The San Francisco call., 1896-11-02
Victory of Projections Cham.
pion Properly Taken as a
Foregone Conclusion.
ALREADY BUSINESS REvIvEs.
Notwiths tanding Faxed" Dispatches
From Bismarck, Bryan Is Not Pop.
ular in The Fatherland.

Copyright, 1896 by the United Associated Pressesl
BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov. 1.-If the tri-
umph of Mckinley at the polls in the
Presidential election which takes place in
the United States next Tuesday is not an
overwhelming one, political and COM
mercial Germany will experience shock
of surprise. With the exception of some
of the special cable dispatches sent by it's
American correspondent to the Berliner
Tage blatt. all OF the advices which have
been sent by wire or mail to the Berlin
press have so expressly excluded any pos
slbility of Bryan's election that interest
in the American campaign has waned.
The Socialist organ, the Vorwarts, and
the Freisinnige and other Liberal organs
suggest that an uprising of the masses
might defeat the combined educated and
capitalistic forces, but in the face of the
unvarying tenor of the news received
from America the public has accepted
the election of Mckinley as a foregone
conclusion.
Glass prejudice here, however, is little
interested in the result, as evidenced by
the utterances of the Kreuz Zeitung, Con-
servative, which discusses the question
OF Mckinley VS.. Bryan from currency
point of view, ignoring all Of the issues
en- ntering into the campaign. The Kreuz
Zeitung inclines, however to the support
pof Mckinley, as the election OF bimetal-
list such as Bryan would be- disastrous.
The influence OF the trusts and other mo-
nopolies, in diverting electoral votes
from Bryan, is also commented upon by
many newspapers. but the consensus of
opinion is that nothing can prevent
Mckinley triumph. Under this convic-
ton the Boerse for the past two days
has been especially firm for American
stocks ana textile manufactures, and the
expectation is that after the election there
will be an, increase of exports to the
| United States, this belief being based upon
the ground that the advance in the price
| of grain is benehting to American farmers
and consequently ought to lead to an IN
crease in the demand for European goods
German farmers, however, have not in
! the least benefited by the rise in the price
of wheat and other cereals, as have the
agriculturists of Hungary, where the har-
vest has been abundant and where there
las been an advance of nearly forins
| per hundredweight in the price OF wheat.
! This state of things has been perfect god
send to the Hungarian farmers and has
| also given an impetus to trade all around.
| The Berlin financial journals in their
articles discussing the prospects for the
immediate future agree that ii Mckinley
is elected, affairs will remain very much
| as they are at present. that is to say that
there will be little or no financial trade;
but if Bryan should be successful, there
| will be a financial and commercial cata-
clysm. European capitalists, those papers
agree must therefore prepare for decline
| in American securities, large pre- MUM
on gold, extensive failures of American
firms having gold contracts in Europe and
the consequent failure of European and es-
pee ally Eng ish capitalists and stoppage
| of European exports for America.
| The conference which Chancellor Prince
| Hohenlohe had with the Emperor yester-
day is understood to have had reference to
a projected conference OF the European
| powers with the object of revising the
| treaties OF Berlin and Paris. and also
settlement of the customs dispute which
has for some time existed between Russia
and Germany. The Emperor is favorable
| to making concessions to Russia, which
| will bring about the speediest possible
| settlement of the conf citing interpreta-
tions OF the present commercial treaty,
and it is understood that the Gear is not
averse to yielding many of the points at
| issue if an amicable and favora bic adjust
ment of the differences is thus brought
about. The Russian official, M. Timir-
iagseff who conducted the original treaty
negotiations, will arrive in Berlin on Tues
day for the purpose of assisting in the ar
rangement necessary for the hol ing of
conference, but nothing in regard to the
matters in question is definitely known,
except that it is given out that there may
be some delay in the settlement inasmuch
as it is announced that the Gar has IN
timated his desire for period of absolute
home repose before allowing his Ministers
to enter into any engagements involving
the empire.
Although the Gar had something like
season of rest during his visit TO the
Queen at Balmoral and also during his
stay at Darmstadt, persons connected
| with the entonrage of the Gar and CZarina
say that his Majesty intends to enjoy a
period of the solitude of home life as the
only means of securing perfect repose.
| While he was at Bamoral he was over