The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07
GERMANS SHY At
''EMbAL MED BEEF"
Still Fighting Importa-
tiOns From America.
Copyrighted. 1899. by the Associated Press.

BERLIN, May 6.-The agrarian cam
paign against the meat inspection bill con-
tlnues in full force. The Federation of
Husbandry this week presented 9056 Pc
! titions against the bill. The agrarian
Deutsche Tages Zeitung which has had a
series Of articles aiming to show that all
American meat imported into Germany
is unfit for food, presents a letter from
Ernest Benninghoven of Chicago regard
ing the meat. industry of that city. Ben
nlnghoVen in this letter claims to know
positively that all canned meat intended
Tor export to Germany is from diseased
ana otherwise unfit animals Wagon loads
OF such meat, he asserts, are delivered
weekly at the leading packing houses for
writer adds, is bowling farce, owing to
WholesaIe bribery. The writer added that
ne hoped Germany would not allow the
Importation Of such meat. This letter has
peeh widely reproduced in the German
press, and is quoted as conclusive proof
meat.
The failure of the Filipinos to secure an
armistice is generally regarded here with
regret, and the hope is expressed that an
a1nlcabie understanding will soon be
The sending of Commissioners from
Germany for the purpose of studying the
status and methods of New York life
insurance companies has been much COM
press The kreuZ Zeitung says: 1t is
TO be hoped that if the Government again
grants companies the right to operate in
Prussia certain conditions will be AT
tached, and that especially no tontine
features will be permitted in German
policies, such features partaking Of the
nature Of a lottery
A squadron which has Just left Kiel for
a long cruise along the coasts of Den
mark. England and Portugal is the larg-
est that ever sailed from a German port.
1t Includes four large ironclads, two sec
ond-class lronclads, one coast ironclad
and two smaller cruisers. The total ton
mage of the squadron is 61,500 and 300
men are aboard the ships During the
cruise some recent inventions of Admiral
Thompson, the commander of the squad
ron, will be practically tested One OF
these consists of an electrical worked
apparatus by means Of which an officer
on the bridge of q Warship is enabled
to automatically move and point guns
| below and on the deck. 1t is believed
that this contrivance will be Of vast i'm
portance in facilitating the fighting power
of a vessel.
A committee which has visited King
Otto on behalf of the Bavarian Chamber
as ever, although in robust health ply
sically. He passes entire days in fine
weather In the garden and park of his
palace. His hallucinations mostly con-
siSt in imagining himself a dog, when he
crawls on all fours and carries flowers in
his mouth.
The Crown Prince of Germany and his
brother Eitel Fritz, following the Hohen-
zollern tradition, are learning the trade
of joiner and woodworker At the Cha
teau Pleon. whore they are now staying.
a completely fitted workshop has been es-
tablished for their use.
The United States ambassador to Ger
many. Andrew D. White, will start for
The Hague on Tuesday, May IS. to at
tend the peace conference. at which he
will be one of the representatives of the
United States. Mrs. White will not ac-
company the Embassador, but will go to
that the duration of the conference will
be from one month to five weeks, and
says it is likely that after adjourning for
time, in order that the delegates may
Governments and receive new instruc-
tfons. the conference will reconvene for
a final session. The American delegates
viii be housed together in a fine and
suitable building that has been rented for
the purpOse.