The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-29
This Country Would Have Its Sym
pathy in Case Of
War With
Japan.
OUR IDIoTIC TARIFF
Kaiser Was the First to Hoist the
Flag of Yellow Peril and
Has Stuck
to II.

by Karl Won Wlegand Bernn CORES
pondent OF the United Press.l
BERLIN. March 2S.-"Germany's
sympathy is with the United States
in what is considered here as
threatening conflict between America
and Japan. The sympathy of r.
many-offlcial Germany-the Germany
that counts-is with you. Don't for
get that. Don't let the antagonists
feeling In commercial and financial
circles, and the utterances in a por>
ton of the press, dus largely to your
Mexican policy with which. I am
frank to say we do not agree, mislead
you for a moment as to our feelings
| in a possible war between Japan ann
| America, It was the kais II, who first
raised the flag or yellow peril! do
not think he has lowered it, although
many Germans regret his utterances
] on the question and would liks to
erase their memory from the Japa-
nese mind h q
The man who said this fs said to
! have recently spoken these words In
a private conversation. Is prominent
member OF the government. The men
| ton OF his name in connection with
| the quotation would create sensa-
ton and be follow sd by an official
hdenial. He was talking to an Ameri-
4 can. and ne was not talking for publi-
cation. 1t is safe to say that what
he said represents the view In tho
| immediate vicinity Of the kais sr.
In no country is 1t as dificult to
ascertain the real views Of higher
circles'-the government, the army,
and the navy--on international cues
tions, as it is in Germany. The Ger
man government and it's army ana
navy do a lot OF thinking and plan
ming and scheming. but as a rule talk
ing is not one OF their weaknesses.
It is only through occasional private
conversations, that the real views IN
these circles leak out.
II is undeniable that there is
strong anti-American undercurent IN
the German press and public. partic-
ularly in commercial and financial
circles. This undercurrsnt, according
to Germans who will discuss the mat
ter is due TO President Wilson's Mex
lures Of what is characterized hers
as an "idotic tariff and to fear OF
American commercial supremacy in
South America.
Some public feeling also undoubt-
edly has arisen over the coming mon
st2r celebration in America and Eng
land Of the hundred years OF unorok-
en- peace between English speaking
Deoples." Germans are inclined to
argue that such a peace celebration
between America and Germany IS far
more appropriate in view OF the fact
that there has never been br zak IN
the peace existing between Germany
and the United Stat IS since the lat
ter country threw off British yoke.
This, naturally arises from the feei-
ing of intense jealousy and dislike
which many Germans hold for Eng
land and anything English.
It is indisputable that a good many
G armans would like to see the bump
tiousness" taken out of the United
States by a good drubbing'' as they
are want to express it here. But Off
cial Germany. it is declared and 1T
sounds indisDutably true, doas not
wish to see Japan complete mistress
of the Pacific by gobbling up the
Philippines and perhaps Hawaii. Ger
many is said to see therein danger
to its growing trade with China and
: with the west coast Of South Amer
T lea. toward which points japanese
trade is reaching more and more.
Well defined but quiet efforts have
be IN and are continuing to be made,
which have for their purpose a closer
. relation between Germany and Japan.
Count Ernst zu Reventlow. the noted
: naval critic and political editor OF
: one Of the big conservative papers
D has repeatedly limited at the advls'
ability of something like an alliance
5 between Germany and Japan. This
again shows the jealousy OF Germany
towards Great Britain, who today Is
:. supposed to have strong Alliance
), | with the Nipponese government. %
;, course, any time Germany can make
: trouble for England in any way, suci