The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-07

the object of much attention in the popu-
lar endeavor to ascertain the real reason
of his stay in Berlin. Besides negotiating
loan for the purpose of founding great
electric plant in Russia, NJ. de White has
found time and opportunity to sound the
Berlin bankers on the subject of their as
sisting in the conversion of certain Russian
railway bonds. Nobody now attrib utes
his long stay in Berlin to his desire to con-
suit German physicians, which it waa
given out was the reason of his coming
here. NJ. Rathstein, the director of the
| Bank of st. Pete rsburg, who has been in
Berlin simultaneously with NJ. de White,
has had conferences with the heads OF
several German financial houses in regard
10 the conversion of Russian railway
bonds, and if the scheme is undertaken 1t
will involve operations representing up
ward of 200, 000,0 900 marks. Although the
decree promulgated by Prince Bismarck
while he was Chancellor, preventing the
Reichsbank from making advances upon
Russian loans, was practically repealed a
year ago, Russian stocks figure very little
in the German markets, but any large
deal such as is now talked about would
lead to an energetic revival of financial
transactions between Germany and Rus
STA and increase the interchange of COM
merce generally.
The German trade journals are COM
planning of the practice in vogue with the
customs officials in New York in arbitra-
rily altering the price of mohair yarns i'm
ported into the United States from Ger
many to a higher figure than is repre-
scented on the invoice and then levying a
higher duty. The papers cite many in
stances of the practice and declare that it
has led to serious disturbances of the rela-
tons between buyer and seller.
United States Ambassador Runyon en-
tertained the American delegates to the
International Geodetic Congress at the
American embassy last evening. The
delegates expressed their pleasure at the
reception which was accorded to them by
the congress, which has paid much atten-
ton to American researches. In pursuing
this policy the congress recognized the
propriety of placing Professor Chandler in
the front of the delegates. On Tuesday
the delegates will be the guests of the En-
peror at the New Palace in Potsdam. Yes
terday the delegates inspected the eleotri-
cal works of the Siemens Brothers at Char
lotteEburg.
The Post has a scathing article on what
it calls the phllo-Semitic press of Germany
and America, dealing with the case of
Louis Stern of New York, who is under
sentence of fine and imprisonment in
Munich for insulting Baron Won Thuen-
gen, Deputy Commissioner of the spa at
Kissingen. These journals, the Post
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the ends of justice by their denunciations
of the perfectly proper sentence imposed
upon Stern.
1t is remarkable fact that the Ameri-
can embassy has not yet received any Off
| cial information in regard to the Stern
case. The Munich papers explain this by
! declaring that the cause for diplomatic
negotiations which would enable Embas-
sador Runyon to interfere directly in
Stern's behalf is wholly lacking.
Since the return from St. Petersburg OF
Count Won Moltke, the Emperor's aid-de-
camp, the rumors that his mission to the
Russian capital was of high political char
acter have ceased. 1t is known that he
simply went to st. Petersburg to present
to the Gar an autograph letter, which
was the necessary accompaniment of a
present.
The letter did not contain any sugges-
ton of an invitation to the Gear to visit
| Germany, nor did it make any reference
| whatever to political matters.
The health of Archduke Francis, the
| heir to the Austrian throne, is very much
worse and he has gone to Lussin Piccolo,
on the Adriatic, to stay month. He will
probably go from there to Algiers. EN-
peror Francis Joseph paid visit to the
Archduke, his nephew, on Thursday and
Immediately afterward summoned DIR.
Won Schroeder, to whom he gave a priv
ate audience. Reports in court circles are
| to the effect that the Archduke will never
| be able to undertake any of the duties de-
volving upon the occupant of the Austrian
throne, even if he should survive his pres
ent illness.
Both the Deutsche Bank and the Dis
conto Gesellschaft are about to establish
branches in Valparaiso in expectation of
great increase of commerce with South
America generally and Chile particularly.