The San Francisco call., 1899-08-20
HOLLAND WANTS
NEW TREATIES
Afraid of American Ag-
greSSiOn.
GERMAN PRESS FAVORABLE
KAISER DISSATISFIED WITH
THE SAMOAN ACT.
Sentiments Favorable to a German
Representation at Philadelphia
Exhibition Freely Ex-
pressed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

| BERLIN, Aug. 19.-An interesting
feature of Germany's foreign policy is
! the strong rapprochement with the
! Netherlands and Belgium The ad-
vances came from the smaller States.
! This rapprochement has made steady
headway for some time past. The Min
inster of the Netherlands here recently
submitted the draft of regular treaty
to the German Minister of Foreign At
fairs. Count Won Bulow Definite ac-
tion has not yet been taken. but it is
positive fact that negotiations to that
end are now under way. Some of the
Dutch newspapers, in pointing out the
need of such a treaty, express fears of
the United States seizing the Dutch
| colonies in Asia and the West Indies.
The German press talk favorably of the
project. except the pan-German organs
and rabidly jingo papers, which ex-
press the belief that Holland and her
| colonies will some day drop into Ger
many's jaws, anyway
The draft of the new Samoan act
| published here is substantially as it
appears in America. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press learns that
Germany will unquestionably ratify the
work of the commission. although
neither Emperor William nor Count
Won Bulow is quite satisfied, consider
ing that German interests are not ade-
quately protected by the wording of the
new act.
| Several of the most serious and influ-
entail papers, including the National
Zeitung and the Frankfort Zeitung
printed strong editorials this week on
the relations of Germany with the
United States, vigorously recommend
ing the acceptance of invitations to the
Philadelphia commercial exhibition. In
connection with this matter it is in
teresting to note that the Government
is initiating Philadelphia in planning
an imperial commercial museum of its
own.
While at Remscheid this week the
Emperor made several characteristic
remarks To little boy to whom his
father intrusted a bouquet for his Ma
jesty, and which the little fellow was
10th to relinquish, his Majesty said:
Yes, what German once has, he likes
to keep"
Considerable surprise was excited in
Berlin when it became known that the
Emperor would not be present at the
unveilng on Monday of the statue to
Frederick the Great in the Sieges Alice,
although he had always declared Fred
| erick was his model, and in view of the
fact that he did not have anything i'm
portant for that date. Still, the En-
| peror prefers to go to the military pa
rade at Mayence.
Prince Henry of Prussia will return
from the far East in December by way
! of the United States.
/ Fat colonial offices are now going
| begging. The Foreign Office is vainly
| Offering 10000 marks salary with easy
work TO a number of small officials of
Wurtemberg If they will go to the colo
! nies in East Africa under two and a
! half years contracts. Simple copying
! clerks are also vainly sought for at
! 1900 marks salary" The agrarian pa
! pers have published the last alleged
! dividends of two German branches OF
the Standard Oil Company as being
! 661a per cent and At per cent and the
| papers demand that the Government
put a stop to "such bleeding of the
people"
A former secretary of the Russian
| Prince Orginski, a man named
| Schneider, was arrested this week at
! Pooszeten, on the charge of being at
the head of band of forgers of Ameri-
! can paper money, which has found it's
way to Berlin and the United States in
/ large quantities. A big package of $50
! notes was seized.
The highest Prussian court has de-
! cided it to be a punishable offense to
! keep for sale American meats and
! sausages which have not passed ex-
animation. A dealer at Inoverag1an,
/ Posen, was fined 800 marks on this ac-
| count.
During the month Of July 6SSS pieces
| of American bacon and hams were in
spected in Berlin, of which number
seven were found to be trichinous
DR.. Victor Norgaard, delegate Of the
| United States Agricultural Department
| to the Veterinary Congress at Baden
| Baden, has been elected vice president
of the Congress. He has gone to Co.
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