Arizona republican., 1899-06-14
OUR NEAR NEIGHBOR
Since Germany Has Bought
 CdrOIineS and LddrOneS
Uncertain Whether Her Purpose is 10 Be Friendly and NeIahbOrIy or to Use Her New Possessions fO HaraSS Us.

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 l journalistic attache. issued a state
 ment showing, from it's point Of view, 1 that the requirement by the kaiser of i the Caroline, Ladrone and Pelew isl ands has really strengthened the 1 friendship between the United States
 and the German empire, and that the fact Of Germany's being such a near neighbor of America in the Philippines ] will prove a valuable means of bring ing the three sister nations-the United States, Great Britain and Ger
 many-closely together The state
 ment goes on to show that England re- joices in this new arrangement and adds that Germany will be delighted to join a Pan-Teutonic movement em- bTac:ng the three nations referred to, or, in other words, that Germany
 would like 10 be included in the Anglo Saxon league Of good feeling and help
 ful cooperation.
 This statement, emanating from the
 German embassy at this time, is very significant, because Germany $ awak- ening to the fact, if not fear, tha1 the United States has the power to strike
 at this time a most terrific blow to German commerce if she persists to her attitude of opposition and em-
 barrassment to American interests
 It has been question for some time in high administration circles as to
 whether the clause incorporated in the last agricultural act, which gives the
 secretary of that department the right
 to close this country to certain pro
 ducts of other nations, should be
 put into operation. When the agri-
 cultural appropriation bill was before
 congress, a clause was inserted au- thorizing the secretary of agriculture
 to investigate the aduIteration Of food, drugs and liquors, reading: ''The
 secretary of agriculture, whenever he
 has reason to believe that articles are
 being imported from foreign countries
 which are dangerous to the health Of
 the people of the United States, shall
 make a request upon the secretary Of
 the treasury for samples from original
 packages of such articles for inspec-
 tion and analysis, and the secretary of
 7
 open such original packages and de-
 liver specimens to the secretary of az
 riculture for the purpose mentioned,
 giving notice to the owner or part
 owner of such articles. who may be present and nave the right to intro
 duce testimony; the secretary of the treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee of any goods which the secretary of agriculture reports to him have been inspected and analysed and found dangerous to health
 When this bill was before the senate committee on finance for final report to the senate the German ambassador became very solicitous in regard to it and personally sought out members Of the committee and protested against | it's enactment. He had an interview | with certain prominent republican | senator which at one time became de- cidsdly animated, the ambassador claiming that the clause was directed against certain articles imported from Germany, and he demanded that it be stricken from the Dill The senate, however, passed the bill with the clause in it. When it went to conference the members Of the German embassy continued their against it among the mem bers of the conference committee. The action of the Germans excited sus- picion and inquiries were made from government officials as to their reason n iPin oo al They were informed that it was the wish of the administration that the clause be retained in the bill, and it was passed. The agricultural depart ment for the last few months has been out the provisions of this clause, and Investigations in regard to the adulteration of certain foods, drugs and liquors have been carefully made. It is stated that the results Of these Investigations have shown that large amounts of imports of sugars, wines, sausages and toys from Ger many are adulterated or otherwise de- Leterious to health.
 It wall be rene mbered that rGt long ago consular reports from Germany showed that manufacturers have been certain poisonious drugs to color and decorate toys shipped to this and that, quickly following the publication of these reports, the German authorities made distinct de- 1ials claiming that the toys were not painted by poisonious drugs Yet the investigations of the agricultural de Dartment have been such as to con 7tnce the officials that certain classes 3f the goods enumerated above are leleterious to health, and it has only been a question of time when the sec 'etary of agriculture should use the power invested in him by congress and