The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-11
Opposition in ReichStag to the
American Article.
PROTESTS NUMEROUS
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT LIKE
LY TO TAKE a HAND.
VIII Make Effort to Prevent the En-
dangering of Commercial Treaties
Between United States and Ger
many-How an American Naval
Commander Made a Hit.

Copyright, 1900 b. the Associated Press.)
Berlin, March 10.-The action of the
reichstag yesterday evening regarding
the meat bill was eagerly commented
upon. The declaration of Prince Ho-
henlohe and Count Won Posadowski-
Wehner had the effect Of discomfiting
the agrarians. Some of the papers
hitherto. strongly in favor of the COM
mittee report, like the Neuste Mach
richten, now say they are unable to call
the reichstag action wise The National
Zeitung rakes Count Won PosadOwski-
Wehner over the Goals because of his
''shilly-shallying with the agrarians."
instead Of firmly declaring the govern
ments intentions. 1t continues:
Count Won POsadOwski- Wehner s
abusing of those who endeavOr to re-
establish the government bill and his
defense Of the agrarians' Unsuitable
greed Is characteristic. Count Won
Posadowski- We elmer on all important
occasions returns to his first love-the
agrarians-and seldom misses the op-
pOrtunity 10 throw mud on US. The sta
ustics Count PosadoWs ki-Wehner uses
10 prove that the Americans have by
far the largest interest in preserving
cordial commercial relations with Ger
many are untrustWOrthy'
Protest meetings against the meat
bill continue. The Berlin chamber OF
commerce has called a meeting for to-
morrow, at which representative of
all German industry and commerce will
be present.
Fate of Naval Bill.
To a certain extent the naval bill de-
Ponds upon the issue of the meat bill
The bundesrath will hold an extra. ses-
sion Monday to consider the question
OF raising the cost of the fleet increase
Herr RichteT's Freissinnige Zeitung
demonstrates by official statistics that
the receipts of the empire are steadily
declining, and that for 1899 the German
states furnished 5000 900 marks 20 the
empire 10 re-establish the equilibrium
Herr Richter argues Herewith that
the whole Of the governments calcu-
latlons about the naval bills expenses
are erroneous and that the costs of the
fleet must be raised by taxes.
IL IS semi-oficially given out by the
imperial department OF the interior that
the preparatory work of the projected
commercial treaties IS far advanced.
All the negotiations with each country
start out with the general German tar
m figure, as in the case with Austrian
. cereals and Russian. cereals, but as the
negotiations progress the most impor-
tant articles are singled out as the
main objects.
+ From inside information it may be
said that the imperial government viii
never accept paragraph IA of the meat
/ Dill therefore. it is not considered
mat the commercial treaties with the
United states are endangered by YES
I terday evenings vote. There is no oc-
caslon for Americans to get excited.
Against Department Stores.
a protest meeting against the de-
partnent store bill at which 10 600 pao-
pie were present, took place here last
night, and there have been similar
meetings elsewhere.
commander William II. Beeler. the
United States naval attache. has ac
CURED an exceptionally favored posi-
| ton here for the following reason.
( Commander Beeler was permitted to
visit the krupps' establishment and
everything was explained to him. The
emperor afterward jocularly said: IF
1 had been Krupp ! would have fired
you"
since then a traitor in Essen wrote TO
Beeler oneTing to sell him. and through
him the United States several of t5a
secret hrupp processes. Beeler sent The
letter to the Krupps. and the man who
wrote ii has since been arrested for
breach Of confidence, but the United
states naval attache now enjoys the
iull confidence of official circles.
The German walters congress. held
mere this week, showed untenable con-
dltlons. One Of the main complaints of
the delegates was that the EMPLOYERS
compelled them to give up regular
ten amounting to 50 per cent.