The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
paratory work being stin behindhand-

paratory work being still beh1ndhan6
Besides these of special interest to
America is the meat inspection bill. which
VII! come up for its second reading at an
early day. The shape in which 1t was
iett by the committee is not acceptable
TO both Governments.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Eress learns from q reliable American au-
thorlty here that If the bill, as expected,
passes with the clause amounting to the
prohibition Of the importation OF American
sausages and canned meats the United
States will not be satisfied and will i'm
mediately retaltate with Prohibitory
measures on German wines. The result
will be regular tariff war.
Soon after the Reichstag meets an in
terpellatiOn on the foreign policy or the
Government viii be discussed. Nearly
every party represented will express con.
fldence in Count Won BulOW's conduct of
affairs.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press learns that Prince Hohenlohe has
not yet made peace with the Emperor
about the publicity given to his Majestys
naval projects, and 1t is strongly probable
that he will have to resign, although
there is still chance that another truce
will be patched up. It seems certain that
Count Won BulOW will be Prince Hohen-
lohes successor. The Emperor IS deeply
impressed with the skillful manner in
which Won Bulow conducted the Samoan
matter and managed Russia without CIV
ing offense either to Great Britain or to the
Gar yet obtaining substantial benefits
for Germany.
The naval plans incorporated in the
naval bill preserve to the Reichstag the
right Of annually granting the precise
Since the Emperors Hamburg speech
all the leading ship yards and iron works
have had a big rise in the price Of their
stocks, some Of them increasing 80 to 20
per cent.
The Vorwaerts claims that the creation
Of huge naval port Of war at DantZio is
contemplated and that a new torpedo sta
ton near PlenendOrf has been planned.
The same paper says that as long ago as
1891 the Emperor, while at the TIiel Naval
Academy, formed the plan Of making the
German navy adequately offensive.
The Government press daily eulogizes
the naval programme. The feeling on the
subject was voiced by General Posen, who
proposed as the motto for the colonial So
ciety, "A hrst-class empire and a first
| class navy" The Emperor is immensely
pleased at the accommodating evidences Of
popular approval of his pet idea The
Secretary Of the Navy, Admiral Tirpitz
explained the scheme at special meeting
of the Prussian Cabinet. He said that
after some opposition he had carried his
object. Anyway, it is reasonably certain
1 that the Bundesrath will pass the bill in
time for the first reading to take place in
the ReiChstag before Christmas. In spite
of this the Agrarians, Socialists and part
OF the tTeissinnige and majority OF the
Center party continue to protest through
their organs, suggesting that the Reichs-
tag had become "a club of nodding man
nikins under the endless screw Of the
naval plans"
for another Introduction into the Diet. It
now involves q total expenditure of 400
900 marks, instead of 260 100000 marks
as heretofore. The new features include
new canals, the Masovian and Berlin
Stettin. besides a more extensive Tegula-
ton Of the Oder and Vistula.
During the recent visit Of the Dutch
Queen the idea of making the Neither
| lands part of the empire, holding a STINT
lar position to Bavaria, was discussed.
and VI. de Beaufort, the Dutch Foreign
Minister, left a memorandum on the SUBJ
jeCt with the Emperor. While nothing
has been accomplished, It is within the
/ bounds of possibility that an agreement
might be reached.
The projected customs agreement be
tween the Netherlands and Germany IS
still much discussed. In the press the
I hope that it will materialiZe is generally
expressed.
The decoration of the King Of Spain
with the Order Of the Black Eagle has
little significance, IN spite Of Prince Al
brecht saying, in the name Of the En-
peror. that Germany was among SPANS
best friends.
The Agrarian press, in all seriousness.
circulates reports that the hogs of Schles-
wig refuse to touch American barley, and
the anti-Agrarians report humorously that
the Schleswig hogs are Of heroic breed.
The reports that the end of the world
viii occur on November 10 have been re-
ceived with so much credenCe throughout
Germany that the director Of the Berlin
Observatory has published an official de-
NAL
The Emperor IS determined 10 fight the
Berlin Municipal Councils refusal to let
him construct a terrace twelve meters
wide all around the Berlin castle, raZing
houses in order to achieve this. All hopes
Of an amicable settlement disappeared
this week, when another dozen Socialists
were elected TO the Council, so the En-
peror called in Professor Zorn and or
dered an opinion to be drawn UP.