, 1891-11-22
FROM OVER THE OCEAN.
Emperor William Gives an
Elegant State Dinner.
Russia and Germany May
Yet Lock Horns.
Count Tolstoi Fires in Upon
the Government hgain.
From the Old World.

I1oPJA AooA ~ ~. hssOClhltu ETths.l
BERLIN, Nov. 2l.-The papers OF this
city tonight associate the Russian ukase.
prohibiting the expectation of wheat and
wheat products, with the failure OF the
overtures of Yishnegradsky, the Russian
finance minister, TO the Berlin tinanciers
to reopen the German market TO Russian
loans. Financial houses have again been
In consultation with the government, and
the Zeitun0 states this time that the
government has definitely iumated that a
guarantee offered by Russia did not
suffice to justify the Official approval of
the German credit being ventured in
loans.
1t is understood that the diplomatic
approaches through Count Won Schouval-
off, the Russian ambassador, have re-
ceived an equally decisive rebuff The
iasco which the French syndicate made
of the last Russian loan has enormously
increased the financial difficulties of Rus
sia. V~ishnegradsky has been forced to
relieve the syndicate of Blight ont of
twenty millions of pounds sterling offered.
The public official denial hat the Roth
childs have taken over f5, 900. 900 is par.
TALLY true. The bonds amounting to
fS, 900, 900 have been placed in the Roth
chIld's keeping. with no responsibility at
tached to their future issue through the
firm and the French syndicate is relieved
of q burden OF f6. 900. 900, which the
RussiaL treasury hoped to receive. Thus
Russia, instead of having realized el6.-
000.0O on her loans, obtains only
go. ZOO. 900.
The refusal of the German government
to permit the bankers to bolster up the
Russian credit ends for a long time 10
come the chances of Russia borrowing
money abroad and strengthens the chances
of peace. The statement published by a
st. Petersburg Official messenger on the
condition OF the imperial finances and its
relation to the famine was teleorapeed
here tonight as an authoritative declaration
aiming to minimize the dangers otskhe
situation.
The statement begins by announcing
that the stocks and grain after the prohi-
bition of their export will be sufficient for
the population until next harvest. As
the people in the agricultural districts de-
pend on the sale OF grain they will find
their position embarrassing and the gov
eminent has therefore assigned to them
5000. 600 roubles from the cash reserves
IN the treasury. The reserves amount to
900, 00O, 900 roubles. which sum il sufi-
Gent to meet the redemption Of debt for
the current year aud all expenditures and
still leave a cash balance equal to the
needs of 1892.
1t is denied that there is any likelihood
that the treasury will be required to pur-
chase gold abroad unless such a course is
ueeessitated by the flowing back of the
Russian securities to Russia. The gold
reserve amounts to Sc. 500. 600 roubles in
the treasury and l20. 100000 roubles in
the Imperial bank, besides rs. 600, 900 Sc
cured by the recently issued provisional
credit notes. These totals do not include
the receipts from the last loan sum of the
Official. A messenger statement is that
Russia has plenty of grain and an ubund-
ance of money for the time being.
This is reassuring to the Russians who
are under scare of famine. This class In
cludes Count Tolstoi. the great social re-
former. who had published an energetic
demand tor the government to declare
without delay whether the stock of grain
was sufficient to last through next sum.
mer. Count Tolstoi advocates the pur-
chase of corn in America in time to pro-
ltect the country from a famine aud that
terrible social disturbances are certain to
ATTEND such n condition of affairs.
Tols1oi contends, from his own personal
calculation. that the stock of grain will
not be sufficient and the government in
reply guarantees enough to feed the people
until next harvest. If falsifed. it will
lead to a revolution in which Tolstoi says
he will aid. Count Tolstol's daughters
have opened a free refectory for the fam
inc stricken near his chateau.
A fresh instance OF hostility entertained
In St Petersburg for the German element
has been given. An order was issued to-
day f%orbiddiDg persons to practice as law
yers in the Baltic provinces unless they
were of Russian extraction. Many Ger
mans are thus jebarred. Emperor Will
liam gave a state dinner tonight in the
new palace at Potsdam in celebration OF
his mothers birthday.
Nelson p. Cook. who claims to repre-
seGt a Boston newspaper syndicate, was
arrested here and is awaiting trial. charged
with fraud by the proprietors Of the Pfaff
Minerva hotel, where he lived for a month
without any financial resources. Cook
states he started from Boston with one
cent in his possession to work his way
around the world.
MARX Twain" today rave a luncheon
to Mrs. Gen, Hancock, Hon. W. Walter
Phelps. the American minister, and other
notable Americans.
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