The herald., 1897-11-28

port Of the current year. America fur
uished 853, ,642 tons, and Russia furnished
5000 tons. Reports from Bremen ant
Hamburg show that the Standard OF
company is now virtually alone in the
field"
EUROPEAN UNION
The appeal of the Austro- Hungarian
minister for foreign affairs. Count Co.
luchowski, is variously commented upon
here. The Liberal and Radical news
papegS condemn such step. The Volks
Zeitung says: 'Tt is easily seen who
would have to pay the bill when all the
European agrarians are united. The
people of Europe, who absolutely need
for their daily bread the cereals of Amer
lea, India and Australia, would have to
sacrifice untold millions at the altar of
international agrarianism. That is the
meaning of it."
The Vorwaerts says: "a tariff war
begun by the United States on Europe
would be answered by closing the mar
kets of the United States of America.
The first measure of the powerful, big
republic across the ocean would be the
embracing of all American countries,
including, perhaps. the English colonies
there, into pan-American tariff union,
by which the United States would have
large and assured fields for supply, and
would narrow the exports of their adver-
saries still further"
RECIPROCITY
The Cologne Gazette, discussing the
continuance of the deficit in the receipts
of the United States, says: THE new
office of Commissioner Kasson the
United States reciprocity commissioner
under these circumstances appears to
be nothing more than regular recruit
ing office to induce nations to come there,
for commercial treaties would Of course
stimulate the imports of the United
States and consequently the tariff re-
ceipts."
United States Consul General Gold
schmidt says the present export figures
for the United States show an unmis-
taxable increase. From October 10 to
November Is the exports in his district
amounted to 2,11S,S5S marks, as against
1,S45,6S2 marks for the same period of
1896, an increase of Is per cent Reports
from other consular districts show, with
few exceptions, similar increases.
THE NAVAL BILL
"A semi-official forecast of the gov
ernments naval bill was issued this af-
ternoon. 1t endeavors to make it ap-
pear that the scheme gives scope to the
reichstag's judgment and provides
total fleet of 10 sea-going iron-clads, 8
coast defense iron-clads and AZ cruisers,
an increase of five sea-going iron-clads
and cruisers. Additional expense in
volved is 165,O0O.OOO marks, tSe amount
10 cover seven years, when the warships
are to be completed, the reichstag to
decide yearly the number of vessels to
be commenced and the amount of the
naval budget. This increases the bud
get from 11S,000, 900 marks to $50, 900, 900
marks, but according to the forecast
the additional expense, will not necessi-
tate the levying of any special taxes.
MINOR MATTERS
Prof. Quiddle of Munich, author of
the sarcastic "Caligiou" pamphlet on
Emperor William, has been nominated
by the Peoples party for member Of the
reichstag.
The attendance at the Berlin univers-
ity is the largest on record, exceeding
5000, including nearly 600 Americans, of
which number 43 are women. The space
for this large attendance is wholly in
adequate and ths government intends
to enlarge it by using the academy
building.
]. F. Willard, a resident of Berlin and
a nephew Of Miss Frances E. Willard,
has started on an expedition to Box
hara and Asiatic Russia for the purpose
Of studying the habits of criminals and
vagrants. The Russian government has
furnished him with free transportation
throughout the empire and the Russian
newspapers commend the enterprise.
Prince George of Russia received the
United State Ambassador Andrew White
on Tuesday last.
Herr Normann- -Schumann, a CORE.
spondent for American newspapers, a
of the German secret police,
has brought suit for SANDER against the
Berliner Volks Zeitung. The paper
promises an interesting trial. Witness
es will be called from among the high
est German officials. Normann-S -Schu-
mann was said to have been implicated
In the official intrigues developed by the
arrest in the latter part of last year of
Baron Won Tausch, the chief of the
German secret police.
The police have confiscated this weeks
Issue of the Kladderadatch because it
contained a cartoon ridiculing Emperor
Williams speech to the recruits.
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