New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
TRADE IND FINANCE ABROAD.

American petroleum viii enjoy temporarily the
benefit to result from the new and lower tarh on
that product proposed by the French Government
The motion for Il reduction OF duties on petroleum
has been laid before the Chamber. as consequence
OF the new commercial convention signed with Russia
which modified the present duty on oil. The French
papers say that negotiations oegun with the United
States have not yet been brought 10 conclusion,
because the President has not the power TO sign con-
vention before the meeting of Congress. They add
that meanwhile American petroleum VIII participate
In the advantage offered by the new bill. which VIII
be also OF great benefit TO French consumers. Al
present the French tariff oil /, Is francs for the
crude and % francs for the refined. The consnmp
ton is not great at that price, since the price Of
the ltre about quart. is maintained III Paris DIT
GO or 20 centimes-l2 II ccnis-while IN certain
neghboring countries the tre Is 500 for rea from WIN ~
Russia whose Baku petroleum already has the ~
vantage In Eastern Europ' and tsa over 'ne -nnigr
tariff on petroleum which will decrease by cents
a litre quart the retail price OF oil.
The precautions which had been taken in
advance by the port authorities here In
regard TO the approaching arrival Of
tramp steamer loaded with Russian Hebrew
immigrants the natural consequence OF the
measures rather abruptly taken against that class
at Hamburg and the Hague. 1t is known that the
former port has been closed to them for some time.
numbers at the Hague and have caused the inhabitants
some uneasiness This is why the Dutch Minister Of
Justice Issued the last OF June special circular TO
the general procurators acting as police directors
directing them not to allow any Russian enigrants
TO stay on Dutch territory excepting those who have
tickets for the United States issued BY the Neither
lands-American Company, and who possess enough
money to pay their expenses until the day OF sailing
All others must BE- taken bach 10 the frontier.
According to the circular the Minister eXpe ed I'M,
900 cmigrants We're about TO arrive at the Hague
and the Dutch ports within the next lew weeks
1t Is an American colony which is referred TO.
though precisely Indicated In the recent diSpa'cn
from the Gillian correspondent of The New-Ao rk
Herald saying that an official expedition had LETT
La Paz the Bolivian capital to found new city in
the Benz district This district is cast OF the Cor
dllleras and reached by the railroad starring from
Molendo on the Pacific coast and turnpike OF
recent construction. The Benz region is exceedingly
rich in forests Of rubber trees and 1t Is Tor the
exploitation of these forests that All American com
pany formed in New-lork when sent out al
exploring party time last April
Baron Arnous de Rivere. the famous French trav
eller and an exoccr in the French army before 1917
was the leader OF the party which arrived IN May at
Mollendo The baron had formerly lived IN BOLIVIA,
where he owned the silver mines Of Caracoes, ana
he had obtained from the Bolivian Government the
concession Of large tract of land In the Deni dis
viii prove very profitable. II is said, mainly because
the rubber will easily be transported 10 the Pacific
coast and thence by the lsthnus to the American
and Enropean markets The Brazilian rubber
in use everywhere has many hundred miles more than
its future Bolivian competitor to travel before reaching
the same markets
American travellers bound 10 Brussels will soon
be able 10 land there direct from their New-fork
steamships, for Brussels seems bound TO become
seaport and assume the laurels of Antwerp ana
rotterdam. The movement toward this END IS a
least fairly under way, and the subscription OF 1unds
for the enterprise be brought TO close on the
first OF this month. The amount OF money required
from the faubourgs OF Brussels including Koekeoerg
Is $500 900 francs, 70 be added to the 23Oooooo
70 be subscribed by the State the province ana 'he
city OF Brussels. The communes are not taxed so
much per capita but according 70 the probable oehe
fit each will derive from the undertaking.
II the Belgian enthusiasm does not evaporate ana
81 subscriptions are collected readily as they nave
been signed Brussels. which boast now only OF
its miniature river la senne, will become real In
land seaport Ike Manchester. The municpll couii-
ellis have enthusiastically voted the necessary 1ias
and the citizens will gladly pay their lnolvldua.l
assessment. BRUSSELS, the Little Paris seap1af,,
may become a fact long before the imprac tcaple
scheme, often agtated, Of :" Paris a seaport