The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
GERMANY'S NEW PARTY LINES.
THE AGRARIANs RAPIDLY GAINING
IN STRENGTH.

lariH ar tO the N n11e on the unit
ed states Their SIOgan-Big In
roads Made in the Ranks of the
National Liberals by the Agrari-
ans-The Leftists, Rightists and
AgrarfRns.
Copyright, 1895 by the Associated Press.
Berlin Feb 19.-By far the most inn
portant event of the week politically. was
the annual meeting of the Federation of
Husbandry in this city. The conserva-
tives the week before attempted to make
an amicahle bargain with the federation,
whereby they would wage a joint cam
paign in the Reichstag and diet elections;
but at the convention the leaders of the
federation frankly declared they would not
support any candidates who were not
pledged to support the aims of the fedora
ton.
Herren Dietrich and Hayne, prominent
members of the Reichstag, and intimate
friends of Prince Bismarck, who are
known to be inspired from FREDERICKSBURG,
boldly declared that the federation must
antagonize the government at the coming
elections, unless precise promises are Civ
en- to satisfy the agrarian demands, espe-
cially in the direction of paralyzing or ex-
Guiding "the constantly increasing Amer
lean competition in all products of the
soil, which, if il remains unchecked will
utterly ruin German agriculture, which is
equivalent to running the whole country"
Resolutions supported by Herren Hahn
Proetz, Klappeter Kanitz and others, were
adopted to the effect that the agrarians, no
matter of what party afiliation, would
only support candidates standing upon the
federation's platform.
Within the ranks of the national liberals
a similar breaking up of party lines is oc-
curing, number of the leaders declaring
they will only vote for candidates of agra
rian tendency.
Thus the pivot of the campaign is the
question of supporting or antagonizing
agrarianism.
The whole of the Leftists of course are
anti-agrarians, but they are almost as
sured of the support of the whole of the
Rightists and many of the Centrists
There is a visible increase in the agra
rian strength among the Contrasts, al
though the leaders and the Centrists press
are doing their best to discourage it.
Shortly the agrarian question will be
paramount in all the legislatures of the
country. There is no doubt that the agra
rians are an enormously increasing factor
in politics, and they are doing their best
to hurry the government into a tariff war
with the United States.
In this connection the remarks of the
Deutsch Tags Zeitung, the leading Agra
rian organ, apropos of the news that the
House of Representatives at Washington
had called for the correspondence relat-
i've to American fruits, beef, horses and
adulterated German wine are significant
The paper mentioned says: 1--WE sincere
ly hope the Americans will look thoroughly
into these German measures. For one
thing, they Will arrive at the conclusion
that Germany has dealt as leniently as
possible with them. Then, we larbor the
hope that the insolence of these Yankees
will be so increased by the discussion of
these matters in Congress that Germany
will not be able to do otherwise than fol-
low up the paper measures by more pal
pable ones. For this reason we do hope
that the Americans will go it In great
style"
The Vossiche zeItung replies to this eff
fusion saying: 1T would be hard to I'M
veil in more frivolous manner the de-
signs of the Federation of Husbandry to
drive us into tariff war, the enormous
damage of which can not be foreseen.''
Following the example of the previous
week, numerous members of the Reich
stag, during the course of the debates
have fercely abused the United States
and its competition. Herr Roesicke de-
clared the German government had
handled the ''lice infected" American pro-
ducts more tenderly than America itself
adding The specter of a tariff war
with that country has had no terror for
the Germans, who fear God and nothing
else in the world"
A meeting of the Society Of Husbandrv
specially called, has passed a resolution
calling on the government to subject All
American horses to six weeks quarantine
and to indelibly brand them. The societ,,
also decided TO prepare statistics regarding
horse racing in America.
The government during the past weelr
sent experts TO all the ports of entry and
revenue stations, to assist in determining
whether American fruit is infected Tba
officials of the United States embassy here
have not yet been informed whether The
costs OF examinations win fall upon the
exporters.
OiPi0iiatlc Hotes are passing between
Berlin and st. Petersburg, the latter COM
planning of the most severe regulations Of
the minister of agriculture, Baron Won
Hammerstein-Luxten, in regard to Inner
iation of Russian hogs and a renrisaI 10
threatened.
The opera subscription ball on Wednes-
day was the most brilliant of BerIin's so.
ciety functions. It was attended bv tbs
whole court and diplomatic corps. and
there was an unusually large American
contingent present
MRS. Saoine's party of eight, exception.
ally pretty American girls, attracted the
attention of the emperor, who sent an Off
Ger to ascertain their names.