The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-31
GERMAN GRAIN TARIFFS.
NO DECISION on TIE QUESTION
OF REDUCTION.

The Emperor Waiting for a Report
From His Ministers Before Deciding.
Ahumor Thas Prince Bismarck VIM
Oppose a Reduction in the Reich
sssg-1ndignasion Against the Rus
SLAMS.
Copyright, 1891, 81 he N. Y. Associated Pressl
BERLIN, May &C. Atcnperor William, be-
fore deciding on a reduction or temporary
suspension OF the duties pu grain. asked
DR.. Won Boetticher, secretary of the impe-
rial home Office, 90 submitto him report
upon the crop prospects and
upon the general economic posi-
| tion bearing upon the question. The
ministerialist council will meet tomorrow
to take definite action touching the matter
The ministers maintain the utmost reserve,
| but it is the official conviction to>night that
| there will be neither a reelection nor sus-
pension of the duties before,t the commercial
treaty between Germany aud Austria.
Hungary comes into forces The Cologne
Gazette states that the government viii de-
| clare its decision Monday. N#n
Lobby gossip has it that the Landtag will
fix the opening OF special session OF the
Reichstag for June II, but this report is in
direct variance with the belief In ministe-
rial circles. .ie
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
The commission appointed by the govern
ment to consider the matter of gtain sup
plies has not completed its inquiry though
| preliminary report has been supplied BY it
TO the ministers in order to assist
them in their deliberations. Only the
most urgent necessity viii cause the
| convening of the Reichstag. Discussion of
the grain tariff question would open the
whole question OF the pending negotiations
for treaty of commerce with Austria, and
would force the government to make awk-
ward disclosures. which might assist
Prince Bismarck in forming the
opposition coalition which he is
! now actively at work constructing. Herr
Bleichrcder, the well-known barker, visited
Friedrichsruhe Thursday to consult with
Prince Bismarck regarding the expected
action of the government.
BISMARCK TO OPPOSE A REDUCTION
The progressive press announce that
Prince Bismarck will appear in the Reich
stag and oppose reduction of Of the grain
tariffs, and predict that the prince win Ger
tainly meet with .humiliating defeat, as
hardly a score of members will support him.
In the absence of accurate information as
to how the prince would deal with
possible grain famine, the prediction is
futile. The conservatives admit that teul-
porary reduction OF the tariffs may be
advisable The Gerndnfd, centrist organ.
concludes an energetic protest against per
manent diminution OF the duties by SIM
liar admission. The organs Of the agrarian
party generally deny that there IL any
present necessity foGdealing wit. .ae tariff,
| hpt admit reluctantly that there is q possi>
bility that the government will be conn
PEELED to intervene. The position NAV be
summed up as follows: II the ministers de-
clare that a semi-famine is impending. no
party will dare to oppose the measures OF
relief.
ITALY AND THE DRfIBuND. 1aa
The Post semi.officislly announces that
the Marquis di Rudini the Italian premier,
has formally communicated to the German
and Austrian governments the de:erInifiA-
tion of Italy to adhere TO the dreibund.
Public indignation against Russia be-
cause OF that governments treatment of
the Jews is becoming more intense. Resi-
dents OF this city have ocular evidence of
the condition Of the Hebrews who are being
driven from Russia in a hundred or more
of exiles who arrive daily at Charlotten-
burg station in absolute destituticn. These
exiles are met at the station by CO.
religionists, who supply them with food
and clothing and a little money, and pro-
cure for them passage TO London or New
York.
GLADsToNR's LETTER.
The letter from Mr.. Gladstone reprinted
here, affirming that the czar does not know
of the horrors infiictediupon his Jewish sub.
jects, differs utterly from the facts 1t
ought to be universally known that the
Representations Of the Mendelsohnns,
Bleichroders and Frankfort Roth
schilds were sent through sure
channel aud were placed in the
bands Of the czar and obtained reading a
month ago. A statement was presented to
the chief of the holy synod asking that
measures be adopted FOR the mitigation e6f
the lot Of the expelled Hebrews, and asirn-
liar memorial was presented to- NJ % de
Giers, the Russian minister of foreign az
fairs, but all we're unaveiling.1 The truth is
that the czar is himself the chief iagtigatofs
of the increasing seventies pracEiced upoa.
the Jews His brother, the Grand Duke
Serg1us, who is now governor of Moscow
is a willing instrument for carrying out
the brutal treatment of the Jews. Jewish
advices from st. Petersburg and Moscow
concur in the statement that most powerful
influences have been brought to bear upou
the czar, but that the condition OF the Jews
Is hopeless.
NATIONAL LIBERALS TO MEET. 90 q
The meeting Of the national liberals TO be,
held Tomorrow for the purpose of atternptl
ing to prepare new progrsEnme thrsatensi
to result in a split. Party organs, in dis
cussing the political situation, differ widely
as to the platform to be adopted.
The National Zeitung declares
that the party cannot follow
Prince Bismarck unless he renounces
bis opposition to the government. The
Liberal Corresponding. the mouthpisce of
the members of the psrty, admits that tie
mssting Tomorrow will probably not result
In anything beyond an exchange of ideas, I
and that no common platform Is in the
meantime possible.
READY FOR WAR.
The SadIe Zeitung states that Count Won
Moltke, just prior to his death, concluded an
exhaustive study sof European arnnas
ments, with the assertion that France was
ready for war and Russia nearly SC, ,and that
great conflict could not be delayed beyond
1892. Count Won Moltke submitted bis views
to the. emperor during his last visit to
Lubeck.