The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23
| THE AMERICAN MEATS
GERMANY Expected to Pass Law OF
Practical Exclusion.
UNITED STATES WOULD RETALIATE.
Mines, Colors and Other German
Products NouldGe Made to Pay.
THE KAlSER'S EASTERN TOUR.
Particular Significance Attaches to
It-The sultan May Deed to the
Emperor the Port of Hnifa.
HE KAlSER'S EASTERN TOUR.

| Especial Berlin Gable Letter. Copyrighted,
1898, by Associated Press.)
Berlin, October 22.-An American diplo-
| matist who is in a position to know the
| inside facts in the case. discussing the
German preparation to practically exclude
American meat products from Germany.
said: "It is understood that there is danger
Of a meat inspection bill 20 exclude Amerl-
| can products under sanitary pretexts. The
| agricultural department viii undoubtedly
present a bill to congress II American
| products are attacked providing for the san
| itary inspection OF authorizations of German
| wines and the dangerous colors used in
| woods and the adulteration In dyes, chem
| tcals and other such products. Many Amer
| leans hold that German Imports require
| careful sanitary inspection in both coun-
| tries. Their representatives at Berlin and
| at Washington are anxious above every
| thing to avert retallatory measures. but
| there Is good reason to believe they Will
be entirely unsuccessful If the rcichs!ag
| passes a law of inspection. which is
| virtual prohibition, or II the present sys-
| tenn Is continued. Moderate men on both
sides strongly desire a bill providing for a
| thorough imperial inspection, thus avoid
| Ing repeated, unnecessary and vexatiols
| local inspections of che same meats. II the
United States first inspected German I'M
| ports and the different State governments
| OF America reinspaCted them and they
were afterwards inspected by the differe 1t
| American municipalities for the third time,
that would be precisely the condition of al
fairs American msat now has to face in
| Germany"
Emperor Williams tour in the East Is
followed here with the keenest interest.
One OF the NEST significant political fiat
ures OF hls majesty's stay at Constantinople
was the hosting Of the German ensign
with the cross beside the Turkish crescent.
Since tho conquest of Constantinople build
ings having cross on than were never
officially recognized there. The sultan
himself gave the order for hosting the
cocrs. striking deviation from Moham-
medan customs was also noticed In the
sultan kissing the hand of the empress OF
Germany.
In spita OF semi official denial that the
emperor is asking anything from the sui
Tan ltNlCeS received mere Irpll CouSldlhll-
nople report that the Mussulmans are con-
WINGED the sultan will make Emperor Will
lam some great gift, tina Island of Rhodes
or the Perc-of Hafa, ON the Bay of Acre
at the foot of Mount Carmel. This would
seem an appropriate gift, for one mile west
OF Haiba al the immediate foot OF the mount
is a Germa ~ American mission colony
having u good school, sixty stone dwellings
and manufactures OF soap and olive wood
wares. The colony has a population OF
over 200 souls while Haifa itself has a
population OF over 1000.
II The Turks seem to have displayed gen
wlne enthusiasm over the visit of the Ger
man emperor and empress to CONSTANT
nople.
The Mulahs OF the mosques at Stamboul
assembled on the eve OF their maiestes'
departure to express by public prayer their
sympathy for the emperor OF Germany.
Dispatches received here from St. Peters
burg show that the emperor's journey 10
the East Is Waved there with the greatest
SUSPICION and III Is fully believed that TIM
peror William is DESTROYS ON acquiring Il
portion OF Ottoman territory.
The Novoe Nremya, writing IN this sense,
warns Turkey that even a slight cession of
Turkish territory will be the beginning OF
the partition OF the Turkish empire, IL nos
! 0! its ruin
The German newspapers at first received
tho English news OF the anarchist plot
| at Alexandria against the life OF Emperor
William with skepticism and section of
| the German press, including the Vossiscle
| Zetung the socialist organ, is now for
party reasons asserted 10 believe that the
| plot only existed Ia the imagination of the
police. This attitude, however. is inspired
| by fear OF specia legislation in Germany
unfavorehle to their party and cause. An
important utterance in this Connection wns
| made by the Cologne Gazette, which sail:
1--WE Germans have been unable TO agree
with the utterance Of the kaiser regarding
anarchists. because we felt that he has
some time incorrectly diagnosed the move
ment and therefore. not made lucky
| choice OF means to fight the foe. for we
know there aye currents In the movement
which can not be overcome by shooting
our Fathers or brothers but rather the
best mears IS to prevent new combustibles
from being added to the flames
~
Three imrortant measures providing fol
an Increase in the strength of the amy,
anti-strike regulations and imperial m,,at
Inspection are so far advanced that bills
emoodying them are ready for introduction
into the relchsung Immediately after that
body conyenes
The army bill not only provides tor
| ing, but il also provides Tor the reorgsY
cation OF the field artillery and the COM
pletlon OF the telegraph and railway euuta-
inent. Altogether the bill will involve
an inrease OF ONE 10000. 900 marks outlay.
besides an immediate outlay of a larger
amount.
throughout Germany unusually cold and
stormy weather has prevailed all the week.
There has been mcch snow in the eastern
and northern provinces. Much damage wse
done 10 the late field products. and ,here
| was considerable loss OF cattle II eerta,
districts OF East and West Prussia. rhe
ice was several inches thick. A he'etsi
party OF tourists in the Iurtz mountains
Is reported to have lost nearly ali, ! No.
all. OF its members. They we're frozen 10
| death.
The news that American bicycle manutac-
tuners intend to make large imports here
has caused agitation against the a,leped
low duty on American bicycles AMI n,acv
papers are printing alarming articles ahopi
crushing American competition. TN
] kreuse zeitung selses the opportuni,v 70
1 nNosa'e o prohib.tive tariff on Amari.,1