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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-11-24

NV ecuador III cine Nn9e<
W. lepenbeit, Die Die Jtegies
runsen in 8osota rno Quito ulein,
nibt Die 8unbesresieruus i'll @oibs
iuston, 3. g., angebt."
Sos par Die bDfIide Intport. Die
ser it'd ielblt %ernannte S%nliseinlann
fir 9atcins Mmerita, 8iliam Senninss
Srpan, auf cine lpenis hiplumatilfe
Nnfrn9e erbulten bat. Sffi3iell
hat Stautsietretdr Srpon am IL. Wob.
in Waibiugton Die grtldrung abges
9eben. nnB Die Der. Staaien nitt i'm
8erin9iren paran 9eouht bdtten,
lid i'll Die Megierun9Sgeihafte Der
laieiniiGen Heplblifen cin3umiiden,
ais lie lire @eianoten in Ecuador unb
aOlombieu beuuirrasten, fcit5uirellen,
Oh Die gteutralitGt Der betrcffenben
Gdnber burdJ @eitersabe bon Sunfens
OepeIhen perlest poroen lei.
Sic Grtldruns Srpan's lautet 9e>
raoe5u main; elm europdiifcr Staatss
mann bate lid nit elmer Ipld,eu &C.
raoeSu unmo8lid, aemnht. Sic ltebt
aber politdnbig i'm gintlan9 nit Dem
ldyulmeiiterliden Son, nit Dem Srpun
es fiir an9e5ei9t finbet, Die 4rsile alb
Sufan5eln. Gr meint namlidl, Die
Yrelle Der Ger. Staaten iOlle uidt
Sanblun9en Der He9ierung M / Is
benten mb oamit Die ameritauiite
Heaierun8 in groBc Terle9enbeit
briugcn. Su bieIer 9erbinbrna be-
tont er Johann, DAP peber Srantreid,
nod gn9lanb Die Ser. Sianten err
Il d. t hdtten, cine llnteriudu1g iber
Sic orgebIidle Neutrnlitats &erlesune
i'll ECUADOR Mnp &olombieu ein5uleiteu.
mic in Ser Yreiie bebauptet nprben.
Nlio bat Serr Staatsietretdr @iGinm
Scunings grpau 9an5 ullein iener
fanlo'eu Yoli5ei1rrcif perbrodeii, pie?
Yallpre enfont!
Yein, 10 mIbiplonlatiidL Inn feir
bartes 8ort on aebrail6eu, 5erl
grpuil, ipdreu Die 9enaunten He9ie.
ruu9en n~llcroines nid,t porsegan9en
IlIh drhert Sas nihts an Der Chat.
Iade. Dag Srpau lid in lateins omeri:
faniIhe Nngclegenbeiteu einSemiid,
uub iih bel oieiem sob" cine GRIND.
lid1e Nbfubr gebolt bat. Iusgerehue'
bieier ielbe Serr Stnatsietretar, bel
abiolut niht i'm Stanbe lit. iih ali:
Dem meritaniihen Sribel beraus5u:
ipinben, in meld,en er 81 @unIten elmer
Clique bon 9anbiter, WtDrberu mi
Srnuenlhdnbern ieine Singer aelted
bat.
Snt Gbnlidcn Sinnc erflGrt Del
Buffalo Wolfsfrcunb": 9liden mil
bel bieier 9ele9enbeit einnunl ar
cinige anbcre 8rpan'id)e Streihe bin
NIs in Sampico (Mierifo) Die an,eri:
taniid)en Staatsangebprigen bon einen
uuf9eresten YD6el in ibrem &eben uni
@isentbum bebrobt lparen, ba ma
infer Serr Staatsiefretdr nid,t 81
ipred,en; ami ieinen Sefebl mllBtc lid
Die ameritaniide Slotte aui Die &c,
binaus begeben. llub Die Imeritanel
in Sampico pdren Dem Sobe pcrfullei
9emeien. ipenn nid)t Der tapfere 2apit
tdn bon Dem beutid)cn areu5cr Ores.
Den" nit iciner nadcren Iaunidnf
inter Sobesperadtung Die Ser. Staa
ten Siiracr gcretiet bate. Warur
bat grpan bolnals bon ieiner Wonroe
Sottriu teintn @ebraud gemadt? Sa
es golt MIR Ole Sntere'Ien Der Yer
Staateul Sas lit gan5 mas anoeres
ipenn es Die Snterenen @nglano's gilt
mic in Dem ieei9en Sale. Wdbreni
Srpan bier pie oben ge5eist, nid]t i'm
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-11-24
muIerrr ~$taatsmammer.

chamber perbunben. slmerifa's Heus
trnIitdt irebt nuf iebr ipafelisen Siis
zen. Nnerifa fol- iif norieben.
ariese tommcn tpie Der Sieb in Der
WaGt."
Die ensliiGe Nesierune erflart, baB
Die Der. Stadten it'd feiue Sprsen su
MAIDEN brauden betreifs oes iapani>
i6eu @prgebens I'M StiGeu O3ean.
llnb 0as geniigt u~ulerer Ipminiltra>
tion in @aibiugtou natiirIidl poaz
~ltdnDig.
HrGiibeut @ilion bat lid aeduBert,
Die 3uii6erunsen, Die Sapan nit
Se8ua auf Die SeieBun9 Der SnIelu
| Salnit unD gap ge9e5en babe, ieien
pollitdnoig befrieoigcno. gu sleiher
3eit erfldrtc Der Yrdiibent, er babe
Die japaniideu Grfldrungen biniihts
Iih oes Nu9riffs auf Seutihlauo niht
mlf ibre giu5elbeiteu gepriift. (5at
lpabri6einlid feline 3eit sebabt.)
Slnes ut IN idDniIer Crbuuus,
,lpenu man uuieren YrdiiDenten unb
ieiucu Wam Srpan bort. Sic lieben
Sapaner BADEN feline bDieu Nbiifteu.
User fam ibncn mn 10 etiuas 5uz
trailenl @eben lie nidt bel jeber
Smell Seiesmus berubi9enbe Grflde
rungen ab2 Saben lie nidt nit
ldhelnoem @eiidt 9eidlporen, Dag
pieie 8eiiserareiiune beuti6er Stiisa
puntte i'm StiIen O3ean lebislid cine
%militdriihc WaBre9el lei? Sic fii9teu
olerbings ipdter nod hin5u, bieic Sue
iiherung beheute ni6t, DaB Supun
niht nad ieineu 6unoelsiuterener
ausIhauen merDc. Nber bas erlpeti
BEL Den Scrren g4ilion unb Brian
teiuen Nrglpohn, ga menn es lid
UNI Die Seutiheu %banbelte, berer
r,ilBte nlun iddrier auf Die SINCE,
iehen. Nber bieien ebrlihen Sapa-
nern tann man trauenl
Die Geriraueu5leli9teit. NIT bei
man bier in politiid)en areilen uno II
Der Yreile Die grtIdrMngen Der Sdpa'
ner aufnimnt, it III Der Ibat eritnlm'
lid. Sir jeben Wenlden, Der bi,
Gntpidelung Der Tinge in on Niier
periolgt bat, mub es FLAIR fem, baB BIZ
Sapaner fein anberes 3iel fennen, ais
iih Die Vorberri6aft in SituIien mi
auf Dem Stiuen Ocean 81 erfompfen
baB Die Groberung Der Ebilippiner
elmer Der lpifrigiten Yunfte in Sen
jopaniiden @roBmudts : S~rogrnmn
lit, lie9t auf Der Sanb. Nber unier,
Staatsmdnner in @uibingtou, Die ben
ge9enilber 9prtehrun9en treffen 1oH'
ten, Sieben Elm 5ehtelmed)tel nit Der
@clben Dor.
gs ideint. aIs ipiiroeu Die Snpnnel
Die gauge Diplomafiife Sfnudcbe I'M
lerer 9e9enlpdrtiseu Hegierung tennen
ais molten lie bielelbei gleid) jeBt aus
niiBen (unb nidt crit nadl Sabren
mic nlandlc 9ldtter meincn). Seib
es bph in einer Sepeid)e aus &bicagl
pom II. Hopember pie ipl9t: Gin,
Sepeldc ans Waibin9tpu beia9t
Sapun beabiiGtiot, Die Hegierune all
s%elpiiie ldipebenoe Sifferen5en IN De
c~aliforniidJen Sanb> unb StulgeicBt
9ebnla oufmerfiam du maiden.
Sic lestcn 8oblen baben bas Hc.
iultnt 9ebaht, Die unionireunblih
Wiaioritdt Der 9c9islatlr Californian
al erboben. Cine dbnlide Siiuaiiol
lit I'M Stante @aIbington einsetreten
Gin Seamter bea ~Oiplomatiihel
Sienite5 bat iid) babin uIs9elaiien
baB Sapnn in %Grlpdgung 3iebt, oh e
Die Cambridge Dor Dem Gnbc bea jeei
gen arieses Gin fiir nlc Nal erleoigel
obcr banit bis uu9 Dem Shllii
! parten ipQ.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-11-24

beg p~eritorbenen Stautsielretdrs Sers
rata fi6ren tperbe. Man belt ar@
berpor, bnH Der Garbinal far Deutf6e
lamb nnb Seiterreid sl1nsarn lsbbafte
Spmpatbien beBt.-(R. b.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-11-24
,,Gbaten''

lie Yefolsun9 Ser Neutros
Az litdt IN Aolombien uno
Ecuador 1T cine Mnges
Ieneuheit. Die Die Heaies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
VIII Y

~ COULD not have been a very difficult thing
for Japan to seize zap and Jaluit, the chief
islands ofthe Caroline and Marshall groups
which she did the other day, relieving Ger
many Of responsibility for those possessions IL
the Pacific. They are no great shakes IN the way
of islands. nearly all of them being coral lsIeis
floating in tropic seas and chiefly notable for
their supplies Of breadfruit and copra, the dried
kernel of the cocoanut.
This change in flag. however, IS not without
interest 10 the United States, for Zap is only
700 miles from Guam and approximately l.45O
miles from Manila. while Jaluit is only l'Soo
miles southeast Of Guam and approximately 2'6VO
miles southwest Of Honolulu, being at the south
erlv angle Of the triangle Of which the Hawaiian
Islands and Guam are the other angles. These
facts add TO the interest in the plans Of the
United States TO make Of Guam an advance naval
rost Of great strength.
The only reason one can imagine for Japan
prompt seizure Of these groups Of islands is
desire 70 use them az some time as coahng sta
tons These coral strands will add little TO the
material resources Of her empire.
More than q generation ago the relations be-
tween Spain and Germany were considerably
strained on account of the Caroline Islands. The
conciliatory services Of a Pope and the payment
of sum equal 20 almost one-quarter OF the
amount paid by the United States for the Philip
mines were required 20 adjust matters. Why Ger
many. or Japan, either should ever have sought
possession Of the Marshall Islands Is past finding
out Whether they are worth anything as a naval
base remains 90 be discovered
TOTAL. AREA OF 500 ISLANDS IS $50 SQUARE
MILES.
The area Of New York City, including the
water within its boundaries, is put at approx
uatelv 800 square miles. The total area Of the
5Oo-odd islands included in the Caroline group
is said 20 be only $50 square miles. OF this,
3o7 miles are included in Ponape and Kusaie,
in the eastern group, Truk or Hogolu, in the cen
trail. and Yap in the western, all Of which, with
the exception of Truk, are Of volcanic origin.
Excluding Babelthouap, Of the Pelew Islands, none
of the others are more than coral strands, mere
specls, on which one would not care to be cast
like Robinson Crusoe. They average less than
half square mile each.
AS for the Marshall Islands, the area OF the
tbirtv-three coral atols comprising the group is
only half that Of New York City, and their native
population, about 5000 all told, is less than half
that Of the Caroline Islands, 20 the westward.
Not 250 whites live with the Micronesians who
inhabit these islands. and. of course, few travel
lers ever visit them Comparatively little has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
GrARnING snIpYAHD sECRFTs.

Every sbipyard that builds for the navy must
take great precautions that none of the secrets
intrusted to its care shall leak out. Detectives
watch all visitors and keep the worlmen under
observation also. Ploinclothcs officers guard
every entrance and nobody is allowed TO bring
in even small parcel unless it is first exam
in,d, for fear that may conceal a camera At
one Of the big construction yards one man IN
every two dozen Is thoroughly searched from head
to foot each night on leaving. All the craftsmen
engaged On the drawings Of new warship are
sworn 10 secrecy, and the plans arc invariably
kept under lock and key when not in
These precautions have brought many sus-
picious circumstances to light One night when a
new cruiser was about 10 undergo her trials two
men crept aboard she lay at anchor They
were captured and handed TO the police.
Shortly afterward, on the day Of her trial, he
chief engineer though 1t would be advisable 20
have another look at the interior Of the turbines
before steaming, TO make certain that rubbish
had got inside to injure the debate turbine
blades. But worse than rubbish was fould
When q turbines were opened two heavy steel
chisels ere discovered inside. II the machinery
hal been started the damage would have taken
months to repair Northern Weekly Gazette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
HAND-TO-HAND BAYONET FIGHTING RARE

- THE hayonct SIS so vicious a weapon, why
are not more Of its victims found on the
battlefield? It was Thought some years
ago. owing 20 the long, flat trajectory Of
the gun now placed n the irfantryman's hands,
that the day Of the infantry charge was past
one Of the facts demonstrated in the Russian
Japanese War. however. was that the bayonet Is
st.u an effective instrument of warfare.
There have been many references TO infantry
charges iu the course of the present war; among
the latest being those found in Sir John French's
report printed "a few days ago. Curously' 1T may
be remarked iu passing, one of the earliest rec
corded occasions ON which the bayonet was used
was in lighting near Ypres in 1871 The com
mandcr Of the troops was a native Of Bayonne,
France from which place the implement Is sup
posed to have received its name.
That comparatively few Of the wounded or dead
on the battlefield arc found 10 have met their
fate through the thrust Of the bayouet seems
strange to the average layman. That the bayo-
net is still in use and that charges are made it
is difficult for some Of the veterans Of the Civil
War to credit having witnessed charges upon
lines armed with the obsolete muzzle-loader. This
is shown in a letter received by The Tribune from
John b. Day Of Bedford Hills, n. 7.
81 do not suppose" says Mr.. Day chat II
makes any difference to readers to-day of war
news whether it is true or not if 1t is interest
ing il does seem 10 interest some who write
and read of bayonct charges. and 1t probably
would be hard 20 convince them that there is no
such thing Bayonets are useful for stacking
arms for candlcsticks, etc. bu, they are not used
10 hurt men, ] have probably seen as much fight
ing and as many dead and wounded men as the
average man, and ] never saw any one hurt by
q bayonet, nor ever met a man who had. ] re-
call an hour on Sunday at Shiloh when the Cen
federates made four charges on our battery and
two Illinois regiments. Each time most Of them
fell before they could reach us, and what they
could not do no men could If that could be done
with nuzzle-loadng cannon and rifles, what
chance would a charging column have day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN SPAIN AND GER
MANY OVER CAROLINE ISLANDS.

It was in the early SOS that controversy arose
between Spain and Germany over the title to the
Caroline Islands in the Southern Pacific. II
brought about by the action of Germany in rails
ing her flag of the islands of the group
and proclaming sovereignty the whole archi
pelago.
The archipelago is in the same latitude Pana-
ma and Singapore and is link in the chain of
islands which stretches across the South Pacific
from the Asiatic coast to within a few hundred
miles Of the South American coast. Under Spanish
regime it was religiously administered and prac-
tically governed from Manila Il is reckoned the
most important strategic point in that part of the
island world.
The action Of Germany was Immediately chal-
enged by Spain, who claimed the islands by right
of original discovery. War between the two
tries seemed for time inevitable. Public feeling
in Spain especially very high, but the dispute
was finally settled by agreement between the
two governments TO submit the contention for
Ditration TO Pope Leo XIII. His settlement TO the
satisfaction of both nations regarded at the
time as a triumph in diplomacy 1t left the title
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
wIRELEss N - GERNAN ~

In the German army 90 least t would appear
that the days Of field tolegrarhs have passed @''
the laborious and lengthy method Of laying VIE
between distant points In order 20 establish CON
munication is now obsolete, says "lhe Lono'"
Daily Telegraph" Only along established I.e'
Of communication will wires be laid Tor ''''
graphic and telephone purposes; the field equ'P
ment consists almost in entirety Of portable wire
less telegraph outfits In other countries por'''
BILE equipments Of this character have been cum
brous and far from easily handled The Germs.
engineer has, however, worked hand 10 glove "'i"
the service man. and the Kaiser's forces are 200"
equipped with means Of communication "h.'"
is so light and portable that motor cyeiist WIN
side car could readily transport one OF ''e
smaller outfits some two hundred miles in day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

heavy guns 70 IS lcas. likely 10 suffer disturb
aucc or account Of earthquakes. But nature has
aided IN fitting Guam TO our purposes ln Other
ways The coast line is forbidd.ng, rising iH
nearly vertical clifs sheer from the sea 70 height
ranging from $50 20 ESQ feet The only land
locked harbor is that Of San Luis dApra This
is about five miles long and between two and
three in width. 7, is shielded from the booming
surf Of the open Pacific by cGrvins breakwater
Of coral reefs. through which just one marrow
entrance permits the passage of ships. Beyond
this the shore dips procip.tousiy hundreds upon
hundreds Of fathoms into the oceans depths
The military problem, therefore. IS simply thai
Of protecting single harbor whose entrance s
so involved that no enemy remote from dock
ward could afford TO attempt % De-, -ot.-o .t The
guns will be placed in positions here -aey can
DO the greatest harm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

81 900 feet deep, the deepest sounding yet made.
Il is the crest of submarine mountain range
rising above the water something like 1900 feet
actually higher than Mount Everest in the HIM
aayas The island is considered to be volcanic
in origin Il is nearly thirty miles long and has
an average width of less than seven miles. Its
area OF 2O7 square miles is perhaps, three -ffths
that of the entire Caroline group. It is estimated
that two centuries ago its population was $4,000,
but this has been reduced by disease and earth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

quakes and typhoons. An earth tremor is almost
Ct daily occurrence. Sometimes the wave height
is II inches. and the duration Of the oscillation
several minutes Is IL possible TO place heavy
modern guns on such an apparently insecure
foundation?
The tiny polyp that builds coral islands has
helped the military engineer for it has provided
a coral border to the island, hard as granite and
absolutely firm in it's Judgement. II is high enough
above normal sea level TO provide base for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

to Spain, but granted certain trade privileges to
Germany.
This was the status of the case in 1885 and so
continued up 70 the beginning Of our war with
Spain.
In charting Spanish possessions in the South Pa
ciic for the Paris Peace Commission at the close
of the war, Admiral Royal B. Bradford, Of our
navy, included the Carones as Spanish territory
and not only included them, but before the Peace
Commission in Paris, strongly advised their being
held by this country, failing 70 hold the whole
group, he urged the retention Of at least one
island as a naval and coaline station. Acting on
this advice and influenced by stories Of religious
persecution in the islands, the American commits
sioners at Paris offered, on November 30, 1898 the
sum of 100000 for the island Of Kusai and the
privilege of cable landing in other Spanish terri
tory.
After a weeks consideration. on December
the commissioners on the part Of Spain, declined
the offer.
On December 10 the treaty was signed and the
Carolines left in Spanish possession. Within the
next year this whole group of islands, together
with all other Spanish possessions in the South
Seas that had not become the possessions Of the
United States passed into the hands Of Ger
many for a money consideration amounting 20
about s33O0OOO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
Pacific VENICE, WITH NUMEROUS
CANALS AND ARTIFICIAL ISLETS.

some Of the blocks are 25 feet long and feet
in circumference, and many of them weigh from
three to four tons. There are also numerous
canals, from 80 to 100 feet wide, while a large
number Of islets, mainly artificial, covering an
area of nine square miles, have all been built
I'D out of the shallow waters of the lagoon round
abou. the entrance to the harbor, with high sea
walls composed Of the same huge basaltic prisms
I'm some places the walls Of this Pacific Venice
are now submerged to some depth, as if the land
had subsidized since the construction Of these
extensive works. Elsewhere huge breakwaters
had been constructed, the fragments Of which
may still be seen stretching away for distance
Of rom two to three miles
Tho works are supposed TO have been erected
before subsistence of the oceans bottom, when
II WIS possible for the neolithic builders Of Japan
and Asia to reach them. The basaltic islands at
tain to a considerable elevation, the highest
point of Ponape approaching 5000 feet. The
people have a comparatively nigh mental stand
ing. being good agriculturists and excellent boat
builders and navigators. The Germans divided
the whole archipelago into two groups, with CAPT
tails at Ponape and zap.
Discovered by Diego da Rocha, a Portuguese,
IN 1872 they we're first called the Sequeira ISL
ands Admiral Francesca Lazeano, Of SPAIN in
1886. explored them further and renamed them
Ct..,o ~ e Gain
Ine "io'.N'', ~ "o'o' -. -;
missionaries j, i''i -o'',D Wv -, CT
t"pie, ana murueiVuS 8''''H' uIo'' "'',e -,
owed. SPAN u'o "o' .- -
'ef claim ai'er Uat u".' i''0 -
"er' then contested oy ut''"'"S' "'' lag De-, .e
hois''d on zap Leo All, ~ mn. 60
was referred j" 1901 u'''',' '" ,eoo
ou' gave Germany Hee N"u'"7 -
SPAN otheI C''o"'"l Pos g.
wings following ,he 'p""'a'i' 'i'.'''''" a. -.
many TOOK over the administrator" pay" "P''"
Z''oV0'oo peSe'aS lot '''
THE VALUE OF GUAM 40 \ ol"AiE"iO
ouIPOSl.
Long before the war broke out it had been de-
cidcd to fortfy Guam so strongly that 1t might
reasonably pose as "a Pacific Gibraltar This ISL
and lends itself better TO this purpose than 90
any Of the Caroline or Marshall islands Not
only that but it possesses @ most wholesome eli
mate being in this respect "a more desirable place
TO- a post than the Philippines. This is one rea-
son why the marines now stationed at Cayite VIII
ultimately find themselves on Guam, another be-
ing of course that il is a strategic pivot from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
MOST EXTRAORDINARY CURRENCY IN THE
WHOLE WORLD.

"The inhabitants of zap are noted for pos
sessing the most extraordinary currency. if IT can
be so called, in the whole world Perhaps it
ought 20 be called the reserve currency Be
sides the ordinary she'll money, there is sort o.
stone coinage consisting Of huge calcite, or lime
stone, discs or wheels from six inches TO twelve
feet in diameter, and weighing up 20 nearly five
tons These are al quarried in the Pelew Islands,
two hundred miles 10 the south, and are now
brought up to zap in European vessels. But some
were in the island long before the arrival Of the
whites, and must consequently have been brought
by native vessels or on RATS"
The real wonder Of the islands, however, is the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

printed abo2t them. and th"t niue pIoD"oS COM
tains all that there is TO DE 'oio' L'N1 V'o'e
serloed IN the adventures Oh E
ers' the natives i've "P0" '''1 - -
pre"cIru. u'' anu ''''
"','''es VI '',, $500, ,u.r+t mention.
V'""P' -. 600. wa dismiss
','b O''oi'' I'll s.,. ~, NOR,
- ~. M. 49,, soo.io,s If two
80 .a.s. 81 ,,r.i ,tiob have acopireJ
-. t..to.i,.. 90 ,+ +l,o, beods above water
No. 80 .i,o,, aro ro+ ,,ore than ten feet high.
.,l 4ho t;t,,+ oIo,otio, which can be claimed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

@ ISheQ IN Inc quarterly heHie" VII
"The Origin of the Present War;"
cabled account Of which appeared in The Trib-
une recently another chapter of inside history
of the times Immediately following the Spanish
American war will be of interest to the American
public as showing still further Germany's attitude,
intentions and achievements at that time.
The ex-foreign editor Of "The London Times"
Sir Valentine Chirol, says: AT the beginning of
the Spanish American war; he the Kaiser showed
his hand for a moment in an insdous attempt to
induce this country England to lead the way in
a European demonstration against the United
States, but Lord Pauncefote, at Washington, and
Captain Chichester, at Manila, showed the American
people that blood was thicker than water. Ger
man diplomacy beat hasty retreat and tried hard
to cover its tracks" etc.
II is by no means certain that German diplomacy
beat so hasty a retreat as Sir Valentine Chirol
seems TO think it did
The Kaiser may not have accomplished his full
purpose either at the beginning or at the close
Of the war, but it is certain that through it he
added very materially TO the commercial aggran-
dizement and colonial territory of the German En-
pire History alone can show whether at our ex
pense or not.
In the months Immediately succeeding the war
he put through project which had been under
taken by no less a parsonage than Bismarck him
self when he launched the German Empire on its
colonial career some sixteen or eighteen years
earlier.