St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02
Having Retired From Politics
Prince Bismarck Will
Start a Brewery,
This Will Be More Remuner-
ative Than Making Maps
Of Europe.
No Danger Of a Customs
Union Against the United
States.
Germany Declines to Join
Austria in Waging a
Tariff War.

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-Together with sew
eral Hamburg financiers, Prince Bis
marck will establish a brewery at
Friedrichsruhe. The capital of the
company will be 6OO,0O0 marks. The
capitalists referred to will own the
brewery, paying rent to Prince Bismarck
for the use of his name. who reserves
the right for his heirs to purchase the
nlant and business at the expiration of
! years. 1t is calculated that the
concern will do large export trade.
The commission on the tariff question,
presided over by Herr Won Boetuicher,
minister of the interior, has concluded
Its consideration of the proposed Austro-
German customs union. The report of
the commission has not been published.
pending the progress of negotiations
with Austria, but its conclusions
are known to disfavor both an
extensive revision of the customs
and combined action in the way of re-
piSalS for the American and French tar
it's. The new French tariff is a heavier
blow by far than the Mckinley law
against the Austro-Hungarian export
trade, for, while the French measure
does not affect Germany, expectation
from Austria to France is almost de-
strOyed 10y the new tariff, Wood, sheep.
corn, flour, fresh and salt meat and beer
are chiefly affected. the increase in the
duties being practically prohibitive.
The Austrian newspapers declare that
the French government, in drafting the
bill, directly aimed at frustrat-
ing all attempts toward closer
commercial relations between Ger
Sfrio
Boetticher's commission doubtless had
an influence upon the French tariff, and
other influences are at work. Protests,
chiefly from the agricultural interests,
have been pouring into the chancellerie
against ZOllverein with Austria. A
letter from Count Nimberg Stirum, a
Conservative member of the unteraus,
embOdying the sentiments of his party,
was made public to-day. The writer
warns the government against sacritic-
ing for political considerations any of
the essential economic interests of Ger
many, and. III conclusion, says that an
Intimate commercial treaty with Aus
tria. instead of cementing, would ul-
timateIy
Injure the Political Alliance
Stirum, whose letter Is Interpreted as
party protest against reduction of the
corn duties. The delegates from Ba-
yaria, Baden. Hesse-Darmstadt and
Wurfemberg, who are assisting Herr
Won Boetticher, approve of moditica-
ton of the German tariffs on Austrian
corn and cattle in exchange for advan-
tageS to German manufacturers. This
is as far as Chancellor Won Caprivi now
dare go In framing proposals for SUBJ
mission to Austria. The government
does not come near Austria's wishes, so
far as joint reprisals for the Nc
klnley tariff are concerned. an
official inquiry having shown conclus-
lively that such action was an impos-
sibility. The Cologne Gazette, COM
mentlpg upon the situation, declares
that the idea of a tariff war against
America is entirely visionary. and that
the difficulties in realizing such a prof.
ect are insurmountable. The Center
lists. who were recently inclined to ac-
cept the assistance of the Socialists in
demanding that the government consent
to the return of the Jesuits, have
opened an uncompromising war on the.
Socialists. DIR. WindthOrst. at confer
ence at Cologne with the leaders of the
Rhine Catholics, decided to entirely dis
associate the Centerists' policy from that
of the Socialists, and to begin an
active war against the Socialist
party throughout the country. Meet
ings of Catholics in Baden, Wurtem-
berg and Bavaria already mark the
fervor of the agitation. Although the
congress at Halle eliminated the re-
ligiOus question from the sOcialistic pro-
gramme the anti-religious character of
socialism was openly avOWed by the
| speakers. Since the congress at
Cologne the socialist committee has ad-
vised the party to abstain from taking
part in Catholic reunions having pre-
tended aims at social reforms. 1t
Distrusts the Clerical Zeal
for the progress of Democracy. The
Centerist leaders, in view of the radi-
cal hostility of the Socialists, have re-
! solved to treat them as irrecOnclliable
adversaries. Herr Schorlemer-Alst. a
| leading Centerist, is circulating an ap-
peal to the people to combine against
the spread of doctrine aimed at the SUBJ
version OF Christianity, the destruction
OF the family, the suppression of prop
erty rights and the overthrow of the
monarchy. Emperor William has or:
| dered that Herr PalZwaldt, editor of the
| Potsdamer Zeitung, be prosecuted for
| publishing the remarks made by the
| emperor in proposing toast to the Duke
| OF COnnaught at dinner given by
| the Ziethen HusSars, of which regiment
| the duke is honorary colonel. The crit
| icismS of the French press, which are
| daily submitted to the emperor, drew
| attention to the dukes presence at ban
| quet held 20 celebrate the anniversary
| of the fall of Metz, as we'll as the din
| ner of the Hussars, at which the en-
| perOr called the duke an able German
officer worthy to lead the hussars in the
| presence of the enemy. The French
| papers asked whether the future COM
mander-in-c of the British army
ought thus to Identify himself with the
German army. M. Waddington, the
French ambassador to England, ac-
| cording to reports, told to Lord Sails
bury that the Duke of COnnaught's
| presence at the Metz anniversary.
| coupled with the terms of the kaiser's
toast was offensive to the French gov
| ernment. The kaiser disavOws the ac-
| curacy of the report of his toast, and
| will prosecute PaiZwaldt for its pubIica-
| tion. A communication which an
pears in the official press signed by Dr..
Lucanus, chief of the emperOr's civil
cabinet, denying curtly that the kaiser
| took any step whatever, direct or indi-
| rect, to induce Prince Bismarck to
come to the Moltke fetes, suggests no
lessening of
The Imperial Animus.
The bureau of the oberhaus sent an
invitation to Bismarck as a member of
| that body, but the eX-chancellor told his
friends that, while he would respond to
| an invitation from the kaiser, he could
| not minpf0 with the iruparial nirnto nm