting machine in Germany is re-
garded as an act of war by the aver
age Teuton manufacturer He bars
the doors OF his factories to American
visitors and regards our consular oftl-
cials as spies 1t was in this spirit of
blind unreasoning hostility that In
nuential German chambers OF COM
merco petitioned their government to
boycott the proposed American exhibit
ton. and 1t was to mollify the influen-
tlal industrial community that Sec
rotary Delbruck made his celebrated
broak.
When the history OF this latest Ger
man American incident comes to be
written. one statement will require
to be underlined, namely, that the
entire exhibition scheme and the re-
sultant squabble were exclusively
made in Germany America through
out has played the role of the limo.
cent bystander. These arc the SIM
pie facts:
talists owns fine exhibition hall. In
their annual quest for dividend paying
events they hit upon the idea OF de-
voting their space during the sum
mer Of 1910 to an attractive show OF
American products ranging in variety
from Sousa's Band to Ice cream soda.
American firms were Invited to make
displays. They accepted the invitation
with conspicuous reluctance. although
a house-to-house campaign was waSed
for the major part OF the year. Only
half the exhibition space had been
placed when Herr Delbruck came
along and kicked the whole project
into cooked hat.