Show J 1 NO SECRE MESS GES I Chinese Minister in Berlin Denied Use of Telegraph 1 1I I I MUST WORK IN THE OPEN i I Berlin Press While Admitting that I I This Action Upon the Part of tho Government is Unprecedented Declares De-clares that it Was Rendered Necessary Neces-sary by the Abnormal Relations Between Germany and China Government Gov-ernment Had Expected the Chinese Minister to Show Foreign OffIce His Cablegram 1 f I Berlin July hiLTllo Berliner Post this evening contains an article evi arlclo dently Inspired giving the views of I the German Foreign office I ofce regarding the withdrawal from the Chinese Minister Min-ister l In Berlin of the right to use the telegraph for secret messages The article admits that the step Is unprecedented unpre-cedented hut declares that It was ren dered necessary by the abnormal re lations bctxveen Germany and China The regular Chinese troops the article says arc In the field against I the German troops I also remains I unknown whether the government from which the Chinese Minister was accredited still exists The status In I I China Is not absolutely clear and since i the news given out by the Chinese Minister has not always been confirmed by the facts It Is Impossible to permit him to communicate freely with his Government under the fiction that there is no war IS MATTER OF HONOR Tho article goes on to Insinuate that the German Government hag expected the Chinese Minister to take the In I itiative to show the Foreign olllce all the messages as an evidence of his good faith and adds The German I Government has given fresh evidence of i Its frank and aboveboard policy since It could easily have secured the corrc spondence through bribery which It I disdained to do Jt Is a matter of honor hon-or fqr the Chinese Minister to respond I to the loyal I I attitude of Germany toward him with proof of equal loyally on his part The step Is an appeal 10 I his moral sense The Vosslsche Zeltung and the Na I tonal Zollung discuss Count von Bue lows step giving It their full approval LONG WAR IN SIGHT I The Kreuz Zeltung considers It very doubtful that the powers will har moniously carry out the programme laid down by tim Foreign progrmme Secretary The possibility must ever be kept In mind says this organ that the powers may disagree and that each xvlll wlthdraxv to Its own sphere of In I fluence At any rate It Is noxv certain that the war will last for a long time I and the present troops In the field arc entirely Insufficient Doubtless If the United States Government has already created a military basis In China Washington would now make a claim 1 for a separate sphere of Influence If Imperialism succeeds at the forthcom ing presidential election a strong ex panwon policy toxvard China lato be1 expected from the United States In any cxent In order to make their influence In-fluence felt In tho coming reorganization reorganiza-tion of the Chinese Government each power will probably establish further points of support In China TO SAVE IMPERIAL PALACE The Lokal Anzclgor says It learns that tho troops marching upon Peking I will receive orders not to destroy the Imperial palace j Considerable apprehension Is expressed ex-pressed by the German press that the Chinese fleet Is preparing to attack German transports upon their arrival but this anxiety Is not shared by the Foreign office With reference to the proposed prohibition pro-hibition of the shipment of the arms Into China the Foreign office says that the matter has been left lo the Admirals Ad-mirals who are exercising due watchfulness watch-fulness The Foreign office does not believe the statement telegraphed to an American paper that the foreign legations lega-tions are safe In bombproofs I Is now Bottled that the China expeditionary ex-peditionary corps will sail In ten steamers from Bremerhavcn between July 27lh and August 3rd A shipment of Spanish donkeys has arrive here for tho expedition Dr Kueltler who has just returned to Tueblngen from the Transvaal will go to China as manager of the German Red Cross contingent |