Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-25
Tie yarious Central European Power
Combine IN u Formidable Gus.
toms Coalition.
FRANCE THREATENED VITA COM
MERcIAL ISOLATION.
Commercial Alliance. THE Csar In-
csusch.-A Prosecuted Pricai.

metclal treaty negotiations, some Of
the results Of which will have direct
bearing on Gvrmuny'a relations with
the United States. fhe arrangements
/ with Italy, Switzerland and R0umnnlh
nre progressing towards an cHtDitc.
/ belgium is also negotiating with
/ Germany, hut that county ~ les
/ likely than the others 10 he drawn
within the customs bund. Rualais
/ overturcs for reduction OF the Ger
man corn tariff In exchange for a
| lcs.cncd tariff on German manuiac.
| lures have been received In friendly
spirit here, hut the opposition Of
Austria ~ expected to bar the way TO
n doiuitive arrangement. Austria
tried 10 secure IT, iuctlon on the Ger
man grain tariff In favor Of heraelf
eXclusivcly. She failed IN this, bow.
ever, aud has now raised the point Of
tho Gcrman-AustriAn treaty a. pre-
Guiding diilercntlil treaty for Russia
aud Germany.
Scryla has offered TO join tho com.
mcrclal alliance ON the hnsls Of the
FREQ entry OF swine and cattle into Ger
many, Austria aud Hungary. As
Servian exports cross Austrian terri
tory In order 10 reach Germany, tue
Berlin government wants the Austrian
authorities 10 guarantee against the
dangers Of Infections from Seryiau
swine. The admission OF Servlan pork
into Germany would he inconsistent
with the prohibition agains, American
pork, which acknowledged to he OF u
safer aud superior quality.
The general position Of the nogotia-
tions now really give reason TO expect
u formidable central European customs
coalition, including Germany, Aus
tria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Hou.
mania aud scrviA, while Belgium,
Russia anu spain may have partial re-
ciprociiy with tho general European
band.
The eiiects OF the American couven.
ton with spain have begun 10 excite
press comments. AsBOOn ns the pend
Ing European trestics ARE arranged
the special privileges which the con.
ventlon accofds America will DO con.
tested by the combined powers.
Tho situation Of France, which
country IL menaoed with commercial
isolation, dictates the governments
policy OF adhesion to moderate tariff,
admitting Of reciprocity treaties. As
far as Germany II concerned, the
French government seems 10 rely upon
. the maintenance of the Frankfort
treaty, ns insuring France the "most
, favored nation" treatment, but among
, the critical political complications
arising from Germany's commercial
alliances u Remuneration Of the Frank
/ fort treaty IL now freely discussed IN
! Official circles.
a SENSATION
has been caused by u discovery relat-
ing 20 the French exhibition at Mos
COW, which gave the Car occasion ~
show his sOlicltude for the French,
, and, To avoid wounding tho feeling OF
the French committee, the cxhibition,
, which wns In need Of funds, applied u
/, the Jewish and Russian capitalist,
Greenewald and PollinOn, and got u
/, loan on depositing IL, 900, 900 tickets AZ
security. Greonewald aud Pollinoil
!, became involved Ia quarrel with the
, committee and claimed control Of the
1 entrances money OF the exhibition. The
= rupture led 10 a scandal.
The Car was lncensed that the fair
should have fallen into the hands OF
the dctested Jews II the matter h
l not speedily settled he win abandon
:, his visit 20 Moscow In order to avoid
a giving oilense 20 France by going "a
1 Moscow without patronizing the ex'
u bibition. He has sont tho promoters Of
the fair an angry intimati0n that the
. presence OF tho Imperial family ~
+ assistants TO Jewish speculation Is i'm
possible. His ire has also been in
I creased by the fact that during hii
n stay In Moscow he desired TO lay the
!. foundation stone of u monument TO he
q erected In memory OF his father, and
. also open the first exhibition OF Cen
tral Asian products held In Russia
The whole programme has been
= dropped.
:. REV. MIR, AYERS,
u young American clergyman, who
+, was preaching In the English chape
! here, has been the victim OF pecu
lilr persecution. A young German
woman took u strong fancy 10 him, and
:, made II "A habit TO attend the churcl
y aud gaze In rapt cOntemp latlOn nj
!, the preacher. She followed him, he
moving from one boarding house t,
another 10 olude her. She threatened
TO commit suicide before his eyes un
y less he listened TO her suit. The
!. American Minister, Mr. Phelps, wa
4 finally appealed TO by Ayers. Phelpl
> communicated with the lady's friends
y and II being evident that her mind wa
Il unbalanced, she was sent 10 IN asylum
y The "Etsia."
Il SAN FRANcisco, May 28.-The Pa
'r ciilc mail steamer "Collmh," wlnCl
arrived today from Panama, report
having left ACapulcD NAV 10Th, Jus