The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Washington, June 9.-The admins
tration has outlined an important pol
icy to end, if possible. the controversy
between this government and Great
Britain, Germany and Belgium regard
ing the exclusion of American cattle
and dressed beef.
This policy contemplates the submis-
sion of an earnest joint protest by the
diplomatic representatives of the
United States at London. Berlin, Paris
and Brussels. aiming at the revocation
of the discriminatory regulations which
! these nations have imposed upon
American cattle and beef.
Before their departure for their re-
spective posts, Ambassadors Hay, Por-
ter and White received instructions TO
confer with each other and with Bel
lamy Storer, the new minister in Brus-
| sells, for the purpose of taking action in
! the matter. Mr.. Storer was at the
state department today receiving his
final instructions before he sails on
Wednesday next for his post in Bel
GUM. Mr.. Storers instructions con-
| template the recommencement of ne
gotiations with the Belgium govern
ment with a view to securing a re-
moval of restrictions now imposed upon
American cattle and beef.
The exclusion of American cattle and
beef by the European governments is,
they claim, not basen on any intention
to discriminate against the United
States, but is due TO the presence of
disease in the animals. This claim has
been ridiculed again and again by the
department of agriculture, and finally,
in the case of France, Mr.. Cleveland
directed retaliation.
The agricultural department has re-
ceived numerous complaints from cat
tie exporters in regard to the discrimi
nation exercised against them. Mr..
Ewing, at present minister of the
United States in Brussels, in a note to
the Belgian minister for foreign af
fairs, stated that, My government is
very reluctantly forced to the conclu-
sion that an unfavorable discrimina-
ton has been created against Amer
lean products in contravention of the
spirit and letter of the commercial
treaty of 1875"
A French expert who examined
American cattle shipped into Belgium
declared that he never had the slight
est doubt of their freedom from dis
eases of contagious character. Not
wlthstanding these representations,
Belgium declined to remove the pro-
hibition upon American cattle and beef
Mr. Storer, under his instructions, will
eliuedHOI 10 secure d reconsideration
of this decision
Ambassador Hays efforts win be ex-
erted in the direction of securing the
repeal of the law on the English ftat-
ute books requiring the slaughter at
the port of debarkation of cattle i'm
ported from the United States. 1t will
be the. duty of the ambassador at Ber-
lin 10 obtain revocation of the de. /
cree issued by the German government
forbidding the Importation of live cat
tie and dressed beef into Germany II
France will repeal her discriminating
decree, Ambassador Porter has been
instructed to inform her that the re-
striction imposed by the United States
upon French cattle will be removed. In
case protests made by the four diplo- /
mats named are not effective retail I
iatory measures may be adopted by /
the United States in the cases of all /
the governments named.