The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
HaStenS to Make Friends With the
American Republic.
RECOGNIZES OUR POWER
DESIRES TO NEGOTIATE NEW
COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
There VIII Be No Friction Over Con-
ditions In the Philippines-Ger-
mans Nov Take Deeper Interest
In American Affairs-Commen
On the Presidents Message.

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Dec. 10.-Before leaving Ber-
lin for South Germany, Dr. Won Hole
ben, the German ambassador to the
United States. said in the course of a
conversation:
Both. the German and washington
governments, are anxious to improve
the existing relations between them.
This fact win sono become evident"
Baron Won Bulow, the minister Of
foreign affairs, had several long inter-
views with DR.. Won Holleben last week.
All the important questions concerning
America were discussed.
4 fail to see any reason the am
baSsador said, why, with good will on
both sides, all differences-and none is
Of great moment-cannot be adjusted
amicably. In behalf of the German
government, [ can state that the most
hearty sympathy exists towards the
rising nation, and that there is no in
tention Of doing anything on our part
to interfere in the slightest degree with
all the legitimate aims of the United
States. In 9, few words, an effort viii
be made, more than in the past, to add
just ali trifling differences outstanding,
and the negotiations for a reciprocity
treaty, which have been greatly delay
ed, mainly because of the war with
Spain, viii be taken UP after the new
year and pushed vigorously.
"As to GeTmany's claim to recover
certain commercial advantages hitherto
enjoyed in Spanish colonies now under
American sway, their justice viii un-
dOubtedly be recognized at Washing
Ton, especially as the claims are quite
modest, and do not exceed anything
which the United States, under similar
conditions, would not demand them
selves. ] return to my post at Wash
ington with the firm expectation that
the relations between the two cOun-
tries, political and commercial, will be-
come better
INTEREST IN AMERICA.
The Germans are now following
American affairs much closer than pre-
Viously. A very full report of the pres
ident's message was published here,
and was commented upon as much as
the emperor'S speech from the throne
at the opening of the reichstag. The
comment was generally fair and calm,
many Of the papers expressing agree
able surprise at its peaceful tone.
The Lokal Anzieger says: Neither
the United States nor England can at
tach so much weight to a position in
the Carolines as to be willing to jeopar-
die their amicable relations with Ger
many on account Of it.
The Boersen Courier, referring to
President AIcKinley's allusiOn to Ger
man neutrality, says: Germany has
no need TO fear this member OF the con-
cert, with which we may hope TO remain
on the best of terms
The serai-official Post says: In yield
ing to Americas demands, one success
after another has fallen into her lap.
But in view OF the entrance of the
United States among the competitors
for colonial possessions, a readjust-
ment OF German-American commercial
relations Will have to be made matter
OF necessity
This view is expressed by a. large por-
ton of the German press, but no init
nation has 5een received from the
American embassy, and it is understood
that even DR.. Won HOlleben thus far has
no specific instructions on that point.
The German foreign Office, as a matter
of fact, does not possess sufficient data
or reliable information from merchants
to enable it to put forward clearly eX-
pressed views.
Emperor Williams speech at the
opening Of the reichstag is considered
more remarkable for its omissions than
for what it contains. The Lippe Det-
mold affair, the Bavarian military
courts and the insurance bills were not
mentioned.
THE EMPEROR'S EXPENSES.
The vossiche zeitung, recurring to
the question Of the payment of the en-
peror's trip, says:
If the emperor, as king Of Prussia,
expects the diet to reimburse him, he
will meet with determined opposition,
as it is one thing TO spend a lot of your
own money on d pleasure trip, and
quite another to ask the taxpayers to
foot the bills"
AS an outcome Of these newspaper
attacks, the government seems to have
abandoned its intention of asking the
diet 10 pay the bills, and a semi-official
statement TO this effect viii be issued.
The new reichstag, mentally, socially
and physically, compares faVOrably
with the last house. Fifty-three per
cent of the members are university
men. The reichstag is not expected to
accomplish more than the first reading
OF the budget before the Christmas
adjournment. There are, however. q
number. of interpretations by Agrarians,
Leftfsts and Socialists, which viii
doubtless lead TO violent debates, such
as Socialist Interpolation on the en-
Deror's anG-stri1e speech, and the
\ .Agr5rian heckling on the foreign meat
question.
There is much comment in parlia-
mentary circles on the emperor's omis-
sion in his speech of all reference to
the Angle-German entente, but it is eX-
planned by the fact that the terms of
the agreement are still secret and Ger
many has no right to refer to it in a
formal official utterance.
The German Agrarian press violently
comments on the latest official statis-
tics of Germany's meat imports for the
first nine months of the current year,
showing than the Importation of Amer
lean pork has more than doubled, COM
pared with the imports of 1897. The
Agrarian organs insist that tariff pro-
visions with the United States ought to
be framed wholly to exclude American
meat products from Germany. They
also bemoan the increasing imports of
American horses, which were valued at
4143.000 marks in 1897, and which have
almost doubled this year. These papers
also maintain that much American
horsefiesh comes in the shape of sau-
sages.
The Berlin Tageblatt makes this in
teresting admission: In German COM
merciaI circles the conviction has long
become settled that the dangers arts
ing from American pork and the no
toriouS San Jose scale have been mag
nified just as. years ago. were the per-
lis of the Colorado bug. We are. there
fore, anxious to ascertain whether the
renewed attempts of the American gov
eminent to convince the Agrarians and
the German government of the thor
cughness of American supervision of
pork exports, and the hygienic results
of the drying process applied to Ameri-
can fruit. have been successful. We
doubt it. for whatever does not put
money into the pockets Of cur Agra
rians, they do not believe in
FEAR OF ANARCHISTS.
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