Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
NEED AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
Germans ACT Cautiously in Dealing with
Meat and Fruit Questions.
WAITING FOR NEW TARIFF sCHtDUl
Unwilling to Prejudice Present RcIa-
tiOns with important Countries
Before Concluding Conc
mcrciaI Treaty.

BERLIN, Nov 3O-With Emperor Williams
return today there was an immediate revival
OF political activity in Berlin. His majesty
arrived a New Palace at about o'clock this
morning and by 10 o'clock he was receiving
the reports of his civil and military cabinets.
The first official to be received was General
Won Hahnke, chief of the military cabinet
Ho was followed by the prince regent of
I Brunswick, who related his experiences in
Spain fortnight ago while on special
mission to confer the Order CT the Black
Eagle unon King Alfonso.
All day the kaiser remained at Potsdam.
Among the officials who have come to see
him from various parts Of the empire Is Dr.
Won Mumm Won Schwartzenstcin, who since
his arrival from Washington, has been at
his home in Baden.
Dr. Won Mumm had a long conference this
morning with Count Won Buelow, the for
eign minister, and this evening ho gave to
the Associated Press a summary OF the prts
ent relations OF Germany with the United
States, speaking cautiously with reference to
commercial issues, especially the meat and
fruit questions. He remarked that there
was a considerable difference of opinion re-
garding these matters aud that Germany
was still justly complaining of discrimna
ton against German sugar
When the correspondent of the Associated
Press suggested the great difficulty of reach
ing a satisfactory settlement of commercial
differences at the present time, especially in
view Of the fact that the United States Is
awaiting Germany's action on meat and Ger
many is awaiting the new tariff schedule
and is unwilling to prejudice prescUt rela-
tions with important countries before con-
C1t 4
Mumm did not dissent and later in the inter-
view he virtually adopted the suggestion
Discussing the present political relations
between the two powers the German
diplomatist spoke freely, declaring that the
Samoan agreement was cause of satissac-
tion to all three powers and had removed
a powder cask" from international politics
It. was nonsense to say that the United
States still refused to ratify the Anglo
German agreement, alleging that as a mat
ter of fact when he left Washington an
agreement had already been reached. DR..
Won Mumm remarked that the American de-
mand had been known all along and was
agreed to from the first, namely: The pos
session of Tutuila. with Pago Pago harbor
and the other island subsidiary to it.
American Colony at I<niserhof.
the largest and most successful in the his
tory of the American colony. Nearly 300 per-
sons were present, most of them being
young men and women. John b. Jackson
secretary of the United States embassy, pre-
sided and among those present were United
States Consul General Mason, Senator
Mitchell. Mr.. and Mrs. Chisholm of Cleve-
land, Dr. and Mrs. Norton Downs of Phla-
delphia, Prof. Carhart of Ann Arbor, DR..
ems of Yale
Prof Stevens made the only speech,
dwelling on the debt Americans owe TO
German science, as testified by the number
Of American students in Berlin. He raised
cheer by adding that, while recognizing
its debt to Germany, America could not for
get the ties binding it to England
1--WE are Englands loyal daughter" he
said, despite the fact that she has not
always treated us as a mother should
child, although later she made ample repara-
ton"
During the banquet and on the suggestion
of Mr.. Jackson, a dispatch was sent to Pres
ident Mckinley assuring him of the loyalty
and sympathy of the exiles."
A similar dispatch was sent TO Ambassador
White at AIassio, Italy.
The Berliner Taggeblatt in a double
loaded paragraph this evening says:
"On account of the unsatisfactory con-
dition of the textile trade with America
several traders have decided to erect mills
in the United States''