Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-23

An American exporter, who is in the con-
fdence of the Washington administration
and who is now here said bluntly: "If
Germany passes a law requiring, in addi-
tiOn to the American official certificates of
the healthy conditions of our meat eX-
ports, which are as reliable as the Ger
man certificates q double inspection after
the arrival of the meat here, that will be
tantamount to a prohibition against Ameri-
can meat and such action will doubtless
be answered by retaliation on German eN-
| ports to the United States. Every bottle
of German wine will be opened and it's
| hygienic qualities tested"
significant point of the speech of the
minister of the interior Count Posodowsky
! Wehner, was that the bill was intended
/ by the government as "a transitory meas
ure until Germany produces enough for its
own people which it is believed will no,
! take long"
| The correspondent here of the Associated
! Press learns from the best sources that
while the State department at Washington
has from time to time instructed the United
/ States embassy to present American views
! of the differences which have arisen in the
! subject of the "most favored nation" clause
! in the commercial treaties, formal instruc-
! tionS have not been received at the Berlin
embassy looking to the negotiations for an
entirely new reciprocity treaty
The excitement over the Samoan situation
has almost died out and the general expec-
tation is that all the points at variance will
now be amicably and fairly adjusted by the
special commission. Some of the leading pa
pers in their desire for fairness even print
communications from members of the Brit
ish mission at Samoa cOntrovertng some of
the statements Cf DR.. Raffel the German
president Of the municipal council at Apia,
regarding the relations of Tanu and Chief
Justice Chambers with the missionaries.
Zeitung's Important Remark.
The Nossische Zeitung, referring to the
references of DR., Lohr in presenting the Sa-
moan Interpolation in the Rechstag, said:
1T clearly seems there Is also a lingo
element in German politics"
The All-Deutsche Verbandu adds to the
agitation by passing a resolution to the
effect that it's members expected the min
lister Of foreign affairs, Baron Won Buelow,
"to stick to his declarations and see that
neither Germanys treaty rights nor the ma
tional honor are in any way sacrificed at Sa-
moa."
The demonstration of the German Amerl-
cans at Chicago against an American Brit
ish treaty or alliance is discussed in the
press, even the semi-oni ial organs deyot-
ing considerable space to the matter. In one
Of several editorial utterances the Post says
1t is hoped the movement Of the German
Americans may show the Americans that
the two countries ought to be and might
be friends, referring also to magazine
articles of Senator Davis and others to the
same purport.
The discussion Of the duke Of Connaughts
succession to the throne Of SaXe-Coburg
and Gotha continues and some of the COM
ment5 are quite radical. The Cologne
Gazette stated bluntly that the people will
not view the matter with any sympathy, !
las person belonging to another race and
speaking another language no matter how
excellent in his private capacity ought not
to sit on q German throne"
number Of papers speak in the same
vein The National Liberal Correspondence !
and the Deutsche Zeitung, replying to state
ments in the British press declare it to be |
an undesirable anomaly which ought to be |
put to a speedy end, that a man "belOnging
TO a country which recently talked warlike |
and fercely against Germany should as
one of the German rulers, be put in posses |
sion OF all the secrets Of the defense OF the |
prcss sides with Americans.
The prefC generally is friendly and calm
in its comments on events in the Philippine {
islands, several OF the leading papers eX-
pressing confidence that American energy
and pluck will soon restore complete order
in the new colonies.
Emperor William this week INDUCED in