| Show MAY MEDIATE German Opinion that Great Greal Would Ac Accept Accept lis Outer Offer Aily Other II Would be Construed d ta au New York Feb special to the tho World from BerlIn says sas sasAn An artIcle palpably Inspired In the reU which the opinion of oC milItary and government cir clr clog clos says sas MedIation In the South AfrIcan war warIs warIs Is only possible from one III side do from the United States S Prom From nn any other nation or group of f nations mediation II h construed by as an Impertinence Pres PresIdent dent InterventIon would certaInly receive attention The Question Is has hns President Mc the wish and the courage to In intervene Ilic HIli is III certain why should he trouble himself elC Besides England Is displaying at the greatest complaisance to the ho United I tn WILlI ACT ONLY N ASKED Washington Feb eb view of the rumor that the government nt of the United States has reached an agreement With the German govern its representative Baron von on to between tho th combatants In South Africa tie the Aso cia elated t hu has scoured from the hl highest authority a statement ot of tile the pre present position of the govern government men t In Inthis this matter This Li Is tl tG the effect that there has haa been no agreement reached between S Secretary Hal flay and Baron von on n on the subject nor hAs there boon been an lon of the propriety or of joint mediation between the and the tho Nor has limo tho United States J undertaken or con con contemplated nn any Intervention on Its account at There Thero has hns been no time before belore Or since the outbreak of th present WAr that the tho President would not have with the greatest readiness exercised hiS good offices In favor ot of peace It If that could have besa without what That Im h regarded IUt as nn nil un unwarrantable Unwarrantable warrantable IJ of International I law T and the Ills JI nt positIon is III said Kid to be pro pre daily as aa stated In the following sen sentence tence from hilt hi m sage MICe t to Wo We have faithful to a the pre OO of avoiding alliances 1 as to affairs not of ur Had Willett that the par parties ties to the he Quarrel would haYs wei wal corned arty kindly ot of the he hope ot of the American that war might be good would I hael n gladly tendered It will III he oot noted 1 that the keynote kenote of the Presidents statement ma be found In the plural form torm he ha tile the invitation tion to mediate must come from both parties a single invitation Is not a 0 sufficient warrant for In his vie |
