The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
RETALIATION NEEDED
GERMANS NOT LIKELY TO REMOVE
RESTRICTIONS ON OUR TRADE.
The Agrarians Anxious to Have More
Radical Laws Enacted-Comments
on CIeveland's Message.

Copyright. 1885, by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. president Cleveland's
structures on Germany's treatment OF Amer
lean food products and insurance compa-
MES in his message to Congress have Gre
ated a sensation here. The government
thus far, through its organs, has not re-
piled to Mr.. Cleveland's yelled threats and
the only semi-ofiicial statement has been
that OF the Cologne Gazette, on Wednes-
day last, In which reference was made TO
disadvantages under which German sugar
Imports to America suffered and contend
ing that the inspection Of American pork
was merely OF local nature. which did not
warrant the differential treatment of Ger
man imports to America. 1t was added
that the American insurance companies
were only subjected to the same regulations
as all such institutions in Prussia, and con-
cluded with the remark that such questions
should not be decided in moment Of an
ger. but settled in a manner agreeable to
both countries after careful consideration
of all that may be said for and against it.
1t was also stated that there was no doubt
that this was Mr.. Cleveland's desire. The
Berliner Tageblatt reminds the government
that it has been warned not to take too Sc
we're measures against American imports
Freisinnige Zeitung says: "Our Industrial
interests are threatened all the more be-
cause the Agrarian party will not fail to
drive Germany into tariff war with Amer
lea for the purpose of excluding entirely
American cereals
The action of several States such as
Missouri, regarding German insurance COM
panleS Is keenly watched and the whole
matter will be thoroughly ventilated in the
Reichstag, the intention of the Freisinnige
party and National Liberals being to pre-
cipitate discussion of the subject during
the coming week at the first reading Of
the budget. se
Mr.. Perry Bartholon. the United States
letter to the press In answer to the public
statements OF the president of the Butch
ers', Guild there that American lard is
IF all the presidents statements were true
nobody in the United States would be alive
by now" sfaH1f
A reporter had an interview during the
week with Count Won Mirbach, the we'll
known Conservative leader, on President
Cleyeland's message. The Count said. 1.-The
Americans are totally wrong in menacing
US with tariff reprisals Germany has done
no more In shutting out American food
stuffs of notoriously inferior quality than
peoples welfare demanded The trouble
with the American insurance companies,
ingness or inability to comply with our
insurance laws. No more is asked of them
than Of our own companies. We cannot
be expected to favor foreign companies
Herr Richter. leader of the Freisinnige
party, said to the reporter: This tarif1
many is the natural outcome of the tarifl
| policy fostereds on both sides In favorins
raw products at the expense Of the manu-
facturers. 1t is high time that both coun'
tries should come to an amicable under.
standing on the subject. / fear. though
that things will grow worse before they
| Is much stronger this winter than a yea,
| ago and is bent On making trouble. Ir
| order to foster its own interests it re-
is no longer an agricultural. but an in
| dustrial nation. I think, however, that the
| Agrarians will be once again defeated ir
The fail Of Baron Won Koeller. lat.
Prussian Minister Of the Interior. is still
tho ed Of Ssa PS 81 Tics SIt it h
paign against the Socialists The court.
will be kept 5nsS f9l months to come will
| the Berlin courts. against Herren Lieb
| knecht, Auer and Bebel and sixty-sever
editors of the Vofwaerts the Socialist t''t or a
| gan, are now In Jail and the rest Of tn,
editorial staff of the paper are. under in
dictTcnt. Besides these cases, six Socialis
members of the Reicbstag have been in
| dicted and editor Ewald, of Bremdenburg
has been sentsnced to imprisonment 70
| itSt-uidJeStt. I<ullOE Iiciii, OL O0eIDu1tZ
was sentenced to years Imprisonment TO
| the same offense
| Emperor William is reported as saying
! to Prince Won Hohenlohe at the dinner Civ
| en- by Baron Won Hammerstein-Loxten, tn,
| Prussian Minister OF Agriculture: Some
| thing will have to be done for our suffering
| agriculturists before it is too late. and
| hope the Reichstag will this time see tn,
| necessity for some action" The Agrarian!
mean TO profit to the utmost by this fav
| orable wind and the Federation OF Farmers
meeting at Goerlitz adopted a resolution
| proposed by Count Won Strachwitz, demand
| ing a revision of the commercial treatie!
| and that notice be given of the intention
of Germany to terminate all favored nation
| treaties. - hit"
Mrs. Scott Siddons is to play in private
| theatricals before Emperor William at tn
| New Palace, Potsdam, during the coming
| week. ad
The Emperor has directed that all hi
| children be taught shorthand and he ha
been practicing shorthand writing during
the past three months. The crown prince
| Prince Frederick William, who is abou
thirteen years Of age, can take down hi
fathers words at the rate Of ninety to |
| minute. .
Mrs. Theodore -Runyon, wife Of tn
! United States ambassador to Germany, CAV
| a reception which was largely attended b.
| some of the best people in Berlin last Mon
| day and Mrs. Slater, OF Washington, hell
| a reception here on Tuesday last at which
many distinguished people we're present.
THE ART OF KISSING.