Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-14
GOOD PROSPECT FOR TREATY
German Public Being Educated to
BETTER Opinion of Pending Com-
mercipl Agreement.

BERLIN, Mny 1S--Neeotiaeo ons To- a COM
mercial treaty between the United States
and Germany have now been taken up in
earnest at this end of the line. The United
States ambassador, Andrew d. White, ex-
poets that, despite the number of formid-
able obstacles that must be overcome,
treaty which will be satisfactory to both
nations will crown the efforts Of the rep
resentatives of both governments.
There is every reason for saying that the
German government, and notably the for
eign minister, Baron Won Buelow, will do
everything possible to overcome the diff
culties of the task of formulating such
treaty. The foreign office is having the po-
tent aid of Emperor William as well as the
sympathetic cooperation of representatives
of all the German states in the Bundesrath,
and is determined not to permit the OBJ
stinate aversion of the powerful agrarian
interests to stand in the way of such an
important bond with America The emperor
made clear the fact that he views such
treaty favorably in the course Of recent eX-
pressions to Baron Won Buelow. The main
difficulty that Mr. White has encountered
thus far in the preliminary conferences at
the ministry of foreign affairs is the erro-
neous idea that has taken hold of the Ger
man mind and been systematically fostered
trade with the United States has lattery
been distinctly unproftable
The papers referred to, even with stalls
tics prepared by the government, have made
strongly plausible case tending to show
that the balance of trade has steadily in
clined TO the side of the United States The
minister of the interior, Count Won Posa-
dowsky- Wehner, made a statement to the
same effect to the Reichstag few weeks
ago. MI. White this week produced strong
counter evidence, taking facts and figures
from material supplied by the Treasury de-
partment at Washington, showing that while
IT was true that American exports to Ger
many in 1898 were unusually large, far eX-
oeeding in bulk and value the German ex-
ports to the United States, the fact was
largely due to temporary causes while every
thing now shows a renewed larger demand
for German goods from the United States.
Mr.. White also pointed out that while
German exports are largely manufactured
goods, American EFFORTS are mainly Pc
troleum cotton and other raw materials, NOT
produced here, or insuficiently produced, as
cereals, copper, ETC., whose value as in
creased here and which are subsequently re-
exported.
Mr.. White also furnished proof by official
figures of the first three months of 1899 and
approximate figures for the current three
months that during the year under the exist
ing tariff there has been undenably large
increase OF German exports to America aSS
that tho total value of such exports for tue
entire year of 1899 will exceed 800 OO0, 900.
These facts and figures will soon be suitably
brought to the attention of the press and
dwelt uoon by government speakers IN the
Reichstag within fortnight, thus ending the
systematic misleading of the public by the
mouthpieces of the agrarian party.
With the public thus set right, it is sup
posed the task of the negotiating of treaty
will become easier and that the majority OF
the Reichstag will no longer antagonize the
measure 1t is also expected that this clari-
fication of public opinion will favorably in
fiuence the Reichstag in the matter of the
pending meat inspection bill, the chances Of
which at present appear to be very slim
largely through the same systematic misrep-
resentation for which the agrarian papers
are responsible.
Crossing Sweeper Claims an EarIdom.
LONDON, May ia crippled crossing
sweeper named Arthur Fitzhardinge Wankly
has entered claim to the earldom Of Berke-
ley, based upon the fact that his grandfather
Thomas Morton Fitzhardinge, the legally ac-
Enowledged heir, refused to accept the title
for family reasons. The claimant Is 40 years
Of and ba In, fha