The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-17
EUROPEAN NEWS.
AUTHORITIES PREPARING FOR AN
INTERVIEW THAT WILL AFFECT
THE GENERAL PEACE.
The Germans are Anxious for the
American Hog After
All.

DbhLlNi July '-EmperOr NuIdul, on
arriving at Eide at she Faoford on Tues
day, sent dispatch to Chancellor Won
Caprivi announcing his intention to shorten
his voyage and return to Kiel on July 81.
The gravity of the situation in the Balkans
and the increased prospects of trouble with
France over the English agreement make
necessary the emperors presence and keep
both the chancellor and Minister Megnee
from takinga holiday. Theother ministers,
Herren, Won Berlaps, Won Betticher, Won
Gossler and Herr Furrth, are absent from
Berlin, but they have been warned not to
arrange for prolonged leave.
Although the prospects of permanent
peace in Europe begin to appear doubtful,
official confidence remains strong in the
continuance Of repose for some time to
come. Even the probable abdication of
Prince Ferdinand, with sequent revolution
in Bulgaria, will not be allowed to involve
an immediate European war.
The maintenance of peace according to
the official view is certain until after the
conference between Emperor William and
the Czar at st. Petersburg, when the re-
sources of diplomacy will be exhausted in
final effort to harmonize Austrian and
Russian relations in the Balkan peninsu.
lar The Russian newspapers, the Novoe
Vremya, The Novosti and the Viedo Msti,
concu. in the hopeful view that Emperor
William, freed from.the tutelage of Prince
Bismarck will succeed in his efforts to ef-
| feet an amieable arrangement with the
Gar. Official opinion here based on the
known fact that Emperor William has
definite proposals to lay before the Czar, is
also hopeful. The Gar has as yet given no
sign Of how he will receive them.
| The Berlin Tageblatt has telegram
from Rome which purports to give lnfor
nation drawn from Prime Minister Crispi.
| In this 1t is asserted that the Cars advi-
sers considering fine the opportunity, in
sist upon war. The chiefs of the dreibond,
the telegram advises, will make united ef-
| forts to maintain peace. They have the
| gTavest and most urgent reasons for pre-
pairing for eventualities
NJ. DeGlers, the Russian minister of for
eign affairs, is now making tour Of Fin
| land. He will return to 81. Petersburg to
assist in the imperial interviews. Count
| Schovalof, the Russian ambassador to Ger.
many, will leave here for st. Petersburg at
| the end of the month for the same purpose.
| The exact date of these momentous inter-
views has not yet been fixed, but they will
probably be commenced on August 27.
A fresh difficulty has arisen in France
over the fifth article of the convention,
which affirms the reciprocal regime of Ger
many and England within the territories
between the Beene river and Lake Tehad.
| The article did not appear in the first pub
| lished draft of the convention, and since
official text has been issued, the French
government has discovered that the article
is an interference with the French claims
to the Upper Niger, besides leading to the
| future extensions of the Anglo-German
| spheres influence from the Niger to the
Nile. If NJ Ribot continues to make the
| recognition of the French claims in the
| Niger district the condition of the with
| drawal of his opposition to the Zanzibar
| protectorate an amicable settlement is
| improbable.
Mr.. Phelps, the American minister has
received from Hamburg copy of petition
which has been sent to Chancellor Won Cap
rivi and which bears the signature of vari-
Gus steamship companies and leading firms
and corporations. The petitioners ask for
the resembling OF the prohibition of Ameri-
can pork, They urge that Germany can not
produce enough pork to satisfy her own
wants. The price of pork has risen so enor-
mously that poor people can not buy it.
The wholesale price of German salted bacon
ican bacon can pay duty and be sold at S5
marks. Pork imported from neighboring
states, although bringing higher prices,
IS not as good as the American article.
When the prohibition was enacted there
was no official examination of pork in
America, whereas the United States is
now ready to make whatever inspection
Germany may ask. When American polk
has been allowed to enter the country no
case ofillness has ever been tracked to its
use. If the American inspec ion should be
insufficient there could be one made in Ger,
many as we'll. The petition concludes by
asking that American pork be- allowed en-
trance in the interests of the working
classes, of the commerce and shipping of
| Germany.
The Hamburger Nachrichten to o-night,
in an article inspired by Prince Bismarck,
disputes the necessity for an immediate de-
els on by the reichstag or the landtag re-
gardng the future position of Heligolar d
and says that the island, until the present a
British colony, will he handed as such to
| Germany and thus fall within the category
of Germany's colonies and be placed under
the imperial administration without the
necessity of maling il a portion of the
empire. The constitutional requirements
would be fulfilled if the British governor
and the affairs of the island be administered
by the colonial department. The article