The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-12
UNITED STATES
AND GERMANY
KAISER GETS CREDIT Fer HIS
FRIENDLY SENTIMENT IN Won
BUELOW'S NEW BOOK.

Berlin, Dec. 11.-Prinz Won Euelow's
reference to the relations of the Unit
ed States and Germany in one of the
chapters of the book to be issued this
week on Germany Under the Re gn
of William H. in which he deals
with German policy shows how
much the former imperial chancellor
valued the friendship Of the American
government and people. He says in
part:
During the Spanish-American war
a portion of the German public opiu-
ion displayed strong sympathy for
Spain. and this was not agreeable to
the United States. The manner in
which incidents that occurred between
the German and American fleets a
Manila were made the most of in a
portion of the English and American
press and also cast a cloud over the
relations of Germany and the United
States. This feeling reached its eli
max in February, 1899, so that it
seemed we'll to emphasize the relation.
ship by blood and race of the two ma
tions in order to bring about a better
feeling What | said at that period
in the reichstag in this connection
seems to have since been proved,
namely From the point of view of
sensible policy, there is no reason why
Germany and the United States should
not be on the best of terms. ! do
not see any points where German and
American interests clash, nor in the
future do | see any point where the
lines of our development should cross
each other in an inimical way. We
can say it calmly: in no other land
in the last century has America found
better understanding or more just
recognition than in Germany
This understanding and recognition
was given to America by Emperor
William II, more than by any other
person. He is to be thanked before
anybody else for opening the way toI
good and secure relationship with the
United States He gradually won over
the Americans through his friendly, |
sequential and understanding way of
Joo1;ru Dorcoro1 mad ,.oIo otinuc iOin- /
ed him and President Roosevelt. The
sending of Prince Henry to America !
met with the hoped for result to the
fullest extent and helped in an i'm
portant manner to recall to both peo-
Pies how many mutual interests
bound them together and how few diff !
ferences existed between them.
1T was also a happy thought of our
emperor to bring home firmly and sin.
cerely the intellectual junction of the
two of the Germanc peoples by
means of an exchange of prominent
university professors German intelleC-
tual life, German poetry, philosophy |
and science have found such sincere
admiration perhaps nowhere in the
world as in the United States. On
the other hand, the wo:ders of Amer
lean technique are studied mere zeal
ously and recognized more joyously in |
Germany than anywhere else.
Of int f,1
tual and scientific conquests was Civ
en- proper expression by the exchange
of professors. The everincreasing in
timacy of relations between the peo-
pies and the heads of the nations fur.
ther also our political relations toward
the United States. We not only reach.
ed a friendly agreement about Samoa,
but at the beginning of this century,
when we were passing through a crit
ical political period, the United States
never stood in our wway. Outside of
Austria, there is hardly a nation which
has such natural inclinations to be
friendly with us as the United States.
In the United States live about 12,-
100000 Germans. Among these there
is a growing effort since the founda-
ton of the German American Nation.
al union. in 1901, while remaining 10y
al to their new Fatherland, to keep up
their relations with their old home and