The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
m and AMERICA.
,..ld,nt is Being thoroughly
Investigated
( NOT BEING SUPPORTED
en- only Cain by Assist
,,.d ststcs--The Press
Fruit Importntions.

.iyed detailed instructions
..r,oa. both by mail and cable.
!. 3 give their contents.
~ .ss any reason to change the
r,sre previously expressed 'hat
.,,as will be entirely ABDUCTED
.,.Ilv. Ny instructions have not
III OF coming to an amicAble
I',sug more difficult. have had
,surer,nces with Baron Won Bue-
rsnran minister of foreign al
,,,Io, the week about Samoa and
urnIp.s and our commercial rela-
N found the German government
ssllnory."
IN. utterly disbolieves the re-
q, Germany has financially sup
,,aInaldo and similar stories.
,,tsnco 10 the latter, high gov
!, rof6cjal said TO the correspon-
=. n The Associated Press:
rsnorts are utterly baseiese. 1t
aw commercial syndicate for
y, II arms and ammunition has
!, Hong Kong fer yeara and Is
~ a thriving business. Its mem
Enelish, Americans, Japanese
b,,ese but 1t does not contain
csrulan. The consul Of Germany
u does not belong to the syndi-
!. l. he In any way interested in
4. pnd ammunition trade"
dan Affairs have occupied large
s.,hs German press during the past
AZ events at Manila have been
t@nly and the press comments
S.iiiul and varied. Generally
\, ths papers are rather sympa-
4 NE Americans, but fears are ex-
hat the task of subduing the
~ will prove harder than the
ana suppose. The Vossische lei
!, N article wishing the Americans
avs. "If President Mckinley
a. establishing permanent Ameri-
IA IN the Philippines the United
ina lust on the threshold Of
var. Of whose dangers and ex-
blcod and money, the American
,ps strategists have probably no
NJ IDEA" 49,,
crer the situation calmly must
ih,t the final victory of the Amer
4 not certain, but desirable. The
a with their Aguinaldo, are GER
incapable of self government. We
liable TO discover in this Aguinaldo
hss played with more than hos
mentions between the two powers
ksils Of real greatness"
Kreuz Zeitung then rcioces that
tstions between Germany and the
y States are improving, and pays
tribute to Mr.. White for his steady
! In that direction. The paper next
esa partition of the Samoan islands,
iny taking Upolu, upon which Apia,
hpi.al, Is situated, and which con-
more than half the population OF the
group, and the United States and
Britain dividing Savaii, Tutuila
ganes
commercial relations between the
States and Germany have been abb
Ag CHEF attention partly on account
reIchstag Interpolation on the sub
to-day, Introduced by Count Won
d tho agrarian leader, with the ap-
Of the government, which hopes
~ to exert pressure on the Washing
pvenment, which, 1t is claimed here,
tdiag back needlesSly and interpreting
|tles Ia the way of mutual under
|ng Iegardlng reciprocity.
agrarian press this week again
Z The United States and the centrists,
hacked the Interpolation, print in
nouthpiece, the Cologne Volks
(nE, 9 long aggressive article, relating
american lnsolence," In tariff matters.
Eg other things the paper says:
p German market is equally valuable
p Americans as the American is for
Ha since the American tariff policy
|saed 10 excluding a large part Of Ger
exports from the American market.
IlsAh braggadocio pretends that Amer
~ nothing to lose and that she can
YEA Germany by increasing brutality.
" believe that in the end they will
'u'le that they have to deal with a
' VINO viii not be frightened. First of
y ieienstag must make 1t plain that
~ patience In the face of lncessant
.csa provocation has its limits and
We are determined to defend our
uaiess they learn to behave sensibly.
'.psilsls In supporting the interpclla-
y 10y intend to rush Germany into n
. var .s With the United States. we are
|, u saal such a war hurts both parties
"a. our industries would suffer. But
III by their brutal disregard of
'ss have already injured our ex-
g = !, seriously that IL seems necessary
~ aen once for all that we can hit
!. msleTwise they will behave worse
rsss and injure us more than
NJ, ..ss,sescing article from the organ Of
XII s'nant faction in the reichstag is
.''y significant. The Kreug Zeitnnr,
sbI, lnliar but more moderate edi-
p,sly yas me Deutsche Zeltung has an
me-. aggressive article, concluding:
b.- upon our own government,
,.,. H. Always shown weakness towards
dir,. etaiss. and as pressure to be
!, 'yw,y'nuically against those gentle
~ ssnington, their liberalization is
~ desirable and welcome"
sntire liberal press talfeg the op-
inc National Zsitung deems
q.It p,'aauon untimely. The Freissin-
~ ,uns says II is merely intended 10
X, ,s ne policy ofrarricultura] inter
MA as peneht of aFrarians and the
snongly opposes tariff war.
l,,,s, ious application OF the Ger
NJ, Oh American imports has in no
4 An and during the past few
ii t ~ have been treated with
'pl,r ssrness at all the tariff stations,
4 ~ Hamburg. Bremen and EN-
.w frontier Of Holland.
e, Il,,sshtion Of Mr.. White has lust
70 case which occurred on
IA ~ mhen the finest California pears
% merchant OF Dusseldorf
d, 's,psn at Fmrich by the
Is. VINO advised the consignee
IA. 'oI could not pass because the
IA scHe had been found amone
n n. ne consignee denurred, point.
va = me pears were dried by The
aa,.ssl'ornia method and that The
NJ iore must be dead and harm.
IA o,neiais renlied a week later
u NM mad been unable 10 de-
but IN the scales were dead OF
a ."at In any case II had beer
,sad IT, :. Ameriun fruit was calculstec
AZ at san Joge scale, unless 81
Nm !, 'ender II perfectly dry. hare
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