The herald., 1898-12-04
TROUBLES PREDICTED
BY PROPHETS IN BUSINESS IN
GERMANY
ALL FEAR WOULD BE ALLAYED
IF the Teuton Could Secure Few
Philippine Islands for His
Own Use
Associated Press Special Wire

BERLIN, Dec. 3-(Copyright, ls9s).
Spain's acceptance of the terms of the
United States has keenly interested the
German government and press. Although
adNering to its policy, consistently fol
lowed throughout, the government has ut
tered no opinion, either in interviews or
through the medium of the semi-officlal
press. But the newspapers generally admit
that the United States must be seriously
rcckoned upon in European peace and poll
tics, and as a colonial power, whose pur-
pose and energy may interfere with the am
bitions of other powers. The German pa
rers, therefore, predict frequent political
complications 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 colo
MES a greater source of trouble than it ex-
pected.
The Lokal Anzeiger says: 'The American
government will probably eschew compul-
sory general military service, but hired
forces will come largely from Cuba, the
Philippine islands, Central and South Amer
lea and East Asia, thus reviving the medl-
aeval system of mercenary troops"
The Vorwaerts declares that it is al
ready certain that England will find her
main competitor, in the Americas as well
as in the Eastern Asian markets, not Ger
MANY, but America. The United States is a
rising star, and between the United States
and Great Britain the fight for this trade
will begin.
The Deutsche Zeitung has published long
~ Ia Il Ynt
intervened between Spain and the United
States, and concludes as follows:
"And can we obtain nothing from the
Spanish colonial estate, which is visibly,
piece by piece. being sold at auction!'
AMERICAN MEATS
The imperial meat inspection bill, which
was introduced in the reichstag early in the
session, is now taking a surprising turn. lhe
Agrarians themselves, Tor whom the bill was
introduced, now strongly object to it, un-
less. as 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 inspection of tler own meat and
for its confscation if it is diseased. There
fore, since there is an enormous amount OF
disease III belundn Cdttic anu a"iiN' "'
shown bv official statistics and the regular
publication of the Reichsanzeiger, all this
will hit them very hard, unless the govern
.nent agrees to renni
contiscated or rejected meats.
Very strong pressure has been brought to
bear on the imperial government to insert
clause in the bill providing for the indemnl-
fcation of domestic owners, and over tins
wranglc is now proceeding between the va
rious governments Prussia favors mod
crate indemnification, while the other great
states are nearly all against it.
In the meantime the agrarlan press con-
tinues its warfare on all American meat, its
main organs. the Deutsche Tage Xetung
and the Hamburger Nachrichten, advocat-
ing the total exclusion of ali American
canned meats and sausages.
In strange contrast with this is memorial
about the meat famine drawn up by the
municipality 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 systematic exclusion of
foreign cattle and swine has decidedly low
cred the quality 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. and notably in large cities
The memorial also proves that the meat
consumption of Berlin has decreased since
the rigid examination Of foreign markets.
The German agrarian press, on the other
hand, publishes alleged official statistics to
show that the import Of American pork in
creased enormously during the current year,
and may reoch he tiuurpS ot 1907
KNAAK IN JAIL
Frank Knaak of New York who has been
in Jail on the charge of treason, in having
referred to Emperor William as a calf-head
is still in jail, in spite of the efforts of the
United States embassy and his counsel to
bring about his release on bail His liberia
ton has been refused on the ground that his
trial will be expedited 1t will occur before
Christmas. Mr.. Knaak denies that Emperor
William was the person he designated as a
''calf's head, and HID lawyer has evidence
that Mr.. knaak on former occasions spoke in
complimentary terms of Emperor William
1t is also claimed in the prisoner behalf that
he was intoxicated at the time the alleged Of
fense was committed.
FRENCH FEELING
A significant fact was that the French
flag was hcisted at the French embassy on
the occasion OF the emperor's entry into Ber-
lin, and it was emphasized by the fact
that the French ambassador, the Marquis de
Noalles, watched the procession from the
balcony of the embassy. This is excep-
tional and was regarded as being sig
nifcant OF the French governments desire
TO be on friendly terms with Germany Just
now A similar compliment was paid to
the emperor by the United States and Rus
sian embassies, whiclt are situated on the
Inter den Linden