New-York tribune., 1899-01-16
LIVE TOPICS IN BERLLN'
Berlin. January 10.

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help rather than hurt ne. What thnh'ne l", na.,o,
eoch side wish TO secure Is single ihspeo"o'',
which viii be valid throughout the h'npn., 49,
supersede the various local inspecuons' '1,.od
often prompted by a panic arising i'o.' =, ,or
trichne cases. Justly or unjusuy N,,at, tbis
elgn meats we have been labor.ng 10 oDtai, s,rong
irspectIon for long time and now nav ~sseons o
hopes Of a successful issue Ihe,ks s,an,,c ar hut we
believe the reasonable men hero and IN "a more
greatly in the majority. and tney are od relations
understanding the ImPot'""oe s -
Regarding the question OF acao,Sit gu, ,be Two gov
ernments is excellent The German ~ tbings should
onDfinue and the German officials in every Ise Ts
work in harmony with us best m H cause at present
for any ill-feellng arising out OF ne re being
either Power, and all other que ques;!''''' 9"
steadily placed on a better foouhs'
THE MEAT INSPECTION BILL.-The buhue''
ratb considered the Meat Inspection bill last "eeH
and the favorable view taken OF the 'nes' . ,A.,
the American side is corroborated py the ~, ~ .h
the Agrarian press this week severely 'i'''0''
bill. .,. ,,,on
Tho "Deutsche Tages-Zeitung" commenting upon
,h .co,oyne Gozettes" discussion OF the oni' vi
January Q when that paper took the grouhu ''". %
the measure would be In no way oe'rihen'''
rather advantageous, TO American meat IS. 49,
tho measure az being "unheard-of grovelihs ~
fore the United States" and predic's '""' ~"
Rsi
Tha "Dsu,ecbe Agr,r-C Correspondence. which, as
tbn organ OF the Federation Of Husbandry rece"'i!
hercely attacked the scientific Attache OF 'he .
lean Embassy for having in the German pie's Va
posed of false statements set anoat w '""s S
goes oven further than the "Tsses-Ieituhs, ta, Hp
ing abuse upon those who are IesRonsOds decarns i,
ing bill and on the measure its1t msioritv 70
is utterly impossible for the Rechstas nS 'tbn Hill
indorse some of the essential provisions OF taIe 70, a.,
especially the delegatng 10 the pun'e' ~
oT n tow other he hand the Liberal press oyfTlhy
welcomes the moderate provisions Vi INC ''''
III the Aepariahs had their own way, Germany
ere thi5 "Gb,o ,b Whole world-England Russia, Al.
gentlna and every agricultural ana eNP0'''7
The ragebatt remarks that 4 Rhenish papedf per
IS correctly Informed the bill VII not pe XXX the
ster decare that they intend TO have II framed 50
as to prevent American imports Tnis causes '"e
Ise%ld Ii Would be an an enjoyable symptom If the Cow
crnment began to snow NIUE i'0'N
toward the Agrarans
INCREASING EXPORTS TO UNITED STATES.
Official statistics of German exports TO the oaNe''
States show that they amounted in the last quarter
in the northern half OF Germany, excluding the
Zittau Consulate TO Sl2. l6l. compared WILD W.
o24947 in 1891. In the southern hah the nfriia" German
exports to the United States amounted 10 N'oiols''
being an Increase of SS26jS9 The total increase io
the last quarter amounted TO about SV'1V9 many MAJ
due 10 sugar exports. which came TO sah1s.i 9 ~
the last quarter of 1891 The total exports i9r & ls,5,
howeyrr show a decrease when compared WIN
those of 1897 This also s mainly traceahe 70 spgar, &
OF which from the Brnnsgde6 !, M M Consu'"'e a'o"e e
The sein-ofllcal Berlin Post" summarizng Ger .ho
manys export trade FOR S% says or item eD OF Of
sugar, Germany's exports were not nearly so poor
az it was at first feared they would be-
PROTECTION FOR HORTICULTURISTS.-
strong movement in favor Of protective tariff has
been set on foot By the horticultursts of Germany
A meeting OF over one thousand OF them mas au-
dressed a strongly worded petition TO the Imperial
Government recting their reasons for demanding
protection The Minister OF the Interior. Count Won
posadowsky- Wehner has summoned the president
OF the organization TO furnish him with additional
Information the subject. and there Is reason 10
believe that the Government intends to frame a
tariff measure which Will meet the hordcuiturists
views.
TO BE TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON.--A sem
sational high treason trial has been fixed for next
month before the Supreme Court Of Leipsic The
prisoner Pole named Godhumer inning to be
a dealer precious stones. was arrested at Metz
his arrival there from Paris IL Is said that the
high Government and military officers in France
TWO YEARS MILITARY sERVICE.-some stir
has been created by the fact that the Government
organ. the North German Gazette" and the
"Kreuz-Zeitung" and other inspired journals last
week published editorials representing that the two
years military service system adopted In 1895 has
not proved a success
MANY RETIRED OFFICERS-The exceptionally
large number OF officers retired from the Wurtem-
burg Army Corps at the instance OF the Emperor
has caused de, p-seated dissatisfaction. The Wur-
temburg local newspapers point out that there are
now l6 retired higher officers many OF them under
forty-ive years OF age. compared with - In active
service.
MONEY MARKET STRINGENCY.-Therei IL some
anxiety in official circles at the exceeding strngency
of the German money market. which, IT Is feared.
NAV endanger the success of the coming German
and PrIssian loans. These loans. 1t is semi
officially set forth. amount 10 far less than 2c00OO
marks which II originally expected would be
the amount
Considerable Indignation Is evnced at the uns,
favorable reports emanatng from London concern
ing the economical and financial conditions Of Ger
many especially the statement that the leading
English banks recently declined 10 accept Prussan
bills for a large amount This statement is declared
10 be utterly untrue and calculated TO impress
favorably the German Bourses with respect TO the
The National Zeitung" in an inspired article,
solely due to the extraordinary expansion OF Ger
industry which has absorbed immense quantl-
ties OF capital, adding
This led to rise In the rate OF discount and
slight decline in Prussian and imperial loans II.
however the financiers allow time for recuperaton
capital for which the most favorable conditions
are at hand. and If the German financial undertake
ings abroad restricted for short period to
causes ia higher in Germany than In France and
Great Britain. 1t will speedily diminish. In the
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