Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-18
HAMBURG VERY SORE.
She Threatens to Boycott Towns That
Stunned Her Citizens
DURING THE BIG CHOLERA SCARE.
A New sanitary system for the Whole En-
.pire Is to Bs Adopted
DEMOcRACY's PROGRESS IN PRUSSIA

COPYRIGHT. 1892. BIT n. z. ASSOCIATED PRESS.
BERLIN, Sept. 1.-THE residents of Ham
burg ieel very sore over the lack Of sym-
pathy and the abundance of hostile feeling
with which they have been treated by most
OF the German authorities, the press and
the people during their present troubles.
The leading Hamburg papers, the Borssn-
halle, the Hamburger Zeitnlg and others, 60
so far as to advocate a commercial boycott
OF the towns and watering places which have
refused asylum to residents who have fed
from Hamburg during the epidemic
Many of the great Hamburg hotels, which
were doing a large business prlcr to the
breaking out Of the plague. are now closed.
Yesterday in all the hotels there were lists
of only so guests. These were chiefly En-
glish and American travellers This is an
index Of the collapse of business Com
mercial agents, instead of transacting their
business through Hamburg as they did be-
lore the epidemic, now deal through Bremen
or Stettin. The current of trade is thus
diverted, and it will be long before it re-
yumes its former course.
Reforming the Prussian Electorate.
The Prussan Diet will meet during the
second week in November. 1t will have
an important measure to consider. This is
the question of reforming the electoral sys-
tenn. The new system OF taxation has i'm
PEELED the proposed system.
Until now the Prussian electors have
voted in three grades, partly regulated ac-
cording to the taxation paid. This plan,
which is complicated, abnormal and unfair,
dates from the period of the Conservative
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in direct conflict with the universal suf-
frage accorded the Germ an electorate when
the Empire was created. So the Prussian
system, which was designated to give aris-
tocrats supremacy, must be modified.
The bill will not propose all that the
Freisinnige party desires 1t still retains
the plan of grouping the electors in classes
according to taxation, but lowers the quail
fca,ions to vote. The Freisinnige party
will raise lively contest over what they
claim is an insufficient reform. Judging
from the language of the Catholic press
the Conservatives and Centerists will COM
bine to support the Government The bill
is thus sure to pass
Germany to Have Sanitary System.
Among the first bills to be introduced in
the Reischstag will be one giving the I'M
perial Health Office control of the sanitary
regulations OF the Wn0le OF Germany. line
different laws now existing in each of the
federated States makes joint action i'm
possible. The epidemic of cholera has
shown the necessity for central authority
controlling the sanitation of tine EInDire.
The Richstag Will adopt the bill without
much debate.
1t will be otherwise with the bill propos-
ing an increase in the taxes on beer and to-
bacco. The Savarian Government over
ruled in the Bundesrath on the question of
the taxation of beer, continues to protest
against the proposal as violation of the
rights accorded to Bavaria under the Yer.
sailles treaty at the founding of the Empire.
The Emperor has asked Herr MIGUEL, Min
lister of Finance, to prepare q scheme of
taxation that will meet the financial neces-
sites without touching beer.
The negotiations for commercial entente
with Russia have resulted in definite
project, which was presented to the Finance
Ministry at St Petersburg Thursday. Ger
many offers to reduce the tariff on cereals,
hides, petroleums and other oils in
exchange for lower Russian duties on cloth,
iron, coal and all kinds of machinery. The
Foreign Office here expect an early agree
ment