15 FEBRUARY 1902, Page 2

An animated controversy has been carried on during the past

week in the German, British, and American Press on the subject of European intervention in the Spanish-American War. As against the view of America's indebtedness to Great Britain, the German Press have endeavoured to fasten on Lord Pauncefote the responsibility for diplomatic action suggesting intervention,—action which was vigorously opposed by the German Emperor. We refer to the matter and to the methods of the German Press elsewhere, but prefer to post- pone discussion of the question until the promised publi- cation of full and official information, which we have not the slightest doubt will prove that there is no discrepancy between the diplomatic action of Lord Pauncefote and the recent statement of Lord Cranborne.