St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-25
HARPING ON The HOG.
Germany's Silly Prohibition
Against American Pork
May Be Repealed.
Her Politicians Admit That
This Course Would Ben
eft the Masses.
Won Caprivi Protests Against
Reproaehes Aimed at the
Government.
Interest in the Koch Treat
ment Visibly Abating in
Europe.


now regarded as within a short distanc
of accomplishment, The weight OF tn
speaking throughout the debate in tn
reicbstag was all OIL the side Of chang
in the law. No prominent defender @
the prohibitory law i'll the reichsta
ventured TO deny that the repea
of the law would be benef
to the masses, which are how pay
ing high prices for meat, evel
garbage being dear. Several members
Immediately after the division on tn
question, congratulated Mr.. Phelps, tn
United States minister, on the earl.
prospect of the abolition of the pro
hibitory law, or at least modification
of the measure. Receiving further con
''There would not even have been ;
majority of 27 against the motion if the
opposition had waited little. L
the motion had been made by {
supporter of the government the result
might have been different. But how
could the government let combination
of the Freisinnige and Socialist partie;
dictate its policy on such an important
question: Nr. Phelps added that he
had long known that the government
was ready to modify the restrictions III
regard to
American Pork
as soon as the precautions taken by the
American authorities seemed sufficient
TO insure the health of the German peO-
pie. He knew how carefully the Berlin
foreign office studied the German con-
suls' reports OH American products and
the sanitary regulations regarding them.
Tie government, he SAID, was not afraid
of cooked American pork. but only of
the uncooked article. DR.. WindthorSt'S s
declaration that the Center party waited
only for the taking of sufficient precau-
tionS in America, when the party would
support the demand for repeal, brought
the end of the prohibition within sight.
In Mr.. Phelps opinion, Herr Barth'S S
management of the motion was admir-
able. Among the comments by the
newspapers the Post says:
Customs and trade considerations
could not lead to prohibition, but would
find expression in heavy customs du-
ties. The prohibition against American
pork became necessary, owing to the
insufficient precautions taken by US
against the danger of trichiniasiS."
Ham and Bacon.
The Freisinnige party holds that the
agrarian policy hitherto pursued by the
government cannot be maintained
towards America without having a det-
rimental effect upon the relations be-
tween Germany and the United States.
1t is now probable that at any rate the
prohibition against ham and bacon VIII
I,o ind fh,,< icin r
rath alone being required for the taking
of such step. The lower house of
the Prussian diet to-day commenced
the debate upon the government bill for
the restitution of the Stipends of Cath
Ollie priests which were confiscated dur
ing the period of the Kulterkampf.
Chancellor Won Caprivi stated that the
government hoped the bill would recon-
cile the opponents of last years meas
ure, which partly dealt with similar
question. He protested against the re-
proaches leveled at the government for
having bargained for the support of
the Center party, ana asked the house
to consider the bill purely on its merits,
and as necessary measure of long
delayed justice. DR.. Cuny (National
LiberaD contended that the bill was
Political Move
by the government to gain control of
the votes of the centrlStS. 1t was, he
said, a complete overturn Of the former
policy of the government to hand over
l6,000,0G0 marks for distribution
among the Clericals DR.. Won Gossler,
PrusSian minister of ecclesiastical
affairs, defended the plan of restitu-
ton. The direct payment of the ac-
cumulated capital to the priests in
terested was, he said, Impossible, and
a pro rata distribution to the dioceses
of the amount contiscated would be the
direct method, while the fact that the
commission of supervision was com-
posed Of priests and laymen ought to
be guarantee of the fairness
OF the restitution. So far as the
debate progressed the national
Liberals and Conservatives were
grouped against the bill, and the centre
and Freisinnige parties in its favor.
The ministers do not fear that the
measure will he defeated, relying upon
the detection of a number of the oppo-
sition. The arrest of Herr Gillenberger
in July last, and his subsequent trial by
the Nuremberg tribunal, has again
raised the point of the immunity from
the arrest of members Of the reichstag.
Herr Lerchenfeld. Bavarian repre-
sentativein in the Bundesrath, maintained
the right of
Federated Governments.
to arrest and try deputies while the
reichstag was not in session. Herr Auer
(socialist held that the immunity from
arrest of the deputies was inherent, and
that they could not legally be prose-
cuted, either while the ht u e was open
Il fi,rN1 In ,n1 80
the reichstag. A majority supported
Herr Aner, thus settling definitely
an important principle of the
constitution. Herr Won Boetticher,
secretary Of the Imperial home
office. will bring the question before the
bundesrath, the members of which are
not likely to venture to contest de-
cision approved by the conservatives and
Socialists alike. The bulky report of
the committee having in charge the
labor bill has distributed it among the
members of the reichstag. 1t provides
for the enforcement Of Sunday rest,
rejects fled working hours in all
trades, increases the protection of
women and children who labor
and prohibits the retention by employ
ers of more than one weeks wages in
the event of a breach of contract by
WOIhlHel. IHt RtlleIdl 1eellnS OF the
house is in favor of the report. Interest
in the Koch treatment is abating. An
English bacteriologist who is notable as
the diScoverer of toXalbumens, and who
is now studying the Koch method at the
hygienic institute, announces that he
has discovered remedy for anthrax.
TubercuIOus Cows.
Prof. Bollinger, of Munich, reports
the results of his experiments with the
lymph upon tuberculous cows. He
states that in cases where large injec-
tions were used a reaction similar to
that noticed in human beings was seen.
Two sound bulls which were treated
with the fluid showed no reaction, and
upon being killed theit tissues were
found to be in normal condition.
Prof. Bollinger concludes that the
highest value of the lymph is to be
found in the diagnosis of cattle sus-
pected of having tuberculous diseases.
The ministers are still delaying the
presentation to the lantag of bill for
the endowment by the government of a
hospital for the treatment of patients
by the Koch method. In the opinion of