The record-union., 1899-02-12

sure to be used diplomatically against
those gentlemen at Washington, this
Interpolation is certainly desirable and
welcome
The entire Liberal press takes the OPP
posite view. The National Zeitung"
deems the Interpolation untimely; the
"Freissigne Zeitung" says it is merely
intended to facilitate the policy of ag-.
ricultural development for the benefit
Of the Agrarian. and "Tageblatt"
strongly opposes a tariff war.
The vexatious application Of the Ger
man tariff on American imports has in
no wise ceased, and during the past few
months American fruit has been treated
with unfairness at all the tariff sta
tionS, particularly Hamburg, Bremen
and Emmerich, ON the frontier of Hol-
land The attention of Mr.. White has
just been called to a case which oc-
Cured on January Sth, when a hum
dred cases of the finest California dried
pears consigned to merchant of Dus-
seldorf were stopped at Emmerich by
the Germans, who advised the con-
signee that the lot could not pass be-
cause the San Jose scale had been
found among the pears. The consignee
demurred, pointing out that the pears
were dried by the approved California
method, and that the scales, therefore,
must be dead and harmless. The Off
cials replied a week later that an ex-
pert had been unable tol determine whe-
ther the scales were dead or alive, but
that in any case it had been decided
that American dried fruit was calcu-
lated to spread the San Jose scale, un-
less so dried as to render it per
fectly dry, hard and brittle" The con-
signee answered that such treatment Of
choice California fruit would make It
valueless and unfit for food, and called
attention to the scientific fact that no
San Jose scale could survive the Cali
fornia process. His remonstranees,
however, had no effect.
The Cologne Gazette" commenting
on the case, says: 'It is very de-
sirable that this guerrilla warfare
should cease, for it will only increase
neat, and it is not necessary to ex-
plain what that means to German in
dnstries."
The death of Prince Alfred of Sake
Coburg and Gotha has brought the
court ball season to an end. Both last
Tuesdays ball and the carnival balls
have been abandoned.
Emperor William did not attend the
opera subscription ball on Wednesday,
for the first time during his reign, thus
causing intense disappointment 20 the
provincial visitors and Berliners, whose
only chance of being on the same floor
with the Emperor was thereby de-
stroyed.
There has been astonishment at the
fact that the Prussian Diet did not take
any Official notice of the death of Cen
ecal Count Won Caprivi, the former
Chancellor They did not send a dele
cation to the funeral, and it did nos ad-
journ as a mark of respect to the dead
man, Us cid the Reichstag. This
studied neglect is attributed to the fact
that the Diet is dominated by the
Agrarians, of whom Caprivi was the
pet enemy, in consequence of his COM
| mercial policy.
An American styling himself DR..
Gustav Sieber, special military attache
of the American legation" has been
staying at Dresden for the past three
months, and has appeared at a num-
Der of public entertainments in a brill
liant uniform glittering with orders and
decorations. He also claims to be
going to Paris as special American Off
eial in charge of the American branch
of the exhibition. Consul General Cole
apprised the United States Embassy,
but the German police have not yet ar
rested the special military attache.'