The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
GERMANY And AMI
Tariff Issues Between tAe Il. !.
Orewlnt Interssllsl
GERMANY BREADS A WAR Or tpvu
NRrnrinns Make Demars.
tntions from Amerl..
Can Not BE Complied NJ. -

Copyright. 1898, by As.o.,..
Berlin, December a4.-one ., ~ !. n
subjects discussed Throughout ~.
the newspapers here was Ma ws|
future relations between Gcrm,s ,s'sa' !.
United States, particularly In Is. s ~
and commercial papers. ~
The correspondent Of N.
Press has interviewed high o,s.,.,
has inside sources Of inform,,,.s
official said.
The reports In the press az M y
tries on the subject are lamsuta,s, \
act. In Washington they seemed !. !
jumped at the conclusion that 60
or the point OF leyislating ,oe.,s1
against American agricultusl M
and l'hey are taking the bull by AZ, \
in order to foresuall us. The fas, I.
there is no such intention hsrs-.,ss 4
not In official circles. The meat lp.,.J
bill is only one point Of the far,...
bundesrath which Is In the first l.,,.,l
stage; then t goes 10 the ret,hsta,
1t probably will not pass II at m
the end OF the session, next spring }
then the bill may not be framed 10 mi
Americans particularly"
On the contrary, Mr.. White ttha n,
States ambassador at Berlin) has "a n
conditional assurances that the iot,|
feahu.e OF the bill will be the abo,t n
the repeated local inspections of AMI
meats, of watch the Americans haya n
planned. The bill provides for strct|
spection, but it Will be perfectly fair
VIII be applied as equally TO ulla doa,l
trade as to line imported meats,
The officials OF the Unl.ed States emb}
generally expressed the opinion thai
German government sincerely desired
improve lis Mlations With ahe United 81
and sea indications pointing to a sues
full issue of these efforts, though tn,
simultaneously introduced In the housl
representatives and in uhe senate at W@
ington forei..haioWing retaliation have
received with a great show OF 'indEaaj
by tina government and the goyernn|
press. while the commercial papers d
unanimously express q fean that the |
islative acuicn ON both sides will culmii
in a regular tar.H war.
Ths Voerwarts says: the greed Of
agrarians has disturbed OUR reactions 4
America for years past Under the pre|
Of protecting the health u the Gort
ha MAJ ri NJ n ,Nf Anna 1Nau nj
ucts has been prevented In split Of
II eaty."
Continuing, the voerwarts demonstf(
that German eNForts CT sugar, textiles
wines TO the United STAGES ara worth
600 900 marks, and SAYS: LAS the nnanc1
weaker of the two, Germany will undol
eddy be the loser. But the agrarians ls1
this. Provided the enhanced food pt]
flow into their pockets, they snap
fingers at the hungry masss.
The Boerzen Courier, leading conf
cial organ. says: ut Is evident tnas
United States are preparing for ecnH
cial war with Germany, which the W
agrarians seem to regard as q trlhils
ter. We hope the Berlin and Was1ln
governments are more cons7i q
responsibility. We fear the German =
trade will have TO pay the score the
Grafton Of hushandry has run up.
The agrarlans are juhilant at me
pect of tariff war, which has pssn Y
dearest aim for years A NUMBER
sulting articles have been pusllinea|
their newspaper, depldlns the uai'e, ~
in every possible way. The Kreuz Ssl
even throws mud a. the American W
ON aocornt of ths recent war ana "
suits calling the American troos W
inefficient. and saying the government
corrupt TO The core ,.v.,e,
exceptions. The mato aty OF le *
discussing the questions calin'y ai'i Il