The record-union., 1898-12-04

on Bail.
BERLIN. Dec. 3.-Spain's accept
ance of the terms of the United States
has keenly interested the German Gov
eminent and press, although adher-
ing to its policy consistently followed
throughout, the Government has ut
tered no opinion, either in interviews
or through the medium of semi official
press But the newspapers generally
admit that the United States must be
seriously reckoned on in European
peace and politics and as a colonial
Power, whose purpose and energy may
interfere with the ambitions of other
Powers. The German papers, there
fore, predict frequent political compli-
cations for the United States.
The Cologne Gazette" attributes
Europe's non-interference at the peace
negotiations at Paris to mutual abuses,
and expresses the opinion that America
will find the new colonies a greater
source of trouble than they suspected.
The "Lokal Anzeiger" says: The
American Government will probably
eschew compulsory general military
service, but hired forces will come
largely from Cuba, the Philippine ISL
ands, Central and South America and
East Asia, thus reviving the medieval
system of mercenary troops.
The "Vowaerts' declares that it is
already seen that England will find her
main competitor in the Americas, as
we'll as in the Asian markets, not Ger
many, but America. The United
States Isl a rising star. and between the
United States and Great Britain the
| fight for this trade will begin.
The ''Deutsche Zeitung' has pub
tlshed a long editorial regretting that
Germany has not interviewed between
Spain and the United States, and con-
| cludes as follows: 'And can we OBJ
tain nothing from the Spanish colonial
estate, which is visibly, piece by piece,
being sold at auction?"
The imperial meat inspection bill,
which was introduced in the Reichstag
early in the session, is now taking a
surprising turn. The Agrarians them
selves, for whom the bill was intro
duced, now strongly object to it, un-
| less, they assert, it is greatly altered.
They find that the bill in its present
form cuts them nearly as much as it
does the American meat importers,
| inasmuch as it provides for a rigid in
spection of their own meat, and for
it's confiscation if it is diseased. There
| fore, since there is an enormous
amount of disease in German cattle
and swine. as shown by official sta
tistics and the regular publications OF
the Reichsanzeiger, all this will hit
them very hard, unless the Govern
ment agrees to reimburse the owners
| a4oI nfcs TOT-U
| strong pressure has been brought to
bear on the imperial Government to
insert a clause in the bill providing
for the indemnity of domestic owners.
and over this clause a wrangle is now
proceeding between the various Gov
ernments. Prussia favors a moderate
indemniffcation, while the other Ger
man States are nearly all against it.
/ In the meanwhile the Agrarian press
continues it's warfare on all American
meat. it's main organs, the "Deutsche
Tage Zeitung" and the Hamburger
Nachrichten," advocating the total
exclusion of all American canned
meats and sausages. In strange con-
| trast with this is a memorial about
the meat famine drawn up by the mu-
nicipality of Berlin, which proves that
the German breeders do not raise
enough cattle and pigs to satisfy the
needs of the nation, and that the sys-
tematic exclusion of foreign cattle and
swine has decidedly lowered the quail
i ity of the meat brought to the market
and has heightened the price to such
an extent that horses and even dog
meat has become staple with the
poorer classes in certain districts, ana
notably in large cities. The memorial
also privides that the meat consump-
ton of Berlin has decreased since the
rigid examination of foreign markets.
The German Agrarian press, on tne
other hand, publishes alleged official
statistics to show that the import OF
! American pork increased enormously
during the current year ana may
reach the figures of 1897.
] Frank Knaak of New York, who has
been in Jail on the charge OF treason
| in having referred to the Emperor as
| a .calf- head" is still in jail, In spite
| of the efforts of the United states
| F,mbassy and his counsel to bring
| about his release on bail. HIS lpera-
ton has been refused on the ground
that his trial will be- expedited. 1t VIII
| occur before Christmas.
| Mr.. Knaak denies that emperor
William was the person he designated
as a "calf- head" and his lawyer has
evidence that Mr.. Knaak on former
] occasions spoke in complimentary
terms of Emperor William. 1t Is also
claimed in the prisoners behalf that
he was intoxicated at the time the
alleged offense was committed
A significant fact was that the Ger
man flag was hoisted at the French
Embassy on the occasion of the En-
peror's entry into Berlin, and it was
emphasized by the welcome of the
/ French ambassador, the Marquis de
Noailles. who watched the procession
from the balcony Of the embassy
This is unexceptional, and was regard
Oh as being significant of the French
Governments desire to be on friendly
! terms with Germany just now. A sim
i liar compliment was paid to the Flm-
peror by the United States and Rus
sian Embassies, which are situated on
TY.~+or 1oY, linden.