Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05
Uncle Sam HeSitateS Until This Is
Disposed Of.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS NAVAL PLAN.
II Reveals the Existence of strong
Desire to Interfere With Us I'm Our
War with spoin Last Year, md
With Britain This Year.

Copyright 1899, by the Associated Press.l
BERLIN. November i.-Op'nion here m
clines more and more strongly In favor
Ok a commercial treaty with the Unitaa
States. which will be fair for both sld>A
and enable the merchants OF bonn m.
tlcns 20 make calculations regarding
trade between the two countries for
number OF years ahead. The growing
Importance Of the United States as mar
ket for German goods IS generally recos-
nized by everybody except the Asrarions
end leads to the hope that the ions,pend-
ing negotiations will be brought 70
successful issue.
The kind reception OF the German deie-
gates 70 the Philadelphia Commercial
Congress is greatly appreciated by the
press here. The newspapers express the
hope that the gathering viii remove many
mutual errors. a number Of puh!ics-
lions have appeared lately explaining The
advantages OF better commercial relations.
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.
The additional reciprocity treaty b.
tween the United States and France has
startled German merchants. The Ma
ticnal Zcitung devotes long editorial TO
the subject, which concludes as follows;
"The quarrel between Germany and the
United states about the correct interpre'
talon Of the fayored-natlon clause must
thereby become more acute. unless Ger
many gets the same tarilf reductions as
France"
A number OF other papers and PAM
phlets point out that the treaty afs
fects many articles Of German export to
the United States. and that. therefore,
it is a matter OF great importance.
MEAT INSPECTION BILL.
The correspondent of the Associated
| Press learns from an Official source that
confidential adyices have been received
from Washington 10 the effect that nego-
| tations between the Embassy and
the State Department viii not be Sc
rousiy resumed until the measures touch
INK American interests pending IN tho
/ Relchstag. especially the meat inspection
bin. are disposed Of. The correspondent
| learns. on the highest authority, mat
| Count Won P0sadowsky-W ciner, recently
| c0nvorsing on The subject, said:
"rO pass an inspection bill Ia any
| shape. the government must hump the
| Agrarians to a certain extent other
| wise, the bill will be rejected IN It's old
| state, and the commercial war with the
| United States viii continue. We VIII
Ihave TO prohibit American sausages and
canned meats, and in compensation VIII
| encourage the importation of American
| fresh meats ana viii not hinder the i'm
| p0rtatiOn of hams. otc. The Americans
Will have 10 be- satisfied with this"
BALANCE OF TRADE.
In the same conversation. the Minister
OF the lptcrior said. II TINS 'untcrDi-
! lanz' Cmeanlng balance OF uadc) against
| Germany continues. We shall have 10
drop the gold standard"
! That the Agrar.ans oppose the proposed
! commercial treaty goes without saying.
The Deutsche Tages Heitung argues that
| Germanys commercial treaty policy 10
d gigantic mistake. II claims that tho
balance Of trade has gone more and
more against Germany, under the treat
les. until 80 now amounts to l,3n,-
| 5000 marks (S3-j,6ilJ0O. while during
the frco-tradc period of lS7Z-is0 IL WAS
I,yl2, 90 marks. However, Official sta
! tistics Tor the last nine months, just
published. show that German exports
have Increased 21Z.0l00O marks over tho
| same period OF 1895. Of which 80 10000
WILhELMS "FBOrTEN PLAN"
Tho EmDcrors naval projects have
formed the main subject OF press discuss
sion this week. The government now add
! mits that the "hotten-plan" really means
| doubling the navy, as compared with
what it would be- under the plan OF 1851,
and that $500 additional men viii DO
needed Tor the new neot. Nearly the
! whole press expresses establishment at
! the fact that his Majesty personally con
! cciyed and pushed the plan. while Prince
| HOhon,Oh0's consent was only obtained
later. and that the Bundesrath and Prus-
sian Cabinet have not yet been consult
cd. However the chances Of a bin en-
| bodying the plan, which, the correspond
| ent learns, viii reach the Reichstag be-
| fore the end OF the year, are increasing
| Even part OF the Freislnnigcs seem will
| ing 90 vote for the Increase, ~ strong
| reasons for % arc shown. The Agrarian
press preserves tho policy indicated last
week. An sorts OF popular manifesta-
tons IN favor OF the BIN are being ar
ranged. In order TO influence opinion.
! The government. through Herr krupp's
organ, the semi-Oiicial Poiitlschen
Nachrchtcn, gives among the reasons
| for tho contemplated increase the ad.
vent OF the United States rs a new
! "Weltmacht world-powerJ. the co-ope-
ration OF Great Britain and the United
States Ia Samoa. and The war in South
Africa, which has had much 10 DO with
| 1roNTTf rprD on PACE r\XENTYl