Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-26
TARIFF QUESTIONS
Engaging the Attention of
ALI Europe.
Russia Formulating a High
Protective Measure.
Germany and Austria Contemplating
Reciprocal Reductions.
Concerted Reprisals Against the Mckinley
Bill Still Imminent Foreign
Miscellany.
Associated Press Dispatches.

BERLIN, Oct. 25.-TCopvrighted 1890,
bv the New York Associated Press. +
Several official movements point to the
possibility of tariff questions engaging
the attention of the reichstag, rendering
necessary a careful nursing of the minis
terial majority. A committee has been
appointed to inquire into Austro-Ger-
man commercial relations, with view
to a reciprocal diminution of tariffs.
Communications have been sent to the
leading firms OF Hamburg, Bremen and
other trade centers, asking them to re-
port on the effects of the Mckinley bill
in their lines of trade. They are also
asked what the prospects are for finding
new channels FOR merchandise affected
by the Mckinley bill.
A New Russian Tariff.
The commission on foreign tariffs
further has to consider the new Russian
protective measure. A Russian COM
mission will begin work next week
upon the details of new tariff, which
the Noyoe Vreoma declares will be the
highest in Europe.
Official circles continue to doubt that
any important alterations will be made
in the existing treaty with Austria and
are equally skeptical as to any German
reprisals upon the American trade. Re-
ports thus far received tend to dissipate
the feeling of alarm caused
by the augmented American
tariff. The leading export houses ap-
pear to be doing normal trade, and
American orders in the leading CONNER
cial circles do not appreciably diminish.
However the future may affect exports,
the government will not be driven into
concerted reprisals with Austria by
sudden collapse in American trade. Re.
ports emanating from Paris and Vienna,
attrlbuting the initiation of the pro-
posed concerted legislation in retaliation
for the Mckinley bill, to the Berlin gov
ernment, ARE utterly untrue.
Caprivi to Meet Crispi.
Chancellor Won Caprivi will meet
Signor Crispi, the Italian prime minis
ter, at Monza, November Sth. Their
interview will concern the settlement
OF the intrigues in the Austrian court
in favor of the Vatican against the Ital-
lan government. SignOr Crispi de-
clares that Italy's continuance as a
member of the triple alliance, is men,
aced by cabal OF prominent members
of the imperial family of Austria,
whose emissaries at the Vatican encour-
age the belief that the overthrow of
Count Kainoky or the death of Emperor
Francis Joseph will be the signal for
rupture OF the Austro-Italian alliance,
which will result in an effort to restore
the temporal power of the Pope. Sgnor
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deal with freer hand with matters re-
lating to the vatican.
Another italian Grievance
Another Italian grievance is the avoid
ance of Emperor Francis Joseph to re-
turn King Humbert's visit to Vienna.
Emperor Francis Joseph offered to go to
Turin, but Humbert declined to receive
him anywhere except at Rome, holding
that the refusal of the Austrian emperor
to go there was equivalent to a refusal
on the part OF Austria to recognize
Rome as the capital of Italy. The per-
sOnal and court feuds between the
Quirinal and Vienna are of most in
tense nature and hamper the relations
OF the governments.
Caprivi Going to Madrid.
The National Zeitung states that
Chancellor Won Caprivi will also 60 to
Madrid, where he will stay three days.
This renews the reports that commune
cations are being exchanged looking to
concerted action by Germany, Austria,
Italy and Spain in retaliation for the
adoption of new tariff legislation by
the United States.
The grand celebration of the ninetieth
anniversary of Won Moltke's birth takes
place tomorrow. Bismarck has not yet
replied to Emperor Williams invitation
to attend the celebration.