The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-14
TALK OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.
More German OHsIaughts Upon
American Meats

Copyright 1S99 by the Associated Press.)
Berlin. May 1S.-Negotiations for 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, Mr. An
drew D. White, expects that despite the
number of formidable obstacles that must
be overcome, such a treaty as will be sat
isfactory to both nations will crown the
efforts of the representatives, of the two
governments.
There is every reason for saying the Ger
man government, and notably the foreign
minister Baron Won Buelow, will do every
thing to overcome the difficulties of the
task of formulating such treaty. The
foreign Office is having the potent aid Of
Emperor William, as well as the sympa-
thetic cooperation of representatives of
all the German states in the Bundesrath,
and is determined not to permit the OBJ
sHnate aversion of the powerful Agrarian
interests 10 stand in the way OF such an
important bond with America.
The Emperor made clear the fact that he
views such a treaty most favorably, IN
the course of recent expressions to Baron
Won Buelow.
The main difficulty that Mr. White has
encountered thus far in the preliminary
conferences at the ministery of foreign al
fairs Is the erroneous idea that has taken
hold of the German mind and been sys-
tematically fostered by the Agrarian and
other newspapers, that trade with the
United States has latterly been distinctly
improbable.
Attacks on American Meat.
The onslaughts of all the Agrarian or
gans upon American meat this week has
been of the most violent and fiercest des-
crlption. A number of cablegrams have
been reprinted from certain papers in
America, considerably increasing the vol
ume of these attacks. The Kreuz Zeitung
reiterated the statement that American
meat inspection is farce.
The Deutsche Fleischer Zeitung,
the organ of the butchers,
stated that part of the steamer Bull
garia's cargo consisted of American horse
meat which was actioned off at Hamburg
and is now being sold under a false flag
to German consumers, This statement,
which has been widely circulated, has un-
favorably influenced public opinion.
Ambassador White had several confer
ences this week with Foreign Minister
Won Buelow regarding the meat inspec-
ton bill. Both of these officials hope that
the Reichtag will pass measure that
will be acceptable to both countries.
Want a Larger Navy.
The vigorous agitation in favor of an
| increase in the navy extra appropriation
that was sanctioned by the Reichtag,
| continues. The Flotten Vorem, a naval
society with a membership of 10000 urges
that the natlon hasten the building OF
new vessels and demands the increase, if
| Germany is not to be outmanoeuvered
by more active nations in all points of
the world where a vigorous display OF
naval power may be necessary.
The Crown Prince of Germany will com
mence his studies at the University of
| Bonn at Eastertide next year. His par
| ents are much worried because scrofula,
which troubled the younger days of the
| older sons, has broken out in the younger
children. The physicians have ordered
| Prince Joachim, Prince Oscar and Princess
Victoria to Kreuznach, and Prince Adal-
/ bert's cruise around the world has been
| postponed for the same reason.
The foreign office has received notifca-
! ton that DR.. Won Schweinitz has been ap-
pointed as the American representative to
| the tuberculosis congress.