The sun., 1894-03-11

has from the first been put In doubt By the de-
tsrmined hostility 10 the treaty Of what Il
called in Germany the Agrarian party. With
this party. representing the great lsndholdinR
agricultural interest OF Germany. Prince Bis
marck has long been all powerful. He comes
himself Of a landholdlng family. We're he
an Enallshman he would be called an heredit-
arr Tory. The lsndholders Of Germany to- day.
like the Tories OF England at the time when
Golden and Bright led the attack on the Corn
laws. govern their policy by a supreme regard
to their own rentals. They have been fghtinR q
for yenrs. like oil the other landholders Of
Europe. q desperate and losing fight against
tho Irresistible invasion OF the European
markets by the cereals Of America and Of
the Indies. To the landholders Of Ger
many the colossal grain fields OF Russia
lying directly along their own frontiers are
more formidable even than the pratries OF the
great West the plains OF Hindostan. and the
prire Of corn o. % T. The great Object Of feSisletion
With them. They have counted steadily upon
the countenance and authority Of Prince Bis
marck to support their resistance to any treaty
may inundats and swamp the cereals OF Der:
German consumers. though at the temporary
Expense Of one class q German producsitsI, ,si,I
the E%pePor thePeope rings In Sf thoir ears ike
While not a word is said to hnye been pro.
' lss ae'tSr tRs iRs nis Bsrs
SSspsSf' and S n,oNh host ni 1Isssnio per-
very strong deciarations as, to the vital neees-
sity that the ReichstaR should approve tho
commercial treaty with Russia. This, was a
periaY Visit to FfedrichsrSh. and and Slrsady al H The
news comes to us in Austria that the Russian
tag. This means that the whoie OF of the per-
sonal influence Of Bismarck, SO long thrown
O the Russian Toat 70 b. SG ech
steinbereer Cabinet. Prince bismarck and his
rIehsrSh. have cIaspsd hands without feeling
the dignity or the self:respect either Of the
either through the differences which led to
their estranRement IN 1880 or through the
Emperor gave the first i'm pulse. in spite Of
Prince bismarck. four years ago. and which
Prince Bismarck now at last wheels into line
German treaty will not impair the success OF
that It will materially strengthen tho position
In E1rons, both OF Germany and OF Russia5
policy @ nSs Iootng 70 the .ossen % of Franee
Tor nd. the very good reason ,a thnt France.
Italy. No doubt Italy began. and as / think.
fuence OF Prince Bismarck. But France In
;hu ;tsts upon keeping II up and onyenominS to
too. at the tariff war which France a Year ago
began with switzerland. absolutely without
notice. without consideration. and in a spirit
land feelings OF positive hostility to France.
No! Commercially speaking. Prince Bismarck
for Germany. this Russo German treaty cannot
fall not only TO cheaper the price of the neces-
9tr0nRthPn n
man commerce. Two days ago there was q
great congress- OF German manufacturers at
speaking with authority, stated that more than
the metsiiSrsis ndastrfss % of fo Slle.is alons. 10
who produced three years ago values amount
oas Of nj by the
Of Russia against German manufacturers.
And the congress- unanimously called upon tho
treaty with Russia.
Observe that in the tariff war, with Russia.
mated against Germany BY putting high.
or duty on goods coming into Russia by land
ua s Rn.s sy n'n tho sHss
the S German ERIN ir0ntisr & ns and you vii perceive
al sso thrt az az n
Austria Hungary. because our natural lines OF
.sIs 69a,na Nth ise create. part Of
haps than Canadian tsrir would be Tor the
United states. IL It levied higher duties on
So%ss n Ss wate Ths sGSas as
Russia by rail- way show q stendy decline.
% 'he eOaS.s ss5 Tar nfo 70
iS3 Woooe In ls1O. and they have been fall.
Ing l on since since; though DO not trouble you with
Inc year In Russia introduced another ele-
ment OF aggrayation. which must not be- for
nate. Suffice II that you can see for yourself
how serious a matter. alike for German man
ufacturers and for Russian consumers. II Is
mnOFtatiOna
by railway should have been brought in tc
,ne tra M In Its nature
" Tho only, country which gained any
thing By this discrimination was. Eng
land gains OF course as usual both at the ex-
pense Of Gsrmrny and Of Russia. Under the
changed; Germany, as a manufacturer. will
now begin to gain In the great Russian mar
tss a1sa az thS ssitS d S ngsna ana TO reap
graphical position. Furthermore. under the
new treaty. Germany can 90 to work syste-
perhaps the most important feature OF this
new treaty that when ratified 1t is to remain in
Thanks to this stability. Industry and com
merce In both Countries will know what they
Of the rsat yoa %ay gnSsr
stand that both countries, are indebted to
the the saSss fpf GSSs sense o,
perhaps as good a business agent Tor .
N %
deputies! Am wrong In thinking that you
In AmericA are lust now having good deal OF
trouble with your business interests ana your
finances over perpleXing changes and fears OF
change in your own tariff,
As for Russia, the difference to the Rus
SLAMS between csrtai In regular access to mar
kets at their next door. including 5u.0OOOO
civilized people. Tor their surplus cereals their
hides. the raw material OF their forests. thsir
pastures. theie mines. and relating stagnation
along thousands Of miles OF q great frontier
is almost like ths difference between disease
aud health. This new treaty must in its
effects make all the productive energy OF the
Russian people not only more profitable. but
moro steadily remuneratlve. IL must there
fore tend TO swell the imperial revenue. with
out Increasing but. on the contrary. diminish
ing. the pressure on the Russian people OF the
burdens OF taxation. In short. under this new
treaty rational. profitable. steady. economical
relations become possible between a hundred
millions OF human beings under tho sceptrs OF
the CEAr and tttJ millions OF human beings
BET wesn the yistulR And the Rhine.
Incidentally also the beneficial effects Of
that treaty must make theme selves felt in
ustria- Hungary and throughout the new
DanubiAn States. call the establishment OF
such treaty not only great European event. |
but great event in human history, ard ven-
lure TO think that IL Prince BsmaIcE now
oYally helps the young Emperor to carry this |
treaty through and put Ii into operation hs |