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have outs,ripped all competitors in the

have outstripped all competitors in the
, American trade. The Wilson bill
clause. however, diScriminateS against
Germany 10 her serious injury, as the
margin is so close that Il tenth OF cent
! pound makes Il great difference. This
discrimination certainly is not in accord
with the existing trade between Ger
many ana America since We are entitled
To the most favored nations treat
ment.
"BesideS, while the Mckinley law
! was in force our representative at Wash
ington and the resident minister made
; al agreement that the treatment of
! Sugai imports from Germany should not
| be changed. We, therefore, contend
| that The clause imposes an extra burden
! upon Germany alone. which infrnges
+, the existing agreement. This is a seri
Gus matter. as it concerns not only the
! sugar manufacturers of Germany, but
also the agricultUriStS Of large dis
| lrictS of Germany, and especially those
| Of SaXoay, Brunswick aud Anhait. and
! to sUl.ie extent those OF Prussia, Posen
! and Piesia, whose best crop is sat
fected."
Councillor HatEmen continues: The
! government still has hopes 10 come to
, an auiicable entente, and there is moth
! ing menacing i'll our minister's protest.
But. naturally, we may adopt retalialory
| measures in Tie event OF the protest
! being unteeded. Such retaliation would
i especially please our big agrarian party,
as ii would rid them of American coin
! petition lii breads: utfs anu meat"
I The Kaiser Challenged.
! A German American. RE hard Goer-
deler. is flooding various public offices
with his pamphlet, Fiat Jusiitia."
; Goerdeler was once an inmate of an
! asylum for iunatics. His pamphlet
! recltes his experiences there. aud in
! Wcstphalia. Emperor William was
I much amused when he received a
challenge from Goprt!eler to light duel
with pistols. GuerGeier Insisted that
: he also was monarch since he was an
! American citizen.
{ Much attention as been attracted to
! a pamphlet written 10y Privy Councillor
! Roessler, at one time Prince Bisnarck'S
| confidential adviser, entitled social
(: Democracy" This pamphlet declares
! that The suspension of the constitutional
dictatorship is the only solution for
Germany's domestic troubles caused
by socialist and agrarian questions.
| The emperor would not be an
I absolute dictator: but the writer rec
| ommends dictatorship federal coun-
Gil. In other words, that parliament
be dissolved and the emperor and fed
| eral council have all the Legislative
powers / he scheme has been classed
AS a mad one, and is said only TO show
how the fear of social democracy be-
gins to uDhinge the brain OF serious
politicians. Such proposals. however,
are grst to the Socialist mill.
On Oct. Is the emperor will attend
the ceremony of dedicating the l32
flags destined for the recently organ
lied fourth battalion of each regiment
of infantry. The ceremonial will be
performed with great pomp i'll front OF
Frederick the Greats monument OH
Inter den Linden. A number of
relgning princes, in addition to the
king of Strva, generals and other
| notabies, will be present. Later gala
! dinner will be served in the marble hail
of the new palace.
The visit of Chancellor Won Caprivi to
| Emperor William at HuberstOck yeSter-
day has given rise to much surml5e and
speculation. The general belief. how
ever, is that the chancellor's visit was
connected with the proposed
Laws Against Anarchists
which have been urged IN many quar-
tiers. The agitalors, il is believed, really
intend that the laws referred to should
be applied to Socialists. Won Caprivi,
therefore. opposes the proposed meas
ures, as he does not believe in the eff
caey OF special measures against them,
being of the opinion that the best pulley
is to leave Them comparatively free.
thus giving the party full scope in Its
internal discussions, which, he believes
will ultimately lead to its disntegration
A new anti-Socialist law, the chancellor
claims, would only blnd the Socialist
party closer together. In any case, t is
known that the present reichstag would
not pass such measure, but it might
be Introduced in the diets OF the indi
vidual states. The situation, however
| is regarded in many quarters as being
grave. and some politicians even eX-
press the belief that Won Caprivi vii
resign unless he is fully backed up by
the emperor
Messrs. Abbey d Grau have engaged
Julie Raschke Lopez, a young ano
| phenomenal cautatrIce, for five years
Italian opera work in New YORK aGC
elsewhere.
A pamphlet. lately issued here, en-
titled "Usury and Its Financers," by
| Herr krause, a well known Socialist ii
national economy. has attracted the
attention of the emperor ON account Of
the many well authenticated senSa-
tjonal cases cited in its pages. Several
arrests of local usurers have been made
on information furnished by this pam
phlet. he author is now preparing q
second edition, much enlarged and con-
tanning many new cases.
The suicide of Albrecht Won Hofen
captain i'll regiment of the guard, was
due TO the fact that his financial ruiz
was accomplished within a few years
by well-hnOwn usureI. vino will race
court this fall. The captains family
has directly applied to the emperor fol
justice. Another book. likewise expos
ing men and methods and dealing with
the same theme. is now in press.
After failing repeatedly of passage in
the reichstag, and as Bismarck. short
time before his fall, had been unable 10
make that body adopt bis views on the
question, the office of the imperial
chancellor is now preparing another
tobacco tax bill, which will show up
| during the coming session. But the
present composition or the re!chstag is
unfavorable TO the imposition OF new
taxes, and the bill is not likely to pass
The PrussIan Electoral system.
dividing electors into three classes, ac
i cUrding 10 the amount Of taxes paid by
each. is frequently productive OF evil
Thus, in Newsiadt, SiieSia, the first
three members of one big firm there,
three more members OF the same firm
The result is that this finn has alone
elected twenty-four of the aldermen OF
| tha tour, while the rest of tha ponuI q