America and Germany.

Manawatu Herald, 31 March 1903, Page 2

America and Germany.

The New York correspondent of The Times says the Cabinet advised President Roosevelt to decline Emperor William’s invitation to send the United States squadron to Kiel The incident emphasises the condition of American feeling towards Germany. It is serai-officially explained at Berlin that,the refusal to send the American fleet is due to nautical reasons, and that there is no Connection between the invitation and the American Government’s change of plans. ADMIRAL DEWEY’S IMPRESSIONS. Admiral Dewey, in the course of an interview, said that the United States naVy was the greatest in the world, because' everybody connected with it was a man of intelligence, and knew what to do at the right time. The Genman navy, he said, was an entirely different organisation of human materials, and its efficiency was greatly over-estimated. The men of that navy would not compare either in education or intelligence with the Americans. They looked to and depended on their officers for specific instructions in the least matter The American manoeuvres in the Carribean Sea, continued Admiral Dewey, formed the greatest object lesson the world had seen, and formed a lesson especially to the Kaiser. The fleet consists of fiftyfour warships, including colliers, and it was impossible in all Germany to bring a fleet able to fight such an aggregation. The authorities in Washington have not taken notice of Admiral Dewey’s remarks, but they expect to receive protests from Berlin.