New-York tribune., 1917-11-11
Celebrating Hindenbugs Seventieth Birthday at Berlin
RerGner Toobl1t
From The Berliner Tagebldt

He has insulted our Kaiser in an out
rageous manner. His object is trans
parent, base, and stupid. He does not
know German fidelity. He bites upon
granite when he tries to separate the Ger
man people from their Hohenzollern
Kaiser"
DR.. Stresemann, the National Liberal
leader, harked back to the Hague Con-
ference and the charge that Germany
there frustrated every plan for settling in
ternational differences by arbitration. He
denied this and claimed that "Germanys
standpoint at The Hague was fully shared
bv Switzerland and Belgium. And .
it was declared in the United States Sen
ate that the American people would never
submit to arbitration where the Monroe
Doctrine was concerned. A more scornful
rejection of the idea Of arbitration cannot
be imagined" In this connection it may
be mentioned that the Berne correspondent
of the "Vossische Zeitung" telegraphed to
that paper that it was growing plainer
every day that the United States was by
no means in agreement with the Entente
plans Of territorial expansion.
The Agrarian League, the great organi-
zation of Germanys political farmers, is,
of course, hot against Wilson; it adopted
a resolution declaring that it "repels the
tempter who tries through internal dissen-
sions to injure the Fatherland, in order
that it might fall as ripe fruit into state
of internal disunion and weakness"
THE Lansing Disclosures Appear
/ To Have Done Some Good
Secretary Lansing's exposures of Ger
man diplomatic chicanery have evidently
attracted much attention in Germany. 1t
is gratifying TO note that the effect has
been a wholesome one as the disclosures
have created a demand for better diplo'
mats and diplomatic methods. In his
speech in the Reichstag Stresemann had
this to say:
Through diplomatic bungling we have
helped our enemies; If we had not offered
American territory to Mexico it would not
have been so easy for Wilson to win the
support of Congress The behavior of Lux
burg justifes 'Simplicissimus' in asking,
How strong must Germany be to bear the
weight Of her diplomats" ?"
This citation was greeted with express
sions of approval. Stresemann further
put this embarrassing question to the gov
crnment, to which, however, he received
no reply: "Why was not protest sent
from Berlin against the tone, form, al
contents of his dispatches. in order later
to be in a position to refer to such dis
approval?"
/ Wolfgang Heine also had some interest
ing remarks to make about German diplo
macy in speech in the Philharmonic at
Berlin. Speaking on the "Rebirth of Ger
many" he deplored the narrow training
of German diplomats, who, he said, gct
their training between the barracks and
corps-student activities; hence they had
no understanding of the psychology of the
people, whether their own or those of for
elgn ldnuS. me hlnu VI HlOuciiii~"Ni""
finally adopted in reforming the service
had resulted, said Heine, "only in a
greater degree Of unscruprlousness, as
witnessed by the Luxburg ihd thinner
mann dispatches" Haussmann said in the
Reichstag that Luxburg's manner Of ex.
pressing himself showed "saucy frivolity
in the treatment Of the most serious mat
ters."
Here, too, may be mentioned some re
marks in the Reichstag by the Socialist
Landsberg. He said that war sentiment
in America had been greatly intensified by
an article of the pan-German Won Strantz
who called upon the 30,000,000 German
Americans TO rise and help Germany in
the war, exhorting them, with the assist
ance Of the Irish, to establish their indie
pendence. Here in Germany" added
Landsberg, 1--WE laughed at this nonsense
but the Americans foamed with rage"
THE Fatherland Party-Against
i Peace Of Compromise
The discussion IN the Reichstag OF tht
Fatherland party and the mutiny in the
: navy evidently made profound impres
sion in the empire. The FatherlanC
party, it must be recalled, is an organiza
tion formed since the Reichstag adopted
It's famous peace resolution Of July 19; anc
it's purpose is TO combat the peace Of com
promise and renunciation advocated by
that resolution. It's moving spirits are vor