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Show SAYS TEUTONS FRIENDS OF UNCLE SAM .. -.:v:;;:::w'W:.. f ' 1 Prince von Buelow's references to the relations of the United States and Germany in one of the chapters of the book on "Germany Under the Reign of William II.," in which he deals with German policy, show how much the former imperial chancellor valued the friendship of the American government govern-ment and people. He says, in part: -- "During the Spanish-American wai a portion of German public opinion displayed strong sympathy for Spain, and this was not agreeable to the United States. The--nianner in which incidents that occurred between the German and American fleets at Manila were made the most of in a portion of the English and American press alrso, cast a cloud over the relations of Germany Ger-many and the United States. "From the point of view of sensible policy there is no reason why Germany Ger-many and the United States should not be on the best of terms. I do not see any point where German atjid American interests clash, nor in the future do I see any point where tne unc.. of. our development should cross eacl other in an inimical way. "In the United States live about 12,000,000 Germans. Among these is a growing effort since the foundation c I the Cerman-American National Union in 1901, while remaining loyal to their new Fatherland, to keep up their-relations with their old home and to t trengthen them. So long as politics here and in the United States are in calm hands, and overdone expressions ot friendship as well as nervous feelings in connection with occasional frictions are avoided and these things happen now and then in economical matters we need not have any fears as to our relations with the United States. |