The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24
Germ any Concerned by the
Withdrawal Of IiaIy From
the Dreibund.
AN ALLIANCE WITH GREAT
BRITAIN URGED.
! By Reducing the inland Tax 1t Is
Said That German Sugar Would
Al Be Consumed at Home.
Special DISPATCH to The CALL


BERLIN, Oct. %. The meeting between
the Gar and Emperor William at Wies-
baden on Wednesday last was arrange
by Prince Henry OF Prussia at Darmstadr, I,
the day before 1t took place. Prior TO that
there was no thought If the Gar going to
WIesbaden, showing that the meeting OF
the two Emp perors was of a purely in
formal and Academia character.
The rel union of the monarchs was OF a
most cordial nature. At Wiesbaden par
ticularly Emperor William was in excel
lent spirits and made the Gar laugh re-
peatedly bv telling hin funny stories.
The school children OF Wies baden,
noticing the excellent humor of Emperor
William and anxioUs to view the cour
sights, presented th,m selves in throngs
be ore the castle wh:re they shouted in
chorus; KAISER, gives US leave from
school"
His Majesty was highly amused and
caused the school authorities to crafty
The childrens' wishes This news was re-.
ceivel by the Children with tremendou,
cheers.
An article in the NuOva IAutologia, an
Minister Ferraria, has caused a profound
sensation in Germany. The article is a
sum mary of forthcoming book by Signor
Chiala, the Italin Senator ard historian
He advocates tie formal Withdrawing of
Italy from the Dreibund 1t the expira-
tion of the present. term of that com pact
and the forming Qt a new Lweibund be-
tween Italy ana Great Britain. The article
shows that in 1876 Italy wa on the poin /
of leaving the reibund, and in 1891 she
was only prevailed upon TO continue in
for the sake of pRservlng Universal peace.
Continuing the witer proceeds to demon
strate that Italys most vital political in
terests are in III Mediterranean, and that
only Great Britain can aid her there. The
article contains al sorts II official docu-
ments in suppGt of this reasoning, the
most importan being letter of Count
Roblant to Cont de LIunay, then EN-
bassador at Berlin. It is believed in Ber-
lin diplomatic ;ircles that Signor Chlala's
book expressesthe convictions of Italy's 8
statesmen, ari the wi withdrawal of Italy
from the Drebund is fdregone conclu.
sion.
The Government newspapers have pre-
served silenc on the slbiec;, but the
Staatsbu1ger Zeitung says: Germany
can calmly wait Italy, withdrawal, for
it is undeni9le that Germany does not
heed Italy, 81 the latter condemned to
impotency without Germay's ald.''
The Guebh question s again TO the
fore. The luke Of Cumberland in letter
to a Hanoerian nobIemm, Captain Won
Bedian, bic the latter hoIe and expresses
his gratitid feelings at he Loyalty ex-
pressed. % this Prince bismarck in the
Ham burgr Nachrichten ays: 1T is to
be hoped aat this and similar utterances
will assistiu solving the Brunswick sue
cessorshiIf question, now pending Tor
twelve yers, IN a manntr agreeable to
German utional1eeiing ard Prussian in
terests."
The 1ajeblatt RIM arks: "At the coming
session OF the Rschstag the Federal Gov
ernment sill clea the matter by declara-
tion showing init Prussia aas no inten-
tion of gcebing ip Brunswitk. The sue
cessOrship questbn is to he solved by
doing iuhice to tie legitimate heir. This.
too, is tte Empesr's view of tie natter
A curijus veeHlg around has occurred
relative 10 the suar interests. The Ger
man II sband~y Council has now asked
the Imperial CfncelIor, Prince Hohen-
lobe, 10 reduce UP inland sugaraax from
20 to 10 marksfer 100 kios whereupon
The Den sche hsezetung. the main
Agrarlan organyyhrch has hitherto L.
vocated high eXpft pre- uHums and inland
sugar taxes, adBss the abolishlng of the
whole tax and pshiums. 1t says the in
land con>um pildtax once removed there
would be mUi larger consum ption of
sugar IN Germaf, where the per capita
consumption IS Itw only one-third of that
OF England. ThI paper argues that the
total sugar proditlon OF Germany would
be consumed home, thus furnishing
the most sim pie Dlution o>the difficulty.
The electoral FORM bill Will not be pre-
sented TO the Ditby the Prussian Govern
ment, IN spite oihe promises mace dur
ing the last >essa.
Emperor Wihm has personally re-
quested the unuscript of Suderman's
Biblical drama, Johannes" the presenta-
tion of which as forbidden, and HIS
Majesty will reier a final decision soon.
Tne Cologne 4Zette and the Nossische
Zeitung have olished articles demand
ing change the rules governing the
awarding OF TZes at the Berlin high
school for mus so that the prizes will
not again fall IAN mericans, as in the case
of Miss Leone Jackson of Chicago, the
protege of NJ cleveland and other
ladies, who We the Mendelssohn stipen-
dunn recently
The Brandelurg Agricultural Cham Der
has passed aesolutlon against the I'M
portation of Aerican fruit.
The Prussia)epartmen of Agriculture
has resolved encourage fruit-growine,
and is presenig fruit trees 10 the farm
ers living aloIthe public roads and rail-
ways. Severof the provincial chambers
have adoplednilar solutions.
There is sol doubt as to whether an
exequateur W be granted to E. u Brow
dowski of Gcago, recently appointed
United STATE Consul at Bresiau. The
German Comment knows hlm as
Polish leade-orn in the very consular
district TO WI he has been appointed,
and the oppoon OF the Government is
solely on tie grounds. The United
States EmbY here, however. made
strong represl ations on his behalf few
days ago. Aioubts of his con tirmaiion
will be remoi within a fortnight. An