The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-23

BERLIN, Feb. 22.-[Copyrighted,
1896. by the Associated Press-l-The
conflicting statements made by the first
lord of the treasury, Mr.. A. j. Bal
four, in the British house of commons,
and the imperial chancellor, Prince
Hohenlohe, in the reichstag. the for
mer on Feb. 20, saying it was not true
that Germany had approached Great
Britain with a, view to a conclusion
of a monetary agreement and the lat
ter announcing on Feb. 8 that he had
learned from preliminary negotiations
with the British government that the
opening of the Indian minis was not
expected, have caused great surprise
! in this city. 1t was gathered from Mr.
! Balfours remarks that the British gov
eminent is not averse to the opening
| of a scheme for monetary reform
while the construction placed on the
statement of Prince Hohenlohe was
! that Great Britain had refused to take
/ the matter in consideration.
AT VARIANCE.
| Count Won Kardoff, the German sill
yer champion questioned the govern
ment on the subject this afternoon and
! pointed out that Mr.. Bafour's state
ment was at variance with that of
| Prince Hohenlohe.
The minister of foreign affairs, Ba-
ron Marschal Won Bieberstein, replied
that Count Won Hatfield, the Ger
man ambassador at London has been
directed to inform the government of
| Great Britain that the imperial chan
cellor was about to announce in the
reichstag that it regarded the open
ing of the Indian minis as a necessary
precedent to international negotiations
regarding bimetallism and that it un-
derstood that the reopening of the
minis was not anticipated within a
measurable period. The government
of Great Britain responded by acqui-
esoing in this statement.
Count Won Cardoff complained that
Prince Hohenlohe had acted contrary
to the reichstag resolution of 1895 in
making reply, the incident was drop
ped:
THE CONFLICT.
The conflict in Mr. Balfour's state
ment and the reply of the government
is more apparent than real The gov
to open the minis as a precedent to
the international negotiations. Mr.. Bal
four merely stated that the govern
ment would consider the reopening of
the minis in any satisfactory currency
scheme.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
The minister of the interior for
Prussia. Herr Eek, has asked the rep
70 in, ci4 Of
ciated Press if it is true that the leg
islature of New York state is taking
steps to exclude Prussian insurance
companies and if congress has also
taken up the matter. He said he failed
to see what just reason the United
States had for SO doing, inasmuch as
no more was asked for the American
companies than of the Prussian. Fur
thermore the decree of Dec. Is last
ordered a thorough re-examination of
the whole affair and the result would
be known in due time
This reply TALES with one given by
Mr.. j. B. Jackson, the United States
charge d'affaires to the effect that
Prussia does not contemplate retalia-
ton.
Colonel Ludlow, the military at
tachee of the United States embassy
at London is now examining the Bal
returned from d similar exhaustive ex-
animation of the Suez and Corinth ca
nails. The colonel has collected wealth
of data which will be useful in build
ing the proposed inter-oceanic canal
across Nicaragua. He finds that the
Suez canal Is paying II per cent on a
nominal capital, and that the Corinth
canal, which has not been wisely built
is paying its way.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
1t is now estimated that 10000 men
and women employed in the clothing
and dress goods industries of Berlin
have been out on strike. The men OBJ
tanned all their demands on Wednes-
day. including 10 per cent. increase in
their wages and negotiations are pend
ing between the work people and the
women's clothing department with the
prospect of an early settlement
The socialists have declined to take
part in the reichstag peace jubilee
on March 81, owing to the fact that
the participants are to toast the empe-
ror. The centrists threaten to follow
suit unless the toast to Prince Bis,
marck is framed so as not to be Of
fensive to them
The German colonial party is likely
to split on account of the discord which
has arisen among its members regard
ing the gigantic navy projects fathered
by Dr. Peters, the president of the
Berlin section
The resignation of Prince Arenburg
and Herr Hoffman, the secretary of the
organization was due to this and DR..
Peters announced this as the cause
yesterday evening. declaring that he
had the support of Prince Albrecht of
Mecldenberg, president of the whole
society and stating that a regular
Chauvinist branch of the society was
formed at Hamburg. The meeting was
unanimous in demanding an increase in
the number of fast cruisers.
NOTES.
The cases of f. w. Boehme. of
Brooklyn, N Y, and William Schroe-
der, of Hammond, Ills, both of whom