The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26
German Officials Met by
En- bassadOr White.
OBJECTIONS TO CHAMBERS
WHY THE CHEF JUSTICES RE
CALL IS DESIRED.
Meat Inspection Bill Appears to BE
Fair 70 the United States and
Agrarians Are Crying
Out Against It.
Copyrgatsa. 1893, BY the Associated Press.

-. Copyrighted. 1893, BY the Associated Press.
= BERLIN, Feb 25-United States
Ernoassador White has had several
'protracted conferences this week with
Baron vou Richtofe1, Under Secretary
OF the Foreign Office, on the subfect
l. o. the recent troubles in Samoa, and
. has received q number Of documents
IN support OF Germauy's view Of the
Situation The interviews were OF the
most friendly character.
An official n behalf OF Baron Won
BUlOw, the German Minister OF For
,-eIgn Affairs, says that the German En-
bEssador At Washington, Dr. Won EOI-
!eben, has represented TO the United
states. informally and IN z friendly
manner, the a6visabiIity Of recalling
:: william Chambers, the Chief Justice OF
Samoa The German Government IS OF
. the opinion that Mr- Chambers. since
the publication OF the letter 10 his
q. brother, which appeared II the news
>. papers Of the United States, IS an in
proper person TO represent the three
governments Of Samoa
Il Is further said that he was put
there il order 10 represent the protect
ing powers, and for him 10 criticize one
u L~-C-C - rs L-lhES lLlIL
- Unfit TO serve any longer II. his pres
.eut capacity It IS only necessary. It
=: Is pointed out, 10 reverse the case in
order 10 show this srrikiugfy TO Aueri-
cans.
Let Us suppose" said the German
. official referring 10 the above. that
such letter had been written by Herr
Rose, the German Consul at Apia,
would not the entire American press
point out that II was fragrant proof OF
Herr Roses Uuftuess 70 any longer
hold his placer
Mr.. Chambers letter has greatly
stirred up public feeling IN Germany
and nearly the entire press asserts that,
~ the letter Mr. Chambers has agIar-
tugIy manifested his Unfrness for his
position.
Some Of the papers declare that in
asuUch as Germany, the United States
and Great Britain have declared their
intention 70 maintain the basis of
Samoa intact. while Mr. Chambers. by
his acts and words, has put himself
outside the act, and can 10 longer be
considered g proper mandatory OF the
siguaL0ry powers.
Tie meat Inspection bill Is ACCOM-
panied BY z long memorial explaining (
TIE reasons guiding the Government N
the matter Il gives details showing
that the fears expressed that & general
inspection would make meat more ex-
pensive are Uufounded. the cost OF such
inspection being only -oue-eighth or
oEe-siXth Of one cent per kiIO ii the
denseIy populated districts Il is also
set forth that the Importation Of meat
viii not be rendered more difficult. as
. the Importers viii easily accommodate
-s7 r.
The AgrErlaus do not Ike the bill
They assert that the paragraph provid-
ing for reImbursIug by the Government
E. OF the losses % producers through their
having their cattle or meat condemned
as unfit for food cannot be thought OF,
. and they add that cattle insurance IS
the only remedy for these producers
- The TaEe Zeitung attacks the bill
EeuOmOusIy. declaring that II Is wholly
unacceptable, and that Il contains IN
tustidabIe benefits TO foreign importers
The paper says in conclusion For Is
the oil VIII only De acceptable Il AL
..' the provisions relating to foreign meats
ara replaced by one paragraph saying
that all the provisions OF this law ap-
ply with equal force 20 all i'm
ported meats. Unless this is inserted
We hope the bin VIII be rejected"
.~ 4 careful reading OF the whole bill
demonstrates that the fears entertained
that Il viii render the Importation OF
I American meats more difficult are IN
TO way borne Out by the facts An
American expert now IN Berlin said:
There Is every reason TO hope that
the oil, Il Il becomes law, viii ma
-eriaIIy aid our meat exports 10 Ger
many. Il Is more favorable TO AmerI-
can meat interests than we have the
. right 10 expect The great feature we
have couteuded for, Z single Inspection
On Z uniform plan, Is conceded out
right The other features are Of still
greater advantage TO Us, especially the
one empowering the BUudesrath 10
grant easements erIichterungeu, IN the
Importation Of meats, which experience
has shown by virtue Of their methods
Cf production and preparation are not
dangerous 10 life or health and TO omit
& previous inspection altogether IN /
der this provision the United States can
claim unrestricted admission Of AL
p. American sausage and picked, cured I
OF salt meats Of every description. for
l. can be shown that there is not sin [
gle case OF richiuOSfS or other disease (
. due 10 American meats This viii put
this class CT American meats on quite
4 different footing than IL has held
heretofore I regard this provision as
being one OF the utmost advantage
Professor Stiles has sent 4 detailed
statement regarding the bin TO Wash I
fngtou and II IS understood that his
Conclusions tally with the foregoing /
views Of the expert
The Butchers Federation joins with I
the Agrarians IN opposing the bill and /
has issued circular asking for an
. agitation fund TO aid the Agrariaus. {
The federation insists that the bill (
. should contain a provision for the (
double inspection OF ali foreign meats. 4
The VossisChe ZeitUng says the fed (
Grafton thus places itself IN opposition I
20 the interests Of German meat con-
. sumers. N rendering imports more diff T
fcuIt and raising prices.
4 rTruD Der OF Saxon manufacturers Z
have petitfoned the Saxon ard imperial 4
Governments, complaining that many 4
Americans visit the German textile and i
other factories. spying upon their
methods and inducing employees to be-
tray the trade secrets and euigrate 70
the United States. They ask the au-
thorftfes 70 interfere.
There were spirited debates in the
Reichstag and Prussian Diet this week
IN the former the Socialists. criticiz-