Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-26
FOREIGN.
Minister Sargent on The American Pork
Question,


Question.
BERLIN, April 25th.-The North German
Gazette to-day makes very savage attack
upon the United States Government in pro-
tecting the interests of American hog-raisers.
The Gazette's article goes beyond the ordinary
limits OF journalism, and accuses the United
States of attempting to initiate the conduct
of England in forcing opium into China.
The writer asserts that the recent prohibition
of tie importation of American pork into
Germany was an economic sanitary measure,
which the German Government was COM
PEELED to take for the purpose of protecting
its subject from physical disease and degen-
Grafton, much more than the enforced intro
duction of opium entailed upon the Chinese.
The Gazette also makes an attack upon the
United States Minister at Berlin. A. A. Sar.
gent, and accuses him of having done ell in
his power to induce his Government to retail
late upon Germany by prohibiting the i'm
portation to the United States Of
ell German products possible to pro-
cure elsewhere, until, by reason OF con-
seouent less trade, the German Government
should be compelled TO succumb, and
withdraw all opposition to the introduction of
all American hog products. The paper in
sinuates that Sargent has been doing this
secretly, and processes to have been entirely
ignorant of the presence OF such powerful
enemy to Gsrmany's interests until the dis.
covery Yves made on the arrival of certain
American journals containing the Minister'S
advices to his Government. The Gazette,
coming to specifications, states that the Ger
man commercial journal, the Handle Zeitung,
published in New York city, in its issue OF
March 10, 1883, published an article signed
by Minister Sargent, in which he boldly ed
vocated such System of retaliation by the
United States upon Germany until the latter
abolished the prohibitory laws against
American pork, as would actually
amount to reprisals, and which would
be successful to force American trichina
upon German consumers of pork by pre-
cisely the Same kind Of argument as that
which caused the opium war. Your CORE
spondent was assured at the Office of the
American Minister that Sargent had never
written any such article as attributed to hiru,
and the only production upon the subject to
which his name could have been appended
must have been his last report to the Ameri-
can State Department, which was mailed at
Berlin on January 1st last. This, it was
clsimed, contained nothing concerning retail
iation, but was solely report made up
mainly from extracts from editorials in Ger
man papers, going to show that there was no
basis for any restriction upon the importation
into Germany Of American pork on the
ground of its infection with trichina, and
that the best informed German editors be-
lieved that the entire movement against
American pork YVES purely selfish, ard con-
trolled by those dealers in German pork who
were compelled to sell the native primitive
product much lower than without American
competition.
The Ph@nIx Park Murder Trials.
DUBLIN, April 25th.-The trial of Timothy
Kelly, chare ed with participatipp in the
Phoenix Park murders, was continued this
morning. TIE Judge spoke most strongly
against the prisoners claim of an alibi. The
| jury, after being out short time, returned
and announced that they were unable to
agrees on q verdict.
| The trial of Michael Pagan, charged with
killing Burke, was then begun. Two com.
positors swore that they saw Pagan in Pho-
nix Park on the day Of the murders.
The Feeling Toward America.
NEW YORK, April 25th.-The Tribune's
London special says: There is general and
hearty recognition on the part of the English
press CT the fact that the tone of the best
portion Of the American press respe sting the
dynamite conspiracy leaves nothing desired
Journals such ss the Standard and Daily
| Nc5cs, the Spectator and the Globe, agree in
acknowledging that American public opinion
is convinced OF the impolicy and immortality
Of allowing Irish plots to be prepared in
America.
| ParneII and the Dynamite Prisoners.
LONDON, April 25h.-Parnell has made
mis- first appearance on behalf Of the dyna-
mite prisoners, insisting en- their right to con-
| fer with their lawyers privately. Sir Will
| lam Harcourt's rejoinder is interpreted IS o
refusal, since from the debate it appears that
only solicitors will be allowed access tn them