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Show GERMANS DISTRUST 1 BRITWESMEM J Dr. Peters, African Explorer, fm Says English Are Cunning ; and Unscrupulous. NEED . REAL DIPLOMAT if Until Strong Man Comes, Em- W& peror's Government Is at ! London's Mercy. BY PREDERIOK WERNER. Wi Special Cablo to The Tribune. fax I BERLIN, May 4. Nover las the German foreign department been, sub- mitted to sucb scathing criticism as in ( M a. rocent articlo by Dr. Carl Peteroj the W well known African explorer, who tells w his countrymen that the man who in at presont guiding tho German, foreign policy is as wax in the bands of the ji j far smarter statesmen of Great Britain. 1 j Even when Lord Haldane'a visit 3t caused the talk of an Anglo-German. jjj j rapproachoment, Dr. Poters knew, he , 3 I declares, that the British government 1 had Bomo hidden motive for "soap- 1 J J' iug," as he expresses it, German, states- ' i men. This motive, after all, waB easy '' to discover. Tho British government X was eager to come before parliarrieiifc j with a peaceful foreign outlook. Be- iaf sides it already knew of the threaten- j ' ing coal strike, and the German Michel , (un whs to. be kept in a good humor' while j j the danger lasted. j f5 Alleges British Treachery. j i i Dr. Peters then goes on to assort th&ii i an Anglo-German, understanding is vk only possible on the basis of an hon- isKj orable agreement in which Germany Tft is not to como off second best. Dur- 'fircfc ing Lord Haldane'B visit, he says, iTfj' this was theoretically recognized. For , vL ' oxnmple, it was declared that should (m Germany desire the Portuguese colo- 1 E': nies and Portugal consented. England ju j would offer no opposition. Dr. Peters U sarcastically exclaims: "How mag-nanimousl mag-nanimousl Portugal has already de- li clared that she does not. intend to part ,11 with a foot of her colonial possessions, j and therefore," ho says, "England's fj: magnanimity towards Germany is M i j rather superfluous." iKi The author of the article reminds jMji his readers that between England and ffll Portugal there exists a treaty by vir- iBSj ture of which England guarantees the ific inviolability of the Portuguese colonial Mfii possessions. Dr. Peters mischievously 8 3 suggests that this Lreaty, which was ;' $1 published in March, was probably being iff & negotiated while Lord Haldano in Bor- m&m lin was "juggling" with German fM statesmen with regard to these very !jEcJ possessions. Intone of the paragraphs 'Bpj of this treaty, England pledges herself 'mil to fortify tho Capo Verde islands at h her own cost and it will be remem- 'BSi bered that when Lord Haldano was in mi l Berlin tho British press was "offer 'Mti iug" these islands to Germany in set- ilflj tlomenfc of Anglo-German ditferences. Germans Are Suspicious. :Bjgt Dr. Poters. who has constituted him- h!-' ! self a sort of infallible authority on 1 yl African questions, has much to say f S J about Mr. Charaborlain' Anglo-German fjf agreement of 1898. The entiro bnsi- f f ness. he says, was a trick in order to i K? keep Germany quiet during the Boer j Jv'J war. As soon as the war was ended, . i he says, the English government exe- wi exited a complete volte face, and the I (jj agreement becamo a worthless sheet : U 't, ,of paper. , r! b Dr. Peters would like to know n aF whether Germany, which possesses ex- " u J cellent business men, will ever produce ! K? diplomatists of sufficient ability to jts contend with the British. Hitherto all 'j ovor tho earth the Germans have been j ffljj fooled by the British, he says, and wigs this is why German patriots, whon InfiS they hear that Germany and England jsPc aro negotiating about anything, are 1 r J filled with anch anxiety and dread. j g, j Await Statesman's Coming. &! If Germany, Dr. Peters declares, is ij to seek for an entente with England J JH8 she must have some definite object in 'j&Vj viuw; wiluuuc tint, it is iuousuneabi IEk'h Euglund's friendship with France and (HttinJ Eussia .will remain unchanged. Eng- ffsh land will insist on her maritime and. bItK overseas supremacy and hor traditional lal: position as the possessor of monopoly. ffll What concessions, therefore, can she mako to Germany? British soutiment 188 refused the smnllcst bone to Germany. WR Only fear will mako it yield, says Dr. jjSI Peters. , On Iu conclusion, Peters hns somo very iKiSB bitter things to say about the German i guj foreign office and its subserviency to Eft England, but he looks forward to the time when a real statesman will ar- illR1 rlvo on tho scene, to direct German j:BJ foreign policy and enable the nation I In to raise its head proudly. Whon this Wj statesman arrives, the first who will J. J have to faco uncomfortable realities j i will be the English. The Germans will 'I m i then be able to arrnugo an entente as i fg it plcnsos them. it |