Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1902 — ROUMANIA READY TO ANSWER NOTE [ARTICLE]

ROUMANIA READY TO ANSWER NOTE

Immediate Reply is Looked for to Charge of Cruelty to the Jews. —■...1 ■ GERMANYWITH UNITED STATES Kaiser’s Government Is Likely to Take Action In Sympathy With That of America, Following the Stand Taken by Great Britain. The Roumanian government, without waiting for the result of pending diplomatic action, will reply at once to the charges made against It in the note addressed to the powers by the United States protesting against the treatment of the Roumanian Jews. Germany Sympathizes. Though the attitude of the German government has not yet been defined, it is probable that it will be one of sympathy with the American action, particularly as it is assumed in Berlin that Secretary Hay received assurances before moving that he would be supported by the British cabinet The powers are now exchanging views on the American note. The comment of the Berlin press on Secretary’s Hay note shows how deeply the action of the United States has impressed political and diplomatic circles here. Europe Should Remove Wrongs. “The American note to the Berlin signatories,” says the Vossische Zeitung, “represents one of the most interesting documents in contemporary history and is one of the most remarkable, political acts of the present day, for it is the first time that the diplomacy of the United States draws into its sphere of activity occurrences within a European commonwealth. Under any circumstances, the United States has the sympathies of the civilized world, and it would be highly shameful to the governments of Europe that the wrongs should be removed by the action of America.” Out of Line. There are discordant notes. The Lokalanzeiger says: “The note is quite characteristic of the American style of thinking. It is peculiar that the United States, so jealous of the Monroe doctrine, should concern itself with a matter which is strictly European, and more particularly the internal business of an independent kingdom.”