Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1911 — CALLS US OVERBEARING [ARTICLE]

CALLS US OVERBEARING

Our Methods of Diplomacy Criticised in Germany. Papers in Kaiser’s Realm Tell Story of Minister Hill's Resignation. Berlin, April 28. America’s overbearing methods of diplomacy, in addition to the potash wrangle, are declared to be the cause of the resignation of United States ambassador to Germany, David J. Hill. Several newspapers will print today the following: “During the last few months there has been a lively diplomatic dispute between America and Germany which had its origin in the overbearing tone adopted by the state department at Washington in its negotiations with the imperial government. This dispute has attracted no attention heretofore because those responsible for the German foreign policy have avoided publicity. The dispute has assumed at times a serious if not absolutely threatening aspect. It appears that the United States, owing to its intercourse with smaller states on the American continent, is accustomed to diplomatic methods which, while possibly acceptable to weaker neighbors, are unacceptable to Germany. In the course of the potash negotiation it was borne upon America that such meth ods cannot be employed in its diplo matte intercourse with the German nation. The experience thereby will un doubtedly teach the United States how suitably to deal with a first class Eu ropean power and what is to be avoid ed if friendly relations with the Ger man empire are to remain so. “Four weeks ago the essential poinl in this dispute was settled in Germany’s favor. The real reason for the resignation of Ambassador Hill must therefore be sought in his personal dissatisfaction or that of the American government at the result of the negotiations as w r ell as their accompanying circumstances.”