The times., 1898-11-23
GERMANY IN THE EAST.

The State Department has given ont fop
publication the following interesting re-
! port from Consul Monaghan. at Chemnitz.
on German commercial interests in the
| East. subject which is of the utmost
importance at this time:
THE trip of Prince Henry. of Prussia,
from Vladivostock through the Usuri
country to Khabarovsk. may have some
commercial significance. The country is
as uninteresting as any on earth, and
| would not appear TO have attractions for
| prince of Prussia.
But Germany is interested in COM
merce. The Kaiser said some days ago,
| in Stettin. that Germany's future lies on
the water. Important railroads were
built recently. opening up the Usuri coun-
| try; ice breakers keep Vladivostock Har-
| Dor open to navigation all Winter. Ger
many. taking advantage OF both facts,
| has begun to furnish those far-away-
parts with all kinds of articles formerly
| furnished by Belgium and France. Riv-
airy exists in eastern Siberia between the
nations named.
What the end will be, no one who
knows what German enterprise has al
ready accomplished can doubt. Hamburg
has German-Siberian trading and ship
| ping company. whose purpose is TO aid in
! establishing regular trade between this
empire and the Amur country. Khab-
arovsk, the last station on the line from
| Vladivostock through the Usuri country.
/ is most favorably situated at the con-
Of
! The Hamburg people have made it the
/ headquarters for all their operations IN
! the Usuri and Amur regions. Under this
central office are active agencies. all over
the sections of Siberia opened up by the
new road These are supplied with
samples and stocks Of German manufac-
lures suited TO the wants Of the Apaur
and Usuri people. Some of these are
| sold. many. however. are exchanged for
| the river, forest, and farm products Of
| eastern Siberia. The vast regions through
/ which the Csuri and Amur roll the latter
navigable many miles for fairly large
! steamers. offer opportunities for trade
| which are bound TO increase. RussiIn
! steamship companies now carry goods up
and down the Amur. from Nikalojewsk 20
| territory beyond the provinces Of Trans
/ batkal. glance at the map Will SHOW
how important all this may be in the
great StIuSElt gong on now IN the East.
There is every reason to believe that
this trip, which is taking the prince far
beyond the operating sphere of a naval
commander, has for its object the extern
sion OF German commerce into the dis
tricts of the AmUr and Usuri rivers 1t
Is worth mentioning, too, that Germany
ranks first among the States trading with
these districts There are eighty-two Ger
man ships, aggregating 49,0o0 tons, head
ing the list of those plying between Vlad-
ivostock and HOngkong, Shanghai, and
Nagasaki. The sudden rise of VlaGi-
vostock, after the rates for travel and
freight were reduced on the Usuri Rail-
road, Is due, TO great extent. TO the en-
terprise of German shipOwners The
growing commercial interests of the
Germans in that province are sure to pre-
dominate, as industry develops. Most of
the men who are making markets in Rus
sia for German manufacturers are mas
ters Of the Russian language Agencies
under German directors are at work in
MOSCOW, St Petersburg, Odessa Mimi
Novgorod. Nladivostock and Khabarovsk.
1t Is possible for United States man
ufaeturers, if the right kind of effort is
made, to get a good deal OF Russia's
trade Her needs are similar to our own,
or to what ours were fifty years ago.
There never was time SO important 10
our people. II are wise, We viii
watch the methods of Others
Hardly has Prince Henry pushed his
way into parts hitherto almost unknown
TO western people, before the Kaiser's
pilgrimage takes on an Industrial sig
nincance. a writer in one of the en-
pire's leading textile organs says.
The trip of the emperor to the Orient
mas, at all events. an Industrial import
ance. The East is much more affected by
outward show than is any other people.
. order to h-F in
one wants to see with ones own eyes an
exhibition of that power. As the build
| ing of the Anatoiian Railroad opened up
territory for us which England and
France formerly supplied so must the
emperor's trip have influence far beyond
| Palestine's borders. Eastern people Will
ger a good idea of this empires capacitv
TO produce and supply. The Kaiser Ger
tainly did not select such reasons for his
trip; but, inasmuch as he sent his BROTH
er to find new ways and roads along
which the nations commerce can be car
ried. and places in which il can be profit
ably sold or exchanged, so will his own
trip have far-reaching Industrial effects,
and by no means least of all for the tex
tile trades.
Little or nothing will be gained or
done. however. unless great efforts are
made Herein German shipping has a
great part to play. 1t is now known that
there are great many harbors-Akka
Alexandria, Beirut, Yafa, Haifa, Canea,
Lamago, Limaspol, Mersine. Saida. Tu-
mis-, Soelo, etc--which German ships never
touch. In the last year. 2i5 British. l55
French, and lis Austrian ships entered
at Beirut. In the harbors of Tunis. 1856
British, 1.29S French, 799 Italian. and only
, German ships entered during 1887. The
empires exports to countries on the
coasts of the Mediterranean were not
large. Turkey, including Asia Minor and
Tripoli. and Egypt, Tunis. AIgiers. and
Morocco took wares worth no more than
sl0.a0.O00 OF these. Turkey alone took
nearly S,5O0,O00 and Egypt 81 100000 In
1893. the exports thither We're S12. 500. eco
This indicates a 20 per cent decrease.
Oriental markets are among the worlds
very best for textiles. Hence, the hope
that the kaisers visit will be followed,
as it doubtless will be. by better results
than those hitherto chronicled'
Our Hebrew Population.
CFrom the Cincinnati Commercial Trbune)