The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

DOCKS ana documents appears 10 be
much better understood than here. The
average thinking man over there takes
them with a grain of salt He doesn't
even conucmn the diplomats fOr issuing
them. put he doesn't give them his
implicit belief The papers understand
tn ~ better than our press.
The words used are weighed in the
same class with such expressions as
Can again uttered to the unwclcome
guest. They know that diplomacy is a
distinct art over there. Men enter dip
lomatic ranks in their twenties and only
retire in their seventies. The leading
Diplomats of all the European countries
are not deceived by each others blue
books or white books. They have a
very close understanding of zach other.
The United States citizen shouldn't get
too exercised over what is in these
books"
My memoranda about the professor
noted the fact that he had lectured on
the Monroe Doctrine in sixteen cities Of
Germany, and that his Berlin lecture
had been attended BY the Emperor and
Empress. ! asked him for details.
THE German idea of the Monroe Doc
trine is very terse," said Prof. Sloane.
They say IL means simply South
America for North America In my
lectures | repeatedly told them that the
policy of the United States was not to
have military posts on frontiers, against
the policy of Germany to have a better
If not larger army than any other cOun-
try and the policy OF England to build
two battleships to one built by her
rivals"
us it true that Kaiser wilhelm was
very much impressed with your Monroe
Doctrine arguments and smiled and
nudgcd the Kaiserin at one Of the tell
ing points," / asked, glancing at my
memoranda,
81 can Corroborate the smiling and
possibly the nudging, but how great an
! impression was made | must leave 10
others, II others know There is one
thing ! can emphasize. 1t is a fact that
as a whole the German doesn't under
stand us and we do not ind rstand the
German. SO that 1t may be when some
truth is pointed out he is surprised to
hear it and willing to accept it,
For instance ! had as my guest in
| Princeton German professor and his
! family for ten days or so. The German
| professor declared he was being con-
| stanty surprised every hour he was
! in my home. He had been led to be-
| lieve that the average American wife
was Eighty sort of creature who did
| not realize the serious problems OF
! life or care about them. She was rep
resented as a creature plotting and
planning the best possible way to have
a good time all OF the time.
"TIe told me he was amazed at tn,
order OF my household and the way
things were arranged and done.
could understand his Amusement, fol
| lived nearly seven years in Germany
and | saw the domestic side of the
! German.
what causes this misapprehension Of
the American wife and the American
home? Principally the press, | should
say The German papers publish things
about America that give the impression
my guest had. American scandals ar,
picked out as n sample of what al
Americans are engaged in. or course
II papers in the United States published
in the German language exploit thing.
American in this way 1t is only natura
that they should be first read and ars
believed on the other side.
Now yuu couldn't fool Bisinal,
about Americans by means of CHROME
Gus press values. Bismarck understood
Americans, for he had made a clos
study Of them. I remember him wei