GERMANY AND AMERICA.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 716, 12 January 1903, Page 2

GERMANY AND AMERICA.

A SCAPEGOAT. By. Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. LONDON, Jan. 10.

Baron Sternberg has been appointed German Charge id’Aflaires at Washington in the absence of Count Holleben. The latter’s withdrawal is described in Berlin as a recall, attributed to an instance of mistaken judgment- on his part over the Lord Pauncefote incident of February last, arising out of American intervention in Cuba, also to Count Holleben offending the Kaiser’s brother, Prince Henry 1 , on the occasion of bis recent visit to America. It is understood that President Roosevelt recently intimated that in the event of Count Holleben’s retiring he would welcome Baron Sternberg as his successor. £F\V YORK, Jan. 10. Ilolleben's sudden recall is interpreted as an expression of the Kaiser’s chagrin at his management of the relations of the two countries. Americans tio not blame Holleben in connection with Venezuela. A New York newspaper, the Commercial Advertiser, says that Americans deeply mistrust the German Government in regard to Samoa, Maui: la, and Hayti. It adds : “ The attempt to discredit Pauncefote and Great Britain have not been forgotten. LONDON, Jan. 10. The Times’ New York correspondent says that the Kaiser is primarily responsible for American feeling towards Germany, which it is supposed was the cause of Holleben’s recall, and that Holleben was made a convenient scapegoat. He adds : American opinion is not amenable to certain diplomatic influence, ,or inuendoes of the reptile press, which Is practically absent here,