The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-28
IMPERIAL ORDERS
Emperor Williams Instructions
for His Ministerial Council.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN zOLLvEREIN
Negotiations for IL to be Accelerated-Repor
Of Secret Convention Between France
and Russia.

BERLIN, June 27.-[Copyright, 1891, BY
the New York Associated Press THE
ministerial council which Emperor
William held preliminary to his departure
on his coming foreign tour, disposed tenn
porarily of several questions relating u
the home and foreign policies OF the gov
eminent. The ministers have received In
structions TO accelerate negotiations 1ol
the formation of a central European Gus
toms union; to leave the proposed entente
with Russia in suspense; TO treat the anu
grain law agitation as non-existent, unless
food riots occur, and to issue lottery tick
cts amounting to 5000, 600 marks to assist
in furthering the enterprise OF Major Wiss-
mann in East Africa. Some proposals look
ing to the amelioration of the condition OF
the poor Of East Prussia, were also dis
cussed at the council.
Touching the new zollvereln, tne
Swiss papers which have French leanings
enormously state that the government al
Berne has its hands tied by the new tariff,
being subject to Encouragement by the
coming conference of the countries inter
ested in the dreibund. The zollverein, II
seems likely, will expedite customs agree
ment with Belgium and Holland in which
Nuremberg will share.
Regarding the grain laws agitation, the
assumed Indifference of the ministers Goes
not lessen the pu bic ferment and sympathy
for the popular outbreak in consequence OF
the high price of provisions has manifested
itself at several places. Within short
distance OF the imperial palace at Potsdauh,
400 women, who were engaged In market
ing, becoming enraged at the prlce de-
manded for potatoes, assaulted the dealers
and wrecked the market.
The Tdgebldtt tonight reports that
Miguel, minister OF finance, IN the course
| of a conversation with member OF the
reichstag, stated that only the present
critical stage OF the negotiations OF com,
mercial treaties prevented the government
from repeating the grain laws.
Berlin papers to-day comment upon the
statement recently made by Flourens, ex-
minister OF foreign affairs OF France, dur
ing the course Of an interview IN which
the ex minister admitted the existence OF a
Franco Russian alliance. Flourens adds
that the formation of the alliance Is the
work of the Car himself. These state
ments appearing simultaneously with Bis
MARKHAM articles in the Hamburg Mach
richt'n charging upon too close friend
ship with England as offensive tC
Russia, have evoked indignant replies
from the semi official press in which Sails
bury's government is openly spoken OF as
the ally of the dreibund. This allusion rep
resents the official belief that within &
recent period Lord Salisbury has been q
party 10 a secret convention, committing
his government, so long as it remains II
power, to concerted action with the drei
Dund.
The foreign office attaches considerable
Importance to the coming visit OF the young
King of Servia TO the Gar, and the ar
rangements made to give his visit decided
political significance
References made in letters from Rome
regarding the candidature OF Cardinal Law
igere 10 the holy see have aroused the an
tagcnism of the Germrns TO the idea oi
French Pope. The Krusz Zeitung holds
that 1t is probable the successor 10 Leo
Mi will be drawn from the Italian car
dinalate, and if the next Pope be not an
Italian the choice of the conclave will oe
Cardinal Gibbons, of the United States
against whom neither national Iealousles
nor international clerical differences car
operate.