The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-05
Inclined TO Make Trade Concessions
TO America
FOR A CONSIDERATION
INCREASED RESPECT FOR OUR
INDUSTRIAL IMPORTANCE.
Inclination to Encourage Commerce
Between the Two Nations - Ger
man Accounts of the Situation In
Samoa Blame the English and
American Officials.


tells the correspondent here of the
Associated Press that for some time
past there has been a tendency on the
part of the German government to be
Very conciliatory towards American
commerce. In the first place, regarding
american insurance companies, winch
formerly were forbidden TO do business
IN Prussia, the government has con-
coded that the case. which was sup
posed 10 be closed. may be reo2ened,
and also, what the insurance companies
have been urging, it has sent repre-
sentatives Of Prussia to New York to
investigate the methods of American
companies. whether these concerns
VIII be permitted TO resume business
will depend on the nature of this re-
port"
Regarding American meats, Mr..
White added: The meat inspection
bill has a number Of features favor
able to American interests, showing
goodwill towards the United States"
The Germans, continued Mr.. White,
claim that * is now the turn of the
Americans to make concessions, such
as the release of their ships from the
tonnage dues imposed under the adj
,ninistration of President Cleveland,
and since continued under a misappre-
hension There are also manv other
widest facilities for business with the
Americans, an example being the es-
pecialiy favorable report Of the Ham
burg chamber of commerce in regard
to the American trade Ali this seems
to indicate that opinion is tending in a
remarkable degree in favor of equitable
treatment of American products. This
doubtless viii have a marked effect on
the commerce of the two nations"
The report of the chamber OF COM
merce of Hamburg, referred to by Mr..
White in the interview. is highly in
teresting and remarkable document.
1t reviews briefly, but completely, the
relations between Germany and the
United States during the past year,
and says there is no doubt the Ding
ley tariff has been a great benefit 10
many articles made in the United
States. 1t is further asserted that the
reason for the strength of American in
dustry is found in the fact of the ca
pacity for production on q large scale
Of certain commodities, in comparison
with which the German facilities, with
only a few exceptions. are far inferior
European industry, it is added, may be
prepared for the fact that in many ar
ticles which have hitherto been i'm
ported the United States Will become
sharp competitors, especially in the
iron and steel industries.
GERMAN STORIES FROM SAMOA.
The press devotes much space this
week to the Samoan question. The
mails have brought numbers of letters
from Germans at Apia, and the lead
ing papers IN many cases describe the
occurrences differently from the En-
glish and American newspapers, put
ting the blame upon the English
speaking officials. The comments Of
the papers also differ, but all agree
that the tripartite government is a
failure and the idea of he partition OF
the islands is much ventilated. The
organs of the colonial party oppose
this suggestion energetically, as 1t
would put an end to German annexa-
= ton of the group. A writer III the COL
onial Zeitung, the leading organ OF the
party, attempts tc show that the par
tition of the islands, even if peaceful,
would inevitably lead to a much worse
situation
The correspondent of the Associated
Press. hears on good authority that the
negotiations thus far tacitly assume
that an entire change in the personnel
al Apia Of the representatives of the
three powers viii be the basis of IN
Outstanding TO be arrived at and that
This will include the recall of the Amer
lean chief justice. Chambers; United
States Consul Osborne; British Consul
AIaxse. Dr.. Raffel, the German presi-
dent of the municipal council and Herr
Rose, the German consul. 1t is un-
6erstood that their removal is necessary
in order TO re-establish peace and or
der in the administration OF the islands.
The German officials do not attempt TO
deny this, though they add, 1t has long
been intended to relieve them at their
own request.
- "a
tend that q surrender in this matter
without similar concessions on the
other side will mean grave loss of
German prestige.
ULTRAMONTANE CONCESSIONS.
The rejection Of part of the provisions
of the military biE BY the centrists in
the budget committee has created
amazement. This is explained by the
fact that the center is waiting for Ger
tain concessions to the ulTamontane
interests. This, it IS said, has been
agreed upon and the center will vote
for the bill 1t was reported that the
concessions include the appointment of
q Catholic department, a chief of a
Catholic section of the ministry OF pub-
lie worship, Of the amending of the
municipal election law TO give the CEN
ter dominion over tie Rhine cities, and
il is also claimed that the bundesrath
Will sanction the Itl)tdi VI the OStid-
citation of the Jesuits and other or
ders.
The officials Of the German foreign
office say that considerable time will
probably lapse before the claims for
damages fled by German manufacture
ers and merchants in Cuba during the
war will be proven. These Gains now
amount to several million dollars, main
" by three firms for factories and PLAN
tations burned by the Cuban insur-
gents The question as TO whether the
Spanish. Cuban or American govern
1nent is responsible is another difficulty.
The Russian tyrannizing of Finland
IS severely commented upon in political
circles, even among the conservatives,
the Kreuz Zeitung forcihly voicing
these sentiments.
GAMBLING IN THE ARMY.
In the reichstag this week, the min
lister Of war, General Won Gossler, re-
reatedly referred TO gambling in the
army and into the allegations that the
TIarnllosen club contained many Of
tenders, confirming the emperors desire
fo.. the strictest investigation into the
matter The minister added that ac-
cordfng TO the present information there
were not many officers compromised.
The Tageblatt today denies this and
saws over 100 active officers belong to
the club, adding that on one occasion,
among the forty-two persons present.
were thirty-six uniformed officers, ard
that another notorious gambler, Wolff,
brought 10 number Of officers, of
whom every one was a prince.
The Post, discussing the increase Of
the Importation of American horses, adj
vises the government TO increase to at
least 10 pea. cent ad valorem the pres
ent duty of 10 or y marks per horse.
II claims that not only were 6,919 horses