The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

entire group, and the United States and
Great Britain dividing Savaii, Tutuila and
Manua.
The commercial relations between the
United States and Germany have, however,
absorbed chief attention, partly on account
of the Reichstag Interpolation on the sub
Ject, to-day introduced by Count Won
kanitz. the Agrarian leader, with the ap-
prevail of the government, which hopes
thereby to exert pressure on the Washing
ton government which, it is claimed here
is hanging back needessly and interposing
obstacles in the way of a mutual under
standing regarding reciprocity.
The Agrarian press this week again
abuses the United States, and the Centrists,
VINO backed the Interpolation, print in
Ihelr mouthpiece, the Cologne Voks
Zeltung, long aggressive item referring to
American insolence" in tariff matfers
Among other things the paper says: THE
German market is equally valuable to the
americans as the American is for US, espe-
claIIy since the American tariff policy sue
c.eueo 1 N eXcludlng large part of German
exports from the American market Amer
lcan braggadocio pretends that America has
5Gotnlng 10 lose, and that she can frighten
germany by increasing brutality. But we
oeheVe that in the end they will recognize
that they have to deal with peoDIe who
will not be frightened First of ali the
Helchstag must make it plain that German
pauenee IN the face of American provoca-
mined to defend ourselves unless they be-
have sensibly. This may have a favorable
influence on the negotiations. The Cen
ulSlS, IN supporting the Interpolation, do
not intend to rush Germany into a tariff
war with the United States. We are aware
t ina, s9ch war hurts both parties, and that
our industries would suffer But the Amer
leans, by their brutal disregard of all
treaties, have already injured our exports
~ $3.50 SliousIy ehat II seems necessary TO show
Inem once for all that we can. hit back
otherwise they will behave worse and worse
ana ana lnlure US more than a tariff war" The
foregoing article, from the organ of the
dominant faction in the ReichsIag IS GER
tanly significant.
The Kreuz Zeitung prints a similar but
more Moderate editorial, while the Deutsche
Zeitung has an extremely aggressive arti-
Gle, concluding: LAS pressure upon our own
government, which has always shown weak
ness towards the United States, and as pres
sure to be used automatically against those
gentlemen, this Interpolation is certainly
desirable and welcome"
The Liberal press takes the opposite view
Inc National Zettung deems the interpella-
ton untimely. The Freisnnige Zetung says
or agricultural exclusion for the benefit Of
Ihe Agrarlans and the Tageblatt strongly
opposes tariff war.
The vexatious application of the German
tariff on American imports has in no wise
ceased, and during the past few months
American fruit has been treated with espe-
cial unfairness at all the tariff stations, par
ucularly Hamburg, Bremen and Emmerich,
on the frontier Of Holland. The attention of
Mr. White has just been called to a case
which occurred on Jan. s, when hundred
cases of the finest dried California pears.
consigned to a merchant of Dusseldorf
were stopped at Emmerich by the Germans
who advised the conslgnee that the lot
could not pass because the San Jose scale
had been found among the pears. The con-
slgnee demurred pointing out that the pears
were dried by the approved Californian
method and that the scales therefore must
be dead and harmless. The officials replied
a week later, that an expert had been I'M
able to determine whether the scales were
dead or. alive, but that in any case it has
been decided that American dried fruit was
calculated to spread the San Jose scale,
unless so dried as to render lit perfectly
dry, hard and brittle" The consignee an
swered that such treatment of choice Cali
fOrnian fruit would make it Valueess and
unfit for food and called attention to the
scientific fact that no San Jose scale could
survive the Californian process His re-
monstrances, however, had no effect.
The Cologne Gazette, commenting on the
case, says: 1T is very desirable that this
guerrilla warfare should cease, for it will
only increase the feeling of bitterness and
eStrangement. and it Is not necessary to ex-
plain what that means to German indus
try"
The death of Prince Alfred of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha has brought the court ball
season 10 a premature end. Both last Tues
aba ndoned. Emperor William did not attend
the opera subscription ball on Wednesday,
for the first time during his reign, thus oaus-
ing intense disappointment to the provincial
visitors and BerlinerS, whose only chance
of dancing on the same floor with the EN-
peror was thereby destroyed.
There has been much establishment at the
fact that the Prussan Diet did not take
any official notice CT the death of General
Count Won Caprivi, the former chancellor.
1t did not send a delegation the funeral
and it did not adjourn as a mark of respect
to the dead man, as did 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 con-
sequence of his commercial treaty and
policy.
A man styling himself DR.. Gustav Sieber,
special military attache of the special
American legation" has been staying at
Dresden for the past three months and has
appeared at number of public entertain
ments in a brilliant uniform glittering with
orders and decorations. He also claims to
be going to Paris as special American official
in charge of the American brancn of the eX-
hibits Consul General Cole apprised the
United States embassy, but the German po-
lice have not yet arrested the special mill
tary attache."