The morning call., 1891-06-28
GERMANY'S
HOME POLICY.
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The KaiSer'S Instructions to
Ills Cabinet.
FsVOFing Central European Customs Union.
Public Outbreaks Caused By High.
Prices Of Provisions.
. Copyrighted, 1891, by the New York Associated
Press

BERLIN. June 27.-The Ministerial coun-
ell which Emperor William held prelim-
mary to his departure on his coming foreign
tour disposed temporarily Of several ques-
tions relating TO the home and foreign pol
icies Of the Government. The Ministers
have received instructions to accelerate the
negotiations for the formation of a Central
European Customs Union, to leave the pro-
posed commercial entente with Russia in
suspense, to treat the anti-grain law agita-
ton as non-eXistent, unless food riots occur,
and 10 issue a lottery amounting to 100000
marks to assist in furthering the enterprise
Of Major Wissmann in East Africa.
Some proposals looking to the amelloration
of the condition of the poor of East Prus-
sia were also discussed at the council.
THE NEW ZOLLVEREIN.
Touching the new zollYeren, the Swiss
papers which have French leaningg eIrOne-
ously state that the Government at Berno
has its hands tied by the new tariff being
subject to rearrangement by the coming con-
ference of countries interested in the Drei-
bund. The zollyerein, it seems likely, will
expedite the customs agreement with Bel
gium and Holland, In which Luxembourg
will share. Regarding the grain laws agjta-
ton, the assumed indifference of the Minis
tiers does not lessen public feTment, and
symptoms Of popular outbreak In cOnse-
Quence of the high price Of provisions have
manifested themselves at several places.
Within q short distance of the imperial
palace AT Potsdam 400 women who were en-
gagged in marketing, becoming enraged at
the price demanded for potatoes, assaulted
the dealers and wrecked the market. The
Tageblatt tonight reports that MattZ0hn,
the Minister Of Finance, n the course OF q
conversation with a member of the Reich
stag. stated that only the present critical
stage Of the negotiations Of the commercial
treaties prevented the Government from re-
pealing the grain laws.
FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
Berlin papers to-day comment upon the
statement recently made by tlourens, eX-
Minister Of Foreign Affairs OF France, dur
ing the course Of an interview, in which the
eX-MiuisteT admitted me existence Of a
FTanc0-Russian alliance. FlOuTens adds
that the formation Of the alliance is the
work of the Car himself. These state
mentS appearing simultaneously with the
BlSmaTcklan articles In the hamburger
Nachrichten enaTging upon the danger OF
too close friendship with England as Of
fensiYe TO Russia, have evoked indignant re-
plies from the senll-Oticial press, ia which
the Salisbury Government is openly spoken
of as an ally Of the Dreibuud. This allu-
sion represents the official belief that
within a recent period Lord Salisbury has
become party 10 a secret convention CON-
mitting his Government so long as he re-
mains in power to concerted action with
the Dreibuud. The Foreign Office attaches
considerable Importance to the coming visit
Of the young King Of Servia to the Gar,
and to the arrangements made to give the
visit distinct political significance
THE PAPAL SUCCESSION.
References made to the letters from Rome
regarding the candidatuTe of Cardinal La
vigeTie TO the Holy See have aroused the
antagOnism Of the Germans TO the idea of a
French Pope. The KreuZ Zsitung holds
that it is probable that the successor to Leo
XIII will be drawn from the Italian Car
dnalate, and if the next Pope be not an
Italian the choice of the cOnclave will be
Cardinal Gibbons of the United States,
against whom neither national jealOusies nor
internal clerical differences can operate.