Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-11
SIXTH TIME HAS
 U. $. FACED WAR
 WITH GERMANY
Admiral Dewey Twice Near ly Precipitated Conflict by
 Resenting Offensive Acts.

Although never so near war as now, the United States and Germany have been on the verge of war many times. The first time the United States came into conflict with Germany was in the controversy over the control of Samoa in the Pacific. When the German warship Adler threatened to Lombard Apia and subdue the rebels there Commander Learv of tho U. S. s. Adams sailed in between the Adler and the shore. He appeared on the Adler and told Captain Fritze:
 eff you fire, you must fire through the ship which I have the honor to command. I shall not be answer able for the consequences
 Captain Fritze immediately steamed away.
 Germany, England and the United States had ships at Samoa to safe- guard their rights on the islands. They were on the point of war when terrific typhoon destroyed every ship except one English cruiser. This sobered the nations and they came to an agreement to control the islands jointly.
 At the beginning of the war with Spain Germany tried to avert our in- tervention in Cuba and seemed to fla vor Spain. Her minister here asked the envoys of the other European countries, among them Pauncefote of England, to join him in a protest.
 Pauncefote did not favor it, but on being urged he agreed on weak, formal note to President Mckinley which diplomats have since consider ed farce The note, however, was enough to satisfy Germany.
 When Dewey was blockading Ma nila he noticed five German warships enter the harbor. Three British ships also were there, but the presence of a large German force put Dewey on guard. He called on the German vice-admiral von Diedrich, and men toned the fact.
 "I am here by order of the kaiser, sir" von Diedrich replied. When Dewey moved on Manila for his famous attack, he noticed von Diedrich's fleet following him. He stopped and sent message to the German commander notifying him, "If he wants fight, Ee can have it now"
 The two fleets were on the verge | of battle when the English ships intervened and the German vessels departed.
 matic relations with Venezuela, when the South American country could not pay her debts, and sent a fleet down there. .
 Roosevelt summoned the German ambassador. von Holleben, and told him he would give Germany 10 days | to withdraw her fleet or Dewey's 1 ships would force them off, Three days before the time limit, when Germany had not yet answered the demand, Roosevelt told von Ho;- leben he had decided to shorten the limit by one day. Within 36 hours Germany answered Roosevelt's de- mand by calling off her fleet.
 Dewey was at Hong Kong when Prince Henry, brother of the kaiser. was stationed there to further Ger man interests in China At a ban quet for the representatives of the nations in the city, Prince Henry of- fered toast to all countries. Making the toasts in French and l in alphabetical order, the first na- tion mentioned was Germany (Alle- magne). After toasting Spain l (Espagne), the United States should | have been mentioned, since the French name is Etats-Unis. Instead, Prince Henry jumped to France. Immediately, Dewey and his aide walked out of the banquet hall. He felt his country had been insulted. Prince Henry had to apologize per sonally for his conduct before Dewey would consider the incident closed.
 The German prince explained that he had mistaken the French name of United States for the German, which is Vereinigte Staaten, and expected to mention this country toward the end.