The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-17
ALL AGAINST AMERICA.
A Convention Significant of the
Feeling of Fear With Which
our AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
And Our Tariff Policy Is Regarded IN
Europe---A Bitter Interview With
1Iombcr of the German Worlds
Fair Committce-..A Talk which
Makes Interesting Reading.

BERLIN, June 10.-With reference To
the proposed German Worlds Fair TO
be held in 1895, which has already been
mentioned in these dispatches, the
Associated Press correspondent asked
the views of Mr.. Werner Won siemens,
the great electrician, who is leading
member Of the Fair Committee. Mr..
Won siemens said the year 1895 had
been fixed for the exhibition SO as not
to follow too closely the Chicago ex-
hibitioh. While it was yet too early
to say anything positive, Mr.. Won
siemens thought that the German
Government would sustain the move
ment and that the exhibition would
take place at the time mentioned.
ave will have no humbug, no Ehel
tower, or similar attraction" said the
Privy Council, "but VIC willmake solid
showing Of what We can do in the way
OF manufacturing. It will be abusiness
affair throughout. We may meet with
some opposition on the paIt Of France,
but aside from her, we shall be sustain
ed by all Europe. The European nations
arc becoming aware that they must con-
solidate commercially as against Ameri-
can aggression. America is not only
shutting out many OF our products by
prohibitive tariffs, ,butshealso threatens
our trade with the South American Re
publics and even with Africa and Asia.
Your country is young, full OF natural
resources, and by your enterprise, no
less than by your present policy, you
threaten to deprive us OF our foreign
trade. Power naturally makes you ag-
gressive, and Europe must take care Of
her interests, or else she will be pushed !
to the wall"
"Do you, then, believe that commer-
ciaI war will be pronounced between
the old world and the new world2p the
correspondent asked.
"Yes," said Mr.. Won siemens, 'if you
keep on as you are doing now, we shall
have togo to war. We will erect q big
fence to keep out your grain, your cot
ton, your meat. We will retaliate. 1
am not virtually free trader, but ! be
lieve in meeting protection with pro.
tection."
"Can Europe exist without American
grain?"
all our wants from Russia or India.n
"Do you think that Europe and Ger
many especially will be the gamers by
such policy? Do you know that mill
lions Of dollars worth Of your manufac-
lures are exported 10 America every
year? That We could strike q serious
blow bysimply prohibiting your sugarP@
"Yes; but we shall find other chan
nels of trade. Besides, rs America ad.
vances in manufacturing, she will need
less and less of our goods. The day
will come, and come soon, when we
shall have to fight against your agrees
sions."
"Will you exhibit at the Chicago
fair?"
II do not know as yet. AT present It
seems to me folly to exhibit in coun.
try where people will not buy from u.s.
This conversation is significant OF the
feeling of fear with which American en-
terprise and the present American pol
icy is regarded in Germany. With her
commerce threatened in Central and
South America, it is only natural that
Germany should show some bitterness
Of feeling. But on sober reflection Ger
man merchants or manufacturers will
hardly fail to realize that the best policy
Is to keep on friendly terms with Amer
lea rather than to provoke even more
severe restrictive measures.