The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-01

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 3d.
Commercial Agent Stern, at Bamberg
in report to the state department, has
given great deal of general ipforma,
lion concerning the recent notice of
England to terminate the commercial
treaty made with Germany. Mr.. Stern
says that negotiations have been en-
tered into at the instlgatIon Of Great
Britain for new treaty The COM
plerce between England and Germany
comprises nearly 20 per cent OF the lat
ter's trade. Germany's exports to Great
Britain proper In 1896 were valued at
,Sl69, 9320O0 and to the British colonies
326.AS,0O0. The great amount Of trade,
he says, Is due to the treaty Of most
favored nations existing between Ger
many and England and her colonies,
The treaty about TO be terminated
conceded TO German trade the enjoy
nlent OF any concession or privilege
granted TO the colonies OF Great Brit
ain or 10 the mother country by her
colonies. Germany does not have the
same advantages with the Dutch,
French or Spanish colonies. The reia.
klkAAo VI khI kAlGG fAANkGE lIlulIltE
tries to their colonies Is much closer in
matters OF trade than England has with
hers. Referring to the fact that Cam
ada has recently made concessions in
her tariff TO English goods, and after
expressing the opinion that there Is no
doubt that other English colonies win
soon follow Canada, Mr.. Stern says:
Great Britain will then be obliged to
make concessions in her turn and alter
her customs law In such way that
certain products of her colonies may be
imported into the mother country under
more favorable conditions than the corr
responding products of other countries,
This would be carrying into effect the
plan to amalgamate all parts OF the
British empire into one customs union"
( Mr.. Stern says that In the German
tariff a certain amount OF considera~
(tion seems to have been extended, re-
,aulting in great increase OF trade. and
I'm comparing the figures It Is shown
that Imports to Germany from Eng
fland and her colonies have been con-
siderably greater than Germany's ex-
ports thfther. He instances number
OF articles which England and her colo
MES send to Germany and upon which
the tariff amounts to but very little.
Influential German papers discussing
the termination OF the treaty say that
1t will be easy for Germany to make
reprisals, and that an increase in Ger
man tariff rates would be much more
serious for England than Germany.
Prof. Carl Rothgen, we'll known ma
tlonal economist, in discussing the ques-
ton, says the most favored nation
- 30 NJ I'D "a NHa
customs duties, but be conceded only
economically related to each other. II
lis not advisable, he says, to concede
10 the British empire and the United
States, after the new tariffs have come
Into force, any treaty rights by dealing
with the imports upon the basis OF the
nnogt favored nation clause, thus cre-
ating fresh obstacles for closer CONNER
ciai and political relations between the
middle European states.
The writer considers the ultimate con-
sequlnce to be that the struggle for the
supremacy VIII necessarily lead Ger
many to conflict OF interests with
England, and finally u struggle for the
markets which shall remain open to
Germany. In closing hts article Prof.
NRothgen makes some remarks which
are significant in view OF the late Ger
IMAM seizure in China He says that
Germany must look to other markets.
( China is principally to be considered.
NThe German merchant has gained u
good footing there, but Russia. Japan,
England and France are always ready
TO snatch parts OF that country away.
,'"The twentieth century will bring the
struggle about China"