It is not among the improbabilities that…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

It is not among the improbabilities that within the next ten days there will be a declara- tion of war on the part of the United States as against Germany. The action of that power in Samoa is not calculated to promote feelings of amity, and it is quite possible that Prince Bis- marck will be called upon to apologize for tearing down and burning the American flag, or fight. Possibly the old allied powers, France and the United States, may again unite, and successfully trim the Kaiser, in a manner not laid dow in Bismarckian tactics.