Show jCOMMET t TAT J BERLm Americans Praised for Their Prowess Prow-ess and Magnanimity SITUATION AT 1iANJLA I GERMAN ISTS SA U DER A FAG German Press Expresses Friendly Sentiments Toward the United StatesProtet Against Turning Cuba Over to the IsurgentA ew York Corresnondents Tale CoresondentsTBe Berlin Aug 20CCorespondence 1898 by the Associate PressThe signing of the protocol engrosses the attention of the press The more ser bus paper and nearly aU the periodicals periodi-cals appearing this week take the view that Spain has only herself to blame and the demands imposed by the United Unit-ed States are not excessive While the Agrarian and other professedly ant American organizations continue their hostility a majority of the comments are decidedly friendly to Amerla The Vosslsche Zeitung for Instance says Not only do we gladly render justice to the warlike dec1s of the American nation but we also recognize the moderations of the victory America Amer-ica not onlr Imows how to act vigorously vigor-ously but how to act wisely and to forego unnecessary bloodshed The Kreuz Zelun after a similar recognition of Americas moderation says Whether the Unite States will finally rejoice in the inheritance of Cuba we are Inclined to doubt But what Spain failed to accomplish it Is now the duty of Washington to car out if even the semblance of a necessity neces-sity for war is to be preserved Order mut he restored in he island at all hazards The Americans mst deter rine the questions of ways and means out to surrender Cuba to the rebels their protee is impossible no matter mat-ter how much Garcia and his bandits I may desire i The Berliner Post y hich is of a slm liar opInion thinks that with the disappearance I dis-appearance of a honest Spanish foe i here has arisen a foe much moreto be dreaded by the insurgents INFLUENCE OF THE TRUSTS The Vorwaerts concludes a long review re-view of the situation as follows We are convinced that the truest bond or friendship mIght prevail between Germany I Ger-many and the great transAtlantic re I public a friendship which would be of the greatest benefit to both but ala the American petroleum and sugar trusts and the East Elblan junk rs In Germany exert a dominating influence upon their respective government and there Is little prospect of those bonds of friendship and a strong possibilIty of great economic conflicts is always present The C Joge Gazette discussing the situation at Mania highly praises the American laal officers expressing its confidence that their efforts will soon restore complete order so that business busi-ness can be conducted safely 1t adds Now that the star sDan led banner saves all danger to German interests is past The Berliner Tageblatt congratulates Admiral Dewey on his promotion and says l be understands how to preserve friendly and correct relations with the German ties squadron ev ndurin difcul I n DARK FORE O I Zukunst publishes a long pessimistic article from the pen of Professor Lam i broso predicting acrisis in SpaIn possibly pos-sibly a fall bf tl 4ynast and danger to the United States from the rise of I the military and colonial spirit i The political and economic relations I of the United States and Germany are J also discussed United States Ambas i sado White is highly praised for his i unceasing efforts to reestablish them I on a thoroughly friendlY basis The j I I agrarIan papers hoever tke the usual courSe with them in opposing harmonious relations AN AWFUL TALE The Kreuz Zeiung which throughout through-out the war published a mass of the widest tales from its New York correspondent I cor-respondent nov prints a letter alleged i to have come rom one Siovack de i caring himself a volunteer in the 4merican army who says that several of his countrymen in the army have I been thrown into furnaces and burned I alive as punishment for disohedI ce I and desertion Two he dlsobedince hanged and several shot dead because I they slept while on duty I From information obtained at the naval department it appears that the I government maintains a high opinion of the value of torpedoes in naval war I fare tespite the contrary experiences I of both the Am ricans and Spaniards A le2ding naval official says The HisanoAmerican war has proved nothing against the aaiablty of the torpedo Of course the torpedo Ukf other weapons requires constant pra pra tce in order to make i effective While the Americans lave devoted a great I deal of ttentlnn to gunnery and therefore there-fore scored a remarkable success on I marksmanship against the Spaniards they have neglected torpedo practice and hence they were unable to use this veryeffeetfte weapon lherin Cuban I or Philippine waters The Spaniards had no antebelum practice of any kind The reports of our naval ex I perts show it was solely due to these facts that the torpedo was not heard from during the war We maintain I the opinion held before the war that I the torpedo when used rightly and cautiously cau-tiously is a most formidable weapoh II TORPEDO MANEUVERS I As a mater of fact a strong torpedo flotilla has been prominent in the big I naval maneuvers at KId during the past week A series of torIeqp boat night attacks fashioned as closely as I possible after conditions during actual i warfare have been one of the features I of the evolutions and a naval officer who was preent assures the correspondent core spondent of the Associated Press that the experiments conclusively demon strted the high effectiveness of the torpedo boat and the torpedo Count von Gotzens reports Qn the military achievements have greatly interested in-terested Emperor William who reads them as they arrive before they go to I the war omc The reports all go to I Lieutenant von Vaumbach a member of the general staff who Is commis sionei to write from them an other reliable sources a special technical history I his-tory 9f the war for the use Qf thE general gen-eral staff I i EMPEROR MAyENCE I William Again Promises to Preserve His Grandfathers Work Iayence Hesse Aug 20Emperor liam accompanied by the Otand I Duke of Hesse arrived at 645 a m todai t tttend the reyiew I is hs pttend ocy visit to the city since his ace I I iop Mayence is n fete end brilliantly brilliant-ly do rtd On leaving the tran the I emperor proceeded 01 horsOback to a Irtumphal march at the rastle gate where the chief burgomaster delivered Ian I-an address of welcome to his najesty I Emperor dress said William replying 10 the 81 tl f I I thank you worshipful burgmas tr for otfr cordial wors riim not 1 a stranger to our cUr When her asa I as-a boyJ concelvea ideas similar to those you have jpst expressed The r holy Roman empIre of the German I 1 6leIrcaU not DUi on 1 > Jt a national foundation Its decadence aas due to lack of patriotism and cohesion I co-hesion The German empire of today arose out of a stronglyfelt need ot union and of a common head and it eared Itself upon the basis of love of fatherland I am firmly determined to preserve with all my strength the work of my grandfather and that peace which Is so dear to us This I shall only be bleo do if we succeed in maintaining our prestige with our neighbors To this end the harmony and cooperation at all the German race and all German individuals Is necessary r rejoice to see how beautifully layence has developed You mar be assured I shall always feel a warm rterest In your future arid shall do in i your behalf all that lies in my power so that you may be able uninterruptedly uninterrupted-ly to live in civil concord conduct your trade and to cultivate your vineyards vine-yards I l I I shall always be mindful of tt fact that it was from the house of my dear cousin where I am now a guest that my grandfather started on his westward march during which with a firm hammerstoke he welded the German empire I thank you for your friendly reception and for these beautiful beau-tiful decorations I beg also to thank you my fellow citizens Emperor William then shook hands with the burgomaster amid the cheers of the multitude and rode off to the I viewing ground Considerable excitement was caused here last evening by the arrest of five Frenchmen who were making ant German demonstrations |