There is some very interesting matter in connection with the crisis in China in the home papers received by the German mail. The " Standard" of the 7th of July has the following dispatch from its Berlin correspondent. The remarks attributed to the Kaiser are decidedly weighty "The idea of giving Japan a mandate to act in China was opposed by Russia, because she believes herself to have as much claim as Japan has to be entrusted by the Powers with such a mission. In addition to this, there are certain Powers which mistrust Japan as much as they do Russia. The petty differences of opinion seem to have been utilised by well-known enemies of peace to bring about a visible discord amongst the Powers. It was in order to frustrate their intrigues that the German Emperor made his second Wilhelnshaven speech, when he spoke, not to ordinary suilors and seannes, but to members of the German Sovereign families and to German and foreign officers of rank. His main object was to make it universally known that, without in the least altering the peaceful aims of his policy, even towards China, his Majesty will not let Germany take the lead in this question more than before. At the same time the Emperor William intended to show plainly that he will never let any, other Power become predominant in China, or allow Germany to lose her position as a world-Powers. His words were unusually strong, and have produced a very profound impression throughout the Fatherland, which was probably intended.
real panic prevailed on the Berlin Rourse the next day, and German semi-Gificial writers, both in Governmental and Radical papers, are trying to-day to tone down the Emperor's utterance. The semi: official " Berliner Post," like the *Politische Correspondenz," endeavours to show that there was no reason for such 4 Stock Exchange panic, that the speedy punishment of Peking will be of political and economical advantage, and there are no grounds for supposing' that Germany will be guided. by anything but calm and considerate attention to her interests in Eastern Asia.
"The German Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai has telegraphed to the Emperor William that he must not under-estimate the situation, but send as many soldiers us the other Powers.
"In order to limit the circulation of false or exaggerated rumours about events in China, the head of the German Na Station in the North Sea has been commanded by the Emperor to issue the follow. ing order "<The superior officers of the Navy are to strictly order their subordinates neither to invent or circulate exaggerated or false rumours about Chinese events, nor to aid in the propagation of rumours the truth of which has not been officially confirmed. Such rumours are calculated to make the situation in East Asin worse than it is, and to cause needless anxiety among the relatives of their comrades in China,'
"Prince Henry, the Emperor's only brother, has asked the Emperor to appoint him Commander-in-Chief of the ironclads to be sent to China, but his Majesty has refused to do so on the ground that Prince Henry only returned from the Far East a few weeks ago."
The same paper has the following dispatch from its Paris correspondent "In official circles considerable surprise is expressed at the announcement which has been made that negotiations are pending with the object of giving Japan a mandate to restore order in China in the name of the civilised world. I have today been assured, in the most categorical language, by the two most authorised
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