The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19

BERLIN. Feb. 1S.-The meat inspec-
ton bill passed by the bundesrath pro-
vides for an expert inspection imme-
diately before and after slaughtering
cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and horses,
excepting such as are killed for domes-
tic consumption. This is regarded as
an Agrarian compromise.
The bill contains many details of
home inspection. 1t not only includes
diseased meat. but meat Of insufficient
nutritive value. Foreign meats are
subject to a single inspection. but this
does not forbid an additional inspec-
ton by the separate states, for special
| reasons, such as suspicion that the
| meat had deteriorated since the date Of
its first inspection. In any case, how
ever, foreign meats must be treated
| the same as domestic meats.
The Importation of foreign meats is
restricted to certain ports and frontier
| stations, in order to facilitate inspec-
ton, the result of which must be made
known in each case in a uniform man
her.
The bill is framed to provide the
| minimum meat inspection required
| throughout the empire, leaving to the
separate states the question of adding
| other features besides those contained
| In the imperial bill.
The measure has now gone to the
| reichstag. where it is certain to lead to
stormy debate. The Center. being the
dominant factor. will propose an
amendment to the effect that Germany
| appoint a corps of it's own meat in
spectors to go to Chicago. Kansas City
ana other great meat exporting CEN
tiers, these inspectors to examine all
meats destined for Germany, and issue
certificates which will be accepted as
conclusive by the home government
GERMAN AMERICAN RELATIONS.
The statement of Baron Won Buelow,
the minister Of foreign affairs, and
Count PosadowskyW ehner, the min
lister Of the interior. regarding the COM
mercial and political relations with the
United States and the debate on the
subject In the reichstag have occupied
the press throughout the week and
gave rise to much discussion. The
Colgne Gazette resignedly says:
Despite the declaration of the Ger
man government we suppose the Ger
man batting by the American and Eng
l1sh press will not cease at once. We
nope, however. that the honest and
frank remarks of German officials will
prevent the poisonous efforts from in
fiuencing the views of thinking men,
The Frankfort Zeitung. reviewing
~ pAoSGOoiilSS III tie TSiCHSIdS, says.
IL must be admitted that opinion In
the United States has unfortunately
had many reasons to DOUBT Germany's
neutrality. We pointed out, upon a
former occasion. the needlessness of
sending four German men-of-war to
Manila to protect German interests
Other interested powers deemed one
vessel enough. And then the larger
part of the press. the semi-off1ciaI
newspapersI included. gave expression
to their Sympathy for the brave and
severely tried Spanish people, which
was necessarily offensive to the Amer
lean people,"
CABINET CRISIS.
The discord within the Prussian and
German cabinets has grown more
acute. There is no longer any doubt
that the three outspokenly Agrarian
members of the Prussian cabinet,
Baron Won Rickender Won Horst, the
Prussian minister of the interior, and
Count Won Posadowsky-We hner, the
secretary of state for the interior, are
openly at war with the rest of their
colleagues. 1t is not yet plain how it
will all end--with the retirement Of one
faction or with a fresh compromise.
Some of the newspapers predict the re-
tirement Of the three Agrarians
Baron Won Buelow, it is understood.
continues to enjoy the full confidence
of the emperor, who holds that foreign
office interests must be allowed to pre-
dominate, at least for the time being,
during the important negotiations
pending with several powers, especial
ly the United States