The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-19
MEASURE WITH L0OPH0LES
THAT WILL PERMIT SEPARATE EX-
AMINATIONS IN EACH STATE.
Comment of the Press ON tho DecIara-
sky-Wehner-OH Monopoly.
rcopyright. 1899. BY the Associated press.l

Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press.l
BERLIN, Feb. 1S.-The meat inspection
bill passed by the Bundezrath on Feb is
provides for an expert inspection inland, be-
fore and after slaughtering cattle, hogs,
sheep goats and horses, excepting what are
killed for domestic consumption. This is re-
garded as only an agrarian compromise.
The bill contains many details of home in
spection. 1t not only excludes diseased
meat but meat of insufficient nutritive
value. Foreign meats are subject to a single
inspection. but this does not forbid an addi-
tional inspection by the separate states for
special reasons. such as suspicion that the
meat has deterioated since the date of its
first inspection. In any case however. for
eign meats must be treated the same as do
mestic meats. The importation of foreign
meats is restricted TO certain ports and from
tier stations, in order to facilitate inspection,
the result of which must be made known in
each case in uniform manner. The bill is
considered to provide the minimum meat in
spection required throughout the empire,
leaving to the separate states the question
of adding other features besides what are
contained in the imperial bill.
The measure has now gone to the Reichs-
tag where it is certain to lead to stormy
debates The Center, being. the dominanr
factor, will propose an amendment to the
effect that Germany appoint corps of it's
own meat inspectors to so to Chicago, Kan
sas city and other great meat exporting
centers, these inspectors to examine all
meats destined for Germany and issue cer-
| tifcates which would be accepted as conclu-
sive by the home government. Regarding
this proposition the Centrist organ the
Cologne Volks Zeitung says: THE American
packers cannot object TO such an arrange
ment for such hygienic legalization will
only be a copy of their present legalization
of German exports to the United States by
the American consuls here"
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung, the leading
Agrarian organ. to-day remarks: "Ihs
Reichst8g will find it difficult to put the
wholly Inadequate meat inspection bill into
acceptable shape. All who regard the new
departure of favoring foreign countries
especially the United States, as incompatible
with the interests Of the German people.
must unite in a demand for its rejection.
The statements of Baron Won Buelow tho
minister Of foreign affairs, and Count Posa@
dowsky-W Wehner, the minister of the in~
terror, regarding the commercial and politi4
cal relations between the United States and
Germany and debate in the Reichstag on
the subject have occupied the attention OF
the press throughout the week and gave rise
to many notable utterances. The Cologna
Gazette resignedly says: I'm spite of tha
clear and unequivocal declaration of tha
German government, we suppose that tho
German batting of the American and Eng4
lish press will not cease at once. We believes
however, that the frank and honest re-
marks of the officials of the governments
@1,s..
tinuing to affect the views of the thinking
and influential classes in the United
States"
The Deutsche Zeitung publishes a long
editorial article in the course of which i'd
says: "German-American relations are diff
cult to handle. German agriculture and
German industry must export, and Ameri~
can industry and German agriculture need
tariff protection. Thus arise most impor~
tant economic differences. The American
desire for expansion and the German need
of expansion produce new frictions, YET
neither an economic nor political ruptura
will be in the interest of either nation
The Frankfort Zeitung, reviewing the
proceedings in the Reichstag, says: "Ie
must be admitted that opinion in the United
States has unfortunately had many reasons
to doubt Germanys neutrality We pointed
out upon a former occasion the needless
ness of sending four German men-of-wak
to Manila to protect German interests.
Other interested powers deemed one vessel
enough. And then the larger part Of the
press, the semi-official newspapers included,
gave expression TO their sympathy for the
brave and severely tried Spanish peoples
which was necessarily offensive to the
Americans"
Much sfrprfse is expressed IN the vrosa
at the fact that the minister Of foreign
affairs during the debate did not mention
Samoa. A high Foreign Office official. how
ever, said to the correspondent here of the
Associated Press: This was solely due to
the fact that agreement had been
reached between the three interested gov
ernments 10 refrain from important public
utteranees on the subject until the full
detailed reports have been received. In the
meanwhile it may be said that we have Civ
en- you what news w0 have received. This
Is rather contrary to the custom or the
German Foreign ohice and was done to
avoid misunderstanding. here and IN Amer
cia. We on this side. indeed. have been
much more communicative on the subject oe
the Samoan muddle than Washington. rath-
er to our astonishment.
The discord within the German and Prus-
sian Cabinets has grown more acute Thera
is no longer any doubt that the three out
spokenly Agrarian members of the Prussian
Cabinet-Baron Won Hammerstein-Iexten
the minister Of agriculture; Baron Won der
Reeke Won der Horst. the Prussian minis-
ter OF the interior, and Count Won peradow~
slxy-y -yVehner. the secretary of state for the
interior-are openly at war With the rest "a