The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-05

Dor seems never 10 have dls oyeted II
t64 stis n Az ~
Z. Diplomatic DIsco,,ric,,'. a
The mere matter OF liic exclusion 5t
American fruits from PRUSSIA does iot
appear 70 be an affair % such grave Am;
3portance os tlia manner IN which 1t Ssyas5
done Our exports OF fruits to German
countries arc MT SO large thas their exss
clusipn need serloualy. etnSarrass l,lR. .4ts
point OF greater slgnlflcanse In connacs
ton with the affair " The unprecedented
net Of dlsSouttesy and utter contempt
iprusslan minister OF finance, In issuing
prusslan mlnlsted Of finance in, Issuing
his decree without previously aotlfyihgi
the American ambassador, NV
Aside from the dlscourtesy toward he
Representative Of the United States at
Berlin, IL The remarkably unprecedented
performance OF putting tns decree Into
effect Immediately, thus, causing A1neri-
can shippers, who had quantities o.
fruit in transit, great financial em6ar.S
rassment; and, also, rhe failure q. the
deerec 70 exempt from It's operations
fruits knownto be absolutely pure, after
inspection. -, 4; \; II
This last. feature OF the action of ttej
PruSsian finance minister indicates that
there Is some truth in tho charge that
The policy Is Inspired by hatred toward.
the United States, and by a spirit OF
commercial Jealousy wholly unjuatlfia-
jbls. 1t is fair to presume that the;
course which has been pursued ny thss
German state. and especially the three
features Oft mentioned. III form the
basis OF some Interesting correspond nce}
OF a diplomatic nature, With the chancess
that this government will have decided
Is the best OF the situation. 4 4
An announcement that .he federal
council, or Bundersrath. OF 3the German
empire has somewhat modified the eject
of the decree, 10 the extent that the
fresh fruits from America mus s.underges
an inspection, does not alter the fact Oh
the open insult that was given to rhelf
American ambassador, and through him
to this government, which, While II may
lead to no strained relations between thes
two governments, does not reflect credit
upon The country offering the discour-
tesy.
Il Z
Going to Extrentes. m; n
These sl!verites who profess that they;s$
and not The gold peopls, are really the
friends Of honest, money and the nation-s
aleredit, are having little to say about
the significance Of the voting down ;SofSl
the Nelson amendment 70 the Teller
resolution In the senate the othgrsd days
;Efnile protesting TO be ;blmetalli ssss,,,
the silver ma torgty in the senate aeltberE
Sately rejected this amendment, which
expressly declared the obligation Of the
government 10 maintain the parity I'M
value. Of ITS gold and silver money.
This action showed how: empty H. the
claim thai what the silver leaders are.
after Is bsmetalisrl on an honest basls,s
ItSi:as called forth some severe critias
clsms from Democratic papers that had
hoped Tie limit Of foolhardlness had
been reached By the leaders otsthsfn new
school NJ financial theorists masquerade
Ing under the nance Of Demo cracy.
X The rejection OF the Nelson amendment
has served 70 widen the breach between
the sound money Democrats and the
Popul!stic or radical free. silver faction.8
as might have been expec ted. The Mas
con, Ga., telegraph. a sount money
Democratic paper that has been hoping.
for a rsua!oit of Democracy on Tradition
al Democratic principles, gives utter
aaces TO one OF the notes OF disgust az
the fanatlca! adherence to the ellysrs
heresy, when It says tina. The voting
down Of the proposition declaring the
governments 6b.igatlon,to maintain the
parity betwsenits gold and silver money.
was fS.:tthe most startling position taken
" Z tue new le;d ets OF me democracy
since the adoption Of the Chicago splatSF
fora, although 4 was the next l5sicsi|
step We had hoped that they. had gone
to;theIr Init IN 1886. and Sthat .ssicy sgerss3
preparing 70 trrlracs their steps, but SIS
seems no We cannot explain IL except
upon the theory, which Il too p4ssnt..*
that they have burned thstri brllg esi bs-SS
hind then, and that they are prepared
for the lasfplange. II fact asSwe see at,
ihis act sSss me iast,plunse..' \; ss sisf
THIS u plain tank built sizes. Zip thsss
situation. The actl5n referred 90 is8
plaialy - Notification that lionest, cons
nonsense bimeLa.i;g;n Mas no place
the ilaHgnass ot The silvEr eSnfbi ia Ton
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