Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
HAMBURG STRICKEN,
Other Great Centers of Popu.
lation in Germany Ex.
empt From Cholera.
BERLIN CASES DISPUTED.
Every Quarter of the Great Seaport
on the Elba Now Infected.
THE HAND OF CHARITY Is OPEN.
Increase Of the War Budget to Be Approved
by the Centerists.
A COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH RUSSIA

tcorrRTeHT. 1892. BY n. Z. ASSOCIATED PRESS.
BERLIN, Aug. 27.-Delegates from al
the Federal States held conference at tn,
Home Office to-day on the subject o
cholera The President of Police report,
that not single case of Asiatic cholera ha6
yet been certified to in Berlin. Statement'
were read from Prof Koch and Counsellor
Rahts, together with general report Gov
ering the whole health condition of Ger
many. Both the statements and the repor
were reassuring, although Prof Koct
thinks that the worst period of the cpl
demic in Hamburg and Altoona has not yet
passed.
The authorities of Hamburg and Alton.
are blamed for concealing the presence o.
the disease. The first outbreak occurred II
Hamburg as far back as August IA, and al
week vessels left Hamburg under clean bill
of health, although the authorities knew
,the epidemic was daily growing worse.
: The Imperial Health Office, recognizing
the value of the utmost publicity. is max.
ing arrangements to publish daily health
record of Berlin and other centers, report
ing all cases of cholera and kindred dis
eases
Minor Complaints to Be Attended TO.
Diarrhea disorders and dysentery, which
are rather rife here, and which are apt to
alarm people, will have the especial atten-
ton of the doctors
Mr. Edwards, the American Consul Gen.
eral here, has taken the necessary steps to
keep the State Department at Washington
informed of the situation throughout Ger
many. The Health Office promises to fur
nish him with all the information it re-
ceives. The Consuls within Mr. Edwards
jurisdiction have been ordered to keep O
sharp lookout and to report by cable to
Washington without delay any cases OF
'cholera occurring in their districts Charles
F. johnson. the Consul at Hamburg. was
visiting Berlin with his family when he
learned that Hamburg had been attacked.
He at once returned to his post
Scrupulous care is now taken at Bremen
and Hamburg The inspection is extend.
ing, not TO emigrants alone, but to the
crews of vessels and all passengers.
To-nights advices leave every populous
place in Germany free from Asiatic cholera
except Hamburg. Prof KocE's predictions
ing fulfilled. The disease has now spread
over the whole city and to the suburbs.
Berlin Assistance for Hamburg.
A doctor, with a number of hospital as
sistants, has left Berlin to assist the Ham,
burg physicians The ambulance service
and the means for the rapid burial of the
victims have been greatly augmented.
The exodus of the wealthier Hamburg
families is now proceeding on a large scale.
Though the leading thoroughfares there pre-
sent their ordinary aspect, the shopkeepers
declare that business is stagnant Many of
them would close their shops, but are pre-
vented through fear of adding to the public
depression, which wants but little to be-
come an absolute panic
While many have fed, other prosperous
citizens are doing much personally and
through agents to relieve families who have
been stricken or who are menaced through
want of nourishing food. Donations of
food, disinfectants and medicine are plenti-
full. Brandy, in which the mass of the
people believe, despite the doctors opin-
ions to the contrary, is supplied gratu-
itously, though in small doses, at many
places. Never in the history of Hamburg
has the hand of charity been SO open.
Hamburg Not to BE Ouarantined.
The people of Berlin talk of forming an
absolute Gordon around Hamburg, Altons
and the mouths of the Elbe. This is a
cowardly and panicv idea, and would be a
merciless restriction upon those within the
cholera sphere, while in official opinion it
would be utterly ineffective.
A sharp watch is kept upon cases occur
ring in Hungary and Austria The epi-
demic around Pressburg, in Hungary, ap-
pears to be fading. A number of choleraic
cases have been reported at Wierner Neu-
stadt at Sollenau, in Austria, and even in
Vienna itself, where the rapidity of the
deaths are suggestive of Asiatic cholera. In
the meantime the Russian doctors declare
that the post mortem examinations do not
disclose the presence of Asiatic cholera.
The health Office here relies implicitly upon
the official communications regarding the
disease received from Vienna.
Communications which have taken place
between the leaders of the Center party
have resulted in an agreement that that
party in the Reichstag will oppose any in
crease in the war budget and that they will,
also, oppose any commercial convention
with Russia tending TO be prejudicial to
German agricultural interests
Commercial Dickering With Russia.
The negotiations with Russia over a COM
mercial treaty, though slow, are sure. The
results are officially expected to be placed
before the Reichstag before the Christmas
adjournment. A highly informed financial
authority believes that Russia will obtain a
concession recalling the prohibition against
the Reichstag advancing money on Russian
securities.
A petition from the landowners and
farmers in Silesia has been received asking
the Government to maintain the differ
ential duties upon Russian wheat; to place
q heavy tariff on Russian cattle, and to
maintain the freights to Russia, aud gener-
ally to concede nothing that will make a
treaty possible. The memorial reflects the
Hg-urian feeling that prevails in other parts
OF Germany,
The diplomatic circle is chiefly inter-
eested in Russian action in Afghanistan.
The croakers affirm that only bold and de-
cisive action in England, which is not
likely to be taken by the Gladstone Gov
ernment, will prevent Russia from forcing
the Ameer to abandon English protection
for Russian protection, or else submit to
losing part Of the Afghan territory.
Count Kalnoky, the Austrian Imperial
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has left Vienna
to confer with the Emperor Fancis Joseph
n Ischl on the situation, which NAV r, adilv
develop into a European conflict as an
Asia
Russia TO Pc Ordered Out Of the Pamirs.
BERLIN, Aug. 27.-The Chinese Minister
is going to ST. Petersburg Sunday, and it is
rumored that he will demand that Russia
withdraw her forces from the Pamirs.
EnCland's War Vessels to Come Over.