The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-24
4 EUROPEAN BUND
Germany Pushing Her CONNER
cial Negotiations.
THE CONSEQUENCES TO AMERICA
VIII be Great if the Zollyerin is Effscted-The
Cars Consideration for Franee-A Girl
Persecutes a Minister.

BERLIN, May 23.-TCopyright, 1891, by
the New York Associated Press. THE at
tention of the foreign office is absorbed in
commercial treaty negotiations, some of
the results of which will have direct
bearing on Germany's relations with the
United States. Arrangements with Italy,
Switzerland and Roumaaia are progressing
towards an entente. Belgium is also ne
gotiating with Germany, but that country
is less likely than the others TO be drawn
within customs bund. Russias overtures
for reduction of the German corn tariff in
exchange for lessened tariff on German
manufactures have been received in a
friendly spirit here, but the opposition OF
Austria is expected to bear weight as to
definite arrangement. Austria tried to
secure reduction of the German grain
tariff In favar of herself exclusively. She
failed in this however. and has now raised
the point of the German-Austrian treaty
as precluding differential treatment
for Russia by Germany. Servia has
offered to join a commercial alliance on the
basis of the free entry of swine and cattle
into Germany, Austria and Hungary. As
Servian exports cross Austrian territory in
order to reach Germany, the Berlin govern
ment wants the Austrian authorities 10
guarantee against the dangers of infection
from Seryian swine. The admission of
Servian pork into Germany would be in
consistent with the prohibition against
American pork, which is acknowledged tor
be safer and OF superior quality. The gen
eral position of negotiation now really gives
reason to expect formidable central Euro
pean customs coalition, including Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland. Rot
mania and Servia, while Belgian, Russia
and Spain may have partial reciprocity
with general European bund.
Inc effects OF the American convention
with Spain have begun to excite press COM
ment. AS soon as pending European treat
les are arranged, the special privileges
which the convention accedes to America
will be contested by the combined power.
The situation OF France, which country is
menaced with commercial isolation, die
tates the governments policy of adhesion
to moderate tariff admitting of recipro-
city treaties so far as Germany is con
cerned. The French government seems to
rely upon the maintenance of the Frank
fort treaty as insuring France the most fav-
ored nation treatment, but among critical
political consequences arising from Ger
many's commercial alliances, Remuneration
of the Frankfort treaty is now freely dis
cussed in official circles.
a sensation has been caused by discov-
cry relating to the French exhibition at
Moscow which gave the Car occasion TO
show his solitude for the French To
avoid wounding the feelings of the French
committee, the exhibition, which was in
needle OF funds, secretly applied to the
Jewish and Russian capitalists Greenwald
and Polllnof and got loan on deposting
II 200, 900 tickets as security. Greenwald
and PolllnoH became involved in a quarrel
with the committee and claimed control of
the entrance money of the exhibition. The
rupture led 10 scandal. The Gar was In
censed that the fair should have fallen
into the hands of the detested Jews. If the
matter is not speedily settled, he will aban-
don his visit to Moscow in order to avoid
giving offense to France by going to Mos
cow without patronizing the exhibition
He has sent the promoters of the fair an
angry intimation that the presence of the
imperial family as assistants to Jewish
speculation is impossible. His ire also has
been increased by the fact that during his
stay in Moscow he desired to lay the foun-
dation stone of a monument to be erected
in memory of his father and also open the
first exhibition of Central Asian products
held in Russia. The whole programme has
been dropped.
Rev. Mr.. Ayers young American clegy-
man who is preaching in the English
chapel here, has been the victim of pecu-
liar persecution. A young German woman
took strong fancy to him and made it a
habit to attend church and gaze in rapt
contemplation at the preacher. She fol-
lowed him, he moving from one boarding
house to another to elude her suit. She
threatened to commit suicide before his
eyes unless he listened to her suit. The
American minister, Mr. Phelps, was finally
appealed to by Ayres. Phelps communi-
Gated with the lady's friends and it being
evident her mind was unbalanced, she was
sent to an asylum.
3 Bagley Gatzert, ex-mayor of Seattle,
Washington, has arrived in the city after
making tour of the west.