New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
SILVER MEN LESS JUBILANT.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOT MEET
ING THEIR EXPECTATIONS.


40 STEPS YET TAKEN FOR MONETARY CONFER
ENcE-DR Won DoETTICHER's Defence OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WILLIAM AND
THE RlANs-UNpopuLAEITY
or THE TOBACCO TAN BILL
-wAsHINGroN's BIRTH
DAY OBSERVED.
Berlin. Feb gs--The Agrarans and their
friends the silver not in such high spirits
as at the beginning OF the week At she n'ass-
meeting on Monday. when some 10000 members
Of the Farmers League acclaimed Herr Won
Pitts Prediction of speedy triumph their
hopes were unlimited They prophesied freely
new era Of high tariffs. free silver ana gram
monopoly They expected an immediate response
from tie Government, and have neen much cha-
grined by the apparent Indifference of The Min
listers to their demonstration.
The Government has taken no steps 10 realZ"
the expectations OF the bimetalsts regarding
an international Monetary Conference Dr. Won
Butchers speech at the General Assembly o.
German Chamber: o. Commerce yesterday was
the sole official utterance on the SUBJECT ana d"
contained nothing satisfactory 70 the NgfaT!ahs
exceDt re admission that German agriculture
defence of Count Won Capri9is reciprocity trea-
ties which the SPECIAL apomihatO" III '"e
Farmers League. He said
Let ANYBODY who regards the commercial tTeaties
become of industries without ms recprS S
Agricultural distress l. is mistake 70 hoId them
responsible for IT,
This exnlicit utterance is in such bod contrast
to Chancellor Won Hohenlohes formal declard-
tons and Freiherr Won Hammersten-LoX 5
sneech that it has given rise TO reports oil us
sensions in the Cabinet. These dissensioh7 are
said to have impered the positions Of Herr Won
K6ller and Freherr Won Hammerstein' ana 10
have made both of them somewha; more cautious
IN their espousal O: the Agraran cause. '''"
cellor Won Hohenohe Is UNDERSTOOD 10 siu' W."
R1ttichor who. with his usual pliancS' Is h''i'S
bis utterances 70 the Emperors opinions. The
newspapers who take their cue from the Cnancel-
,arv begin 10 condemn ,he fervor of the Agrarian
agitation. The "Norddeutsche Agemeine Hei-
tung' warns the leaders of the Farmers League
70 abate their demands and cease acting as II
their cause were already triumphant. 'Other-
uise saws the writer, "the members will simply
nIace weapons in the hands OF their enemies
while surrounding their friends with new difiicul-
tas " The .K6Inische Zeitung' expresses conh-
dence that Prince Hohenlohe will not allow rev
Agrarian politicians a group OF landowners whose
every acre IL mortgaged. and the attendant crowd
Of political adventurers to block the course Oh
Germany's prosperity and disturb the country
The writer then cuts to the core OF the present
situation when he asks:
VIII the group led by Herr Won koiier ana Dr.
Nouel now play against Prince Hohonlohe the
same part that Count Botho IN Euenburs am
Or MIGUEL played against Count Won CaprlVi IN 'hc
Ministerial circle?
This ouery is exciting the keenest interest II
is believed that the Emperor. in his conference
with Prince Hohenlohe yesterday. decided how
far he would 60 to satisfy the Agrarians ana eX-
cluded from the possibility OF acceptance Count
KanitZ's proposals ior STATE iioHoP"iH "' iesu'"-
ton of the grain trade.
In the Commission Of Twenty eight appointed
by the Reichstag to consider the Tobacco Tax
bill, the Clericals will have the balance of power
in every important vote The party; ho"cEeI,
liz entirely split on the issue local int rests
causing members to fight one another win all
the energy Of lifelong opponents The ia
varians favor the new tax, while others are so
hostile 10 II that even the consent OF the Gov
eminent to readmt the Jesuts would not suf-
flee to reconcile them to ii. The unpopuarity
Of the tax throughout the country Is beyond
doubt Protests against IL coming in from
all quarters of the Empire. The Westphalia
manufacturers say that II the bill Is passed
they must at once discharge more than 10000
tobacco workers
Cardinal Kopp has issued pastoral letter
concerning womans rights and the agitation
In favor Of equal political privileges FOR all
He says:
1t is against the order of the world that the
emancipation OF woman should mean her absolute
s sSosg be WIN the hepmate She is bodily unit for
mans work. and her emancipation. to the end that
The deerora ton OF the Christianity that freed her
from slavery and made her mans social equal; Tn
restricted equality would mean womans ruin