The New York correspondent of the Times sends a most
trenchant telegram to Thursday's issue in regard to the German Emperor and America a propos of the Emperor's telegram vid, the new German Atlantic cable, and his hope that the cable will strengthen goodwill between Ger- many and the United States. Americans, says the Times correspondent, also hope it, but do not consider that the Emperor's recent efforts to that end have been entirely suc- cessful. On four occasions he has recently intervened in matters concerned with the United States. A year ago he dis- owned by direct message through his Ambassador all purposes of acquiring possessions in or near Central or South America, but somehow he did not dispel all anxiety or prevent doubts as to whether the self-denying ordinance would be lasting. Next, " he sought to inflame American feeling against England by publishing, four years after date, Dr. von Holleben's wholly mistaken account of the British Ambassador's action pre- ceding the Spanish War. He totally failed in his object, but sent Lord Pauncefote to an earlier grave than his illness alone would have opened for him. He despatched Prince Henry to America as a messenger of Imperial goodwill, who came and went, leaving matters as they were, without one single political or diplomatic achievement to his credit. Now, finally, he is thought to have drawn England into joint action with Germany against Venezuela, again with intent to create discord between England and the United States, whether on acJount of the Monroe doctrine or otherwise ; in which this great potentate has not merely failed, but so failed as to bring forth from the Press, the people, and the Government of the United States declarations of absolute confidence in England's good faith."
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