Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-14
"MADE IN GERMANY"
The Milk in England's Anti-Germany
cOcOanut.


From the New York Tribune.
The most remarkable feature of this
whole South African business has been the
outburst of war spirit in Great Britain
against Germany. This has been practical
" spontaneous and universal 1t has been
confined to no class nor party. East End
and West End, city and country, radical and
tory have all alike been ablaZe. Not he
fore in this generation not even when Rus
STA was at the gates of Ccnstantinople, has
there been general readiness. even an
eagerness, for war. Lord Salisbury could
scarcely do a more popular thing than to
withdraw the British ambassador from Ber-
lin. and call out the army reserves. On. the
face of 1t this seems amazing. There Is no
possible justification for 1t in the kaiser's
attitude toward the Transyaal, at least as
thus far disclosed, or in any other incident
of the South African troubles. The cause
difficult to find.
1t Is, We apprehend, expressed in the
three words. Made in GERMANY. which
have in recent years become so familiar to
the world. Manufacturing and shopkecp-
ing Britain Is jealous Of German rivalry
In trade and would like to check it, even
at the cost of war. And. indeed, when we
look into it, such jealousy is not at all sur
prising. The plain truth is that the COM
mercial supremacy OF Great Britain is in
serious danger. Not for nothing have the
Hamburg, and made it's docks and other
shipping facilities the finest in -ne world.
From that port, under the German flag,
1bips go to every quarter Of the golbe. laden
with the products Of German workshops;
and these goods are crowding British goods
put of the market wherever they come into
9ompetition-which is almost everywhere.
Even in Great Britain itself British goods
are being driven to the wall. Thus, in
1894, despite the attempted revival of the
Irish fax industry, the United Kingdom
purchased from Germany more than $780,
900 worth of linens; in spite of Manchester,
S2,314 coo " orth of cotton; in spite of Brad
ford and Huddarsfield, S4,o31,C 600 worth of
wooleGs; in spite of all the other work
shops of the kingdom, s., 100000 worth of
toys. S3.130,00O worth of paper, S2,DOO.cO0
worth of pianos, 81. 200. 900 worth of china
ard earthenware, and nearly S1,U0,000
worth of pictures.
Nov these are not large sums compared
with the totals Of British manufactures
and trade. But they are consid arable. They
indicate steady and rapid growth of the
quantity of German goods in British mar
kets. And the goods, moreover, are all
such as Great Britain has hitherto teen
pre-eminent in making. Germany is, in
brief, carrying Goals to Newcastle, and
selling them. If she has already to such
an extent invaded the home market of
fireat Britain, with goods made in direct
competition with Great Britains own espe-
cial lines of manufactures. there is indeed
ground for Jealousy and for CONSERVATION
at future prospects. For if this be the
case at home, what is to be said of the for
eign markets? In South America, in At
RIGA, in China, even in Australia, the Ger
man trader is beating his British rival.
For years Germany's manufactures of near
y all important commodities have been in
creasing rapidly, and far beyond all needs
of home consumption. Accordingly, her ex-
ports have teen increasing. In 1880 she
sent out 1901 600 tons of iron, and in 1891
2,00S,O00 tons; while in those same years
Great Britain's exports Of iron actually de-
creased. Between 1883 and 1893 Germany's
cotton exports increased more than 127 per
cent, and Great Britain's only 21a per cent