The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
GERMAN PRESS HOSTILE.
On Every Occasion Animoslty Toward the
United States Is Shown.
THE IMPERIAL MEAT INSPECTION MEASURE
AErnrians, In whose interest 1t WAS
Drawn, Now Oppose 1t-Cold Re-
ception 10 the Emperor.
tcopyrIghted 1898 By Associated press.)

(Copyrlghted 1898 by Associated Press0
Berlin. December 3.--Spain's acceptance
of the terms OF the United States has nat
! uraily keenly interested the German gov
ernmant and press. although alherlny to
It's policy consistently followed throughout
the government has uttered no opinion.
either in Interviews or through the me-
dunn of the semi official press. But the
| newspapers generally admit that hereafter
1 the United States must be seriously reck-
oned with in International politics and az
colonial power whose push and energy may
Interfere with the ambitions OF other pow
ers. GslE1n papers, therefore. predict fire.
quent coloi ial complications fer tho United
States.
The imperial MEAT inspection bill. which
| was introduced in the reichstas early In
| the session, is now taking a surprising
turn. The agrarians Themselves. for whose
especial hene1it the bill was intended. now
strongly object 10 it. unless. as they as
sert. ii is greatly filtered. They find that
the bill i'll its present form cuts them neal
| ly as much as 1t does the American meat
| Importers, as 1t provides for a rigid IN
| brought TO market and for its rejection or
! coniisoation ii 1t Is found to be diseased
| Therefore, since thcre is an enormous
| amount of disease III German cattle and
| swine. all this will hit them very hard
| uLless the government agrees 10 Reimburse
| the owners OF eonfssated or rejected meats
| Very strong pressure has been b. ought to
| bear on the Imperial government to Insert
| clause In the bill providing for the in
| Identification of domestic owners and over
l a. asla 10 t,rV nasttf
| between various German governments.
| Prussia favors a Moderate decentralization
| while the other German States ere nearly
all against IT,. In the meanwhile the agra
| rian press continues It's warfare on all
! American meat. It's organs the Deutsches-
tage zeitung and the Hamburger Nachrich-
| ten. advocate the total exclusion OF oil
| American canned meats aud sausageS. In
| strange contrast with this Is memorial
| about meat famine drawn I'D by tne mu-
| nicipality OF Berlin which proves that the
| German breeders do not raise enough cattle
and pigs to satisfy the needs OF the nation
| ana that the systematic exclusion OF tor-
| etgn cattle and swine has decidedly low
cited the quality OF the meat brought to
| the market and has heightened the price
| to such an extent that horse and even dog
| meat has become staple with the poorer
| classes in certain districts and notably In
| large ciiss The memorial also states that
| the meat consumption OF Berlin has de-
| CrFhhE0 S1nCe lHf Ilsll cASiuntOu IA ipi
| egn meats
| The German aguarian press. on the other
| hand pThlishes alleged official statistics to
| show that the Imports OF American pork
| increased enormously during the current
year and may reach the figures of 1897.
y
One of the largest bodies of wholesale
dealers writes to the Vossische Zeiterng
saying that the statement In the asrarian
press that much Of the imported American
flour is adultergtted Is utterly untrue. He
adds that not . single case of adulteratton
has been discovered in the Berlin market.
German dealers in America have also for
waried to the imperial hygienlc bureau
protest against these prejudicial ssate-
ments.
A bill has been drafted by the govern
ment for introduction into the reichstag
as soon as the Federal governments have
approved of 1t regulating private insurance
companies and providing for an imperial
bureau in Berlin. The measure, II adopted.
will take the control OF the American and
other foreign insurance companies out OF
the hands of Prussia and the other sep
arata states and place it In those of the
empire. which would be a great improves
ment for American interests, as II would
also lead to common regulations for The
whole of Germany.
r
The emperor Is in no way pleased with
the reception he met with from the Ber-
liners when he came here on Thursday last
TO review the guard corps. The cheers
came chiefly from the soldiers along the
route. His majesty noticed this and is
said to have remarked TO the empress. loud
enough to be overheard by the crowd: