The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-12
ATTACK ON PACKERS
Has Furnished AsrarianS With Fresh
Ammunition to Fight Meat Bill.
DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTROVERSY
Are Eagerly Watched for, and the
American Packers Are Abused for
the Method by Which Their
Product is Prepared.

| Berlin, March u.-At the annual diplo-
matte dinner given by the Emperor of Ger
many on Wednesday, his majesty again
warmly thanked the United States ambas-
sador, Andrew d. White, for his efforts in
| re-establishing more cordial relations be-
| tween the two countries
Mr.. White. in replying. said the emperor's
gracefully expressed anxiety regarding
| Rudyard Kipling had an excellent effect
| in the United States. His majesty there
| upon started to converse on the subject of
| Kipling and his works, saying that the
| jungle stories were favorites with him, the
| hunting excursions especially. The en-
| peror added that he admired Kiplng's
keen, quick insight into nature. human or
| otherwise, surrounding him.
The minister of foreign affairs, Baron Won
Buelow, and Mr.. White, also conyersed at
| some length and pleasantly
Although Robert p Porter, since his ar
| rival here, has repeatedly announced to the
| official world and to the press that his mis-
| sion is in no wise authorized by the United
| States government, his stay here has at
| tracted considerable attention and product
| i've of good results. series of interviews
| has appeared in some of the leading papers,
in which Mr.. Porter has strongly pointed
out the mutual advantages of intimate and
uninterrupted commercial relations between
| the two countries.
Comments Are Varied
The comments on his utterances have
been extensive and varied. The Agrarian
press does not look favorably upon them.
The Kresuz Zeitung takes exception to the
| fact that Mr.. Porter has nowhere hinted
at American concessions and says:
Under such circumstances it would be
| most difficult for Germany to conclude
commercial treaty with the United States"
The semi-official Post disputes the cor
rectness of Mr.. Porter's figures on the SUBJ
| Jects of German exports to the United
| States, denies the business of his conclus-
| ions and adds:
1T is undeniable that German imports
from the United States vastly increased
| during 1898, while the exports to America
decreased $3OGO,0O0 compared with 1890 and
| S4O,oOO,OOO compared with 1885,"
The fore part of the week was spent by
| Mr.. Porter at Magdeburg, studying the su-
| gar question from the German point of
view. man principally interested in the
| industry told Mr.. Porter that it is hoped
| the United States will waive the discrimi-
natlng tarin on German sugar a prelm-
| mary condition to the conclusion of a COM
| mercal treaty. He also furnished state
| ments apparently showing that the large
German manufacturers can produce sugar
| as low as cents pound, which, il true
| will enable them to compete perfectly with
| Cuban sugar.
The Miies-Eagan Dispute
| The testimony in the Miles, -Eagan dispute
| at Washington has furnished the agrarian
press here with welcome material for the
war on American meat Some of the COM
ments are extremely uncomplimentary to
| the American packers The Kreusz Zeitung
says:
Since the testimony of General Miles has
proved that the packers are SO conscience
| less as to furnish totally unfit meat for
their own soldiers at the front, they would
| certainly not scruple to sell similar meat to
foreigners. We hope these facts will not
| be lost sight of when the new meat in
| spection bill is considered in the reich
stag"
| AS the reichstag adjourns for Easter on
| March %, the meat inspection bill will not
| be discussed until the middle of April The
| chances of its passage in the present shape
| have diminished lattery owing to the
| revelations of General Miles and also to
the vigorous agitation of the Agrarian
press.
| The correspondent of the Associated
| Press learns that the government would
| not object seriously to slight changes in
the working of the bill, but an amend
ment in the manner sought by the Agrari-
| ans would render 1t unacceptable.
| Changes which have been contemplated
| in the administration of the navy which
| have been considered for long time, the
| correspondent is informd, will go into eff
feet on the retirement of Admiral Won
| knorr, the present chief of the navy.
| Bill VIII Command Navy
| Tho or,paror will than oscuyna oop,rno,,3
| of the navy, as he has exercised that of the
army; an admiralty and general staff Will
be created with functions similar to the
| army general staff, the admiralty staff to
have a separate chief, while the functions
| and Importance of the commanders of the
naval station at Kiel and Wilhelm's
| Haven will have been enlarged. The naval
cadet system will be reorganized, and the
number of cadets is about to be doubled.
Interesting tests of wireless telegraphy
have been made at Kiel recently on board
| number of war vessels, three German
| miles apart On the whole the experiments
| have been successful.
The papers comment upon the Samoan
dispatches published yesterday by the
| Reichsanzeiger saying they bear out the
| former German official statements and
fatty contradict the essential points of Mr..
| Chambers letters. The Vossische Zeitung
thinks the documents show the German
| officials In Samoa have strictly adhered to
| the Berlin treaty and the Cologne volks
| Zeitung reproduces the version of the affair
| credited to H. l. Moor, an American mer-
| chant of Apia, saying 1t fully corroborates
| the German contentious
A number of papers attacked the gov
| ernment's so-called concession at Manila.
| The Rheinish Westphalian Zeitung says
| the withdrawal of the German ships is In
explicable, "as the danger to German life
| and property in the Philippines Is more
imminent now than In 1885,"