The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-11
AMERICAN SWINE ABOUT TO BE
INDICATED OF SANDER
GUS REPORTS.
Charges THAT TR|cH|NAE ABOUND
In American Pork Seem to Be Without
Foundation-Consol of All
Liberal Political Forces in
Fair Way to Succeed.

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consolidation of the liberal political par |
ties in Germany has been seriously under |
taken by the leaders and the executive |
committees of the various factions. The
two radical wings, headed by Herren
Richter and Rickert,, have arrived at an
understanding for united action in all the
reichstag electoral districts now repre-
sented by conservatives, but which are
believed to be ready for a change. The
South Germany radical parties are ex-
pected to enter into the union. The lib
eral press and part of the national liberal
press, such as the National Ieitung and
the Cologne Gazette, are advocating
union, while the Vossische Zeitung, the
Tageblatt and the Frankfurter Ieitung
enthusiastically support the scheme.
Since 1888 the liberals have lost much
ground, but the leaders believe that the
reactionary agrarian policy of the gov
eminent has since estranged many
thousands of electors, and that the lib
erals, if they are united, can now gain
majority in the reichstag in the elections
Of 1897. The reichstag, for many years
past, has adopted resolution providing
for the payment of members, but the
bundesrath has always annulled 1t. The
government has now intimated that it is
prepared to support the payment of men,
bers if the reichstag passes an amend
ment restricting the electoral franchise.
The reichstag, however, is not likely to
accept this proposition.
The first court ball took place Wednes-
day and was a great success. About
1000 people attended and the costumes
were brilliant. United States Ambassa-
dor Uhl and Mrs. Uhl were among those
present. The emperor intends to give
costume ball on February IA in honor
of the centenary of William !, and it
is said it will surpass any previous
similar ball.
The Cologne, Volks Zeitung claims that
it has proof that Emperor William, after
the recent revelations, wrote a personal
letter to Prince Bismarck, appealing to
him, on the ground of patriotism, to
cease his divulging of German state
policies.
Speaking of the revival Of Polish aasita-
ton in Germany, Prince Bismarck is re-
ported to have said in an interview this
week: That gang against which l had
| to fight hard at the foundation and
building up of the empire has now made
itself much at home with u.s."
Prince Bismarck warmly approved of
| the appointment of Count Muravieff as
| Russian minister of foreign affairs, say
| ing: HE is just the man l always
| hoped to see Russian foreign minister.
If he turns out as expect he will do
| we'll"
The wholesale retirement of army Off
| GERS on life pensions continues and has
aroused the Indignation of national lib
| erals. There is much indignation in
Wurtemberc that several South Ger
many generals, although in perfect health,
| have been retired and replaced by Prus.
sian generals of the same age.
The emperor and empress, accompanied
| by the hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meinin-
gen, are going to Hirschburg, Siesia, on
| February 80, where they will enjoy
| toboganning on the numerous steep slide
tracks from the mountains. The snow
there is ten feet deep.
Robert +. Kneebes, the American
| horseman, who was sentenced yesterday
| to nine months Imprisonment and to pay
| a fine of 1000 marks, in addition to
being deprived of all civil rights for two
| years after having been convicted of
racing the trotting mare Bethel on Ger
| man tracks under the name of Nellie
kneebes, may have to stand trial again,
| this time on the charge of conspiracy to
| commit perjury.
The hearing of the charges against the
! editors of the Bismarckian Deutschlag
Zeitung, who are alleged to have in
trigued against the foreign office, has
| been fixed for February ~ and promises
| to be sensational.
The Forthcoming double report ON the
cases of trichinainfested pork offered
for sale in Prussia from January /, 1896,
| to January /, 1897, and seized by the
| authorities, will be a sore disappointment
| to the Prussian government and still
| more to the agrarian party, who have
all along contended that the United
| the American certificate to the contrary
| accompanying each package of meat.
The matter will be discussed in the
| reichstag, the German press and in the
official correspondence between the gov
ernmpnts. 1t has been emphatically
stated that these American certificates
| testifying to the healthy condition of
the pork, both canned and sailed, are not
| trustworthy, and in many instances
trichinae have been discovered by the
| German meat inspectors in such GER
/ e"~oetu uSINtly. ue CHILLI
has never been abated by the American
government that the allegations should be
based ON more than rumor but to this
the Prussian government has turned a
| deaf ear.
| The cases of trichinous meat which
were cited by the Prussian government
as supporting their claims turn out, on
investigation by the United States am
bassador, to be fictitious or unproven.
Last spring the government stated that
q lot of pork imported from America did
contain trichinae. but it turned out that
the pork was over year old and that
the pork labels had been tempered with
so as to make it evident that a German
manufacturer had used American pack
ages second time in order to make a
case against American pork.
| The complaints UP to the present have
ranged on such meagre details as three
cases of trichinae in American pork at
! Cologne" ETC., but in each case the pack
ages could not be produced. The Ameri-
can embassy in Berlin thereupon insisted
that each case of American trichinous
pork hereafter be accompanied in the
official Prussian report by the number of
the original certificate so that the negli-
gent American inspector could be pro-
ceeded against at home. Against this
demand, which the American government
hoped would show the utter groundless-
ness of the complaints, the Prussian gov
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