The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-05
KAISER MAKES EXCUSES
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF THE DE-
CREE AGAINST FRESH FRUIT

Scale, and Not Anxious to Begin a
Tariff War-HOrses May BE Shut
out--LiberaI Press Makes n
Protest.
BERLIN, Feb. 4.-The Reichsan-
Helger this afternoon publishes the fol-
lowing:
The American agricultural depart
ment report on the San Jose shield
!ouse led to an official inquiry here, as
TO the circumstances under which
American fruit is imported Prof
FRANK, on Jan. 29, found on Californian
pears arriving at Hamburg numerous
living, breeding shield lice, absolutely
identical with the true San Jose louSe.
He consequently expressed the opin-
ION that the home fruit cultivation was
exposed to grave material danger
thereby. conference of the other
specialists and the representatives of
The imperial office Of health confirmed
TINS view in every particular. Thus the
necessity for prompt measures for pro-
lection was fully Demonstrated
Inc ReichsanZeiger then described
the extraordinary harmfulness' of the
san Jose louise according to pubica-
tions of the Washington agricultural
department and the measures taken in
America, notably in Oregon and Brit
ish Columbia, and continues: 1T is
thus the unavoidable duty of the gov
eminent to give efficacious protection
to the home fruit from the disease
here
The official statement OF the Reichs-
anzeiger on the subject of the meas
ures taken to prevent the importation
of affected" American fruit was COM
municated tonight to the officials of
the United States embassy.
BERLIN, Feb. 4.-Under the head
ing "Order-Counter-O -Order-Disorder -
the Tageblatt today describes the ming
ling Of Prussian with American
fruits, and asks: Are We
really drifting into a fierce, tariff war
with the United States, because we
have petted the Agrarian desire?"
The Vorwaerts publishes an article
headed "Agrarian Attack on America &"
detailing the stupidity which the diff
ferent revenue stations display in in
terpreting the prohibitory decree. Other
Liberal newspapers make similar COM
ment
The issuance Of the decree was
brought about as follows: The minis
ter of agriculture Baron Won Ham
merstein-Loxten, saw Mr.. Miguel, the
minister of finance and vice president
OF the ministry, on Jan. 80, and earnest
ly asked that a decree be issued forth
with, prohibiting absolutely the i'm
portation of all American fruit, fresh
and dried, and all products of Ameri-
can nurseries. Mr.. Miguel telegraphed
the order to all revenue stations, max
Ing it effective on Feb. /.
Vigorous Protest.
The United States ambassador, An
drew D. White, Immediately vigorously
demonstrated at the foreign office both
IN writing and verbally, and the decree
was temporarily annulled on Feb. 2.
During the annulment the fruit was
released at Hamburg, Emmerich and
Dusseldorf.
The decree was re-established on
Feb g. in a milder form, being made
enforcible against fresh fruit only. In
The meanwhile. Mr.. White continued
making strong protests to Baron Won
Buelow, the minister for foreign af-
fairs, who, in consequence, had a spe-
cial audience with the emperor yester-
day morning on the subject resulting in
the buEdesrath holding meeting and
issuing yesterdays resolution. the text
or which has not yet reached Mr..
White. But it is known that the word
ms is so loose as to be open to a score
OF interpretations. 1t is generally sur
missed that it will practically mean pro-
hihition.
Mr.. White last evening lodged an
other protest with Baron Won Buelow.
as, in spite of the bundesraths resolu-
tion, American fresh fruit is every
where excluded.
The United States consul at Dussel-
dorf telegraphed today that only dried
fruits had been released, and that there
were about 1000 barrels of apples il.
the bonded warehouses there
The United States embassy during
the week has been flooded with appeals
from fruit merchants, dealers and ship
pers who have been injured by the de-
cree, and all of them have thanked Mr..
White for the vigorous measures he has
adopted.
1t appears that DR.. MIGUEL and Baron
Won Hammerstein Loxten issued the
decree without the authority of the
Prussian cabinet or of the bundesrath
Baron Won Hammerstein-LoXte the
minister of agriculture, at today's ses-
sion of the Prussian diet, declared that
American horses developed influenza
after Importation. He added:
If the impOrtations increase We shall
certainly be forced to adopt suitable
quarantine in order to protect our
Selves
Referring to utterances of United
states senator's and representatives on
the subject and especially to CONGRESS-
man Dingley's remark that Prussia
had prohibited American fruits in or
der to avoid the provision of the com
mercial treaties, the Cologne Gazette
says: The German fruit growers sup
PleS are SeHefdIly SOlQ out and there
fore there is no ground for speaking
of flooding the German market win
American fruit. After ALL every one
acquainted with German relations
knows that Prince Hohenlohe, the Cor
man chancellor. could in no circuna-
stances approve a measure which pre-
sented the appearance even of inter-
t1onal violation or limitation of COM
mercial treaties, and that on the con-
trary. his prompt declaration that the
treatment of German sugar inlporte,7
into the United States was a viola
ton of Germany's right to the mosf
favored nation treatment was in1n1e-
diately admitted by the American gov
ernment."
Question of Horses.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-When the
cable as to the prospective quarantine of
American horses was shown to Chair
man Hit, Of the house foreign af-
fairs committee, he said this move was
clearly part of the general movement
toward exclusion shown by the recent
action against American fruit
His colleague on the foreign affairs
committee. Mr. Adams. Of Pennsvlya
mia, said the dispatch suggested that
1t was time to discover a bacillus in
German wines, and it would be desira-
bic also to determine as to the sanitary
character of the process Of making
German sugar sent to the United
States.
The state department has been no
titled by Ambassador White, at Ber
lin of the modification of the orioin al