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WASHINGTON, March 2S-(Special.)-
Vice Consul General Hanauer writes to
the state department from Frankfort,
as follows.
Strong opposition to the German meat
inspection billlS manifested by the manu-
facturing, commercial and export circles
OF Germany. The National Commercial
diet, which comprises all the German
chambers OF commerce has entered pro-
test against the adoption Of the law. A
well Informed Frankfort paper reports
that there is a movement among the
cotton textile manufacturers throughout
| Germany to petition the government not
to allow this bill to become law. as
they fear their brands will seriously suf-
fer from the tariff war which would
probably result.
''The Chamber of Commerce of Ham
burg has sent a petition to the reichstag
setting forth the damage which the Teso-
lutions adopted. by the meat inspection
commission, to exclude all foreign fresh
and canned meat. sausages. ETC., after
1903, will cause. not only to the importers
and retailers Of these articles, but to
! the vast interests of the entire German
export and shipping classes. From Aus
| tral1a, England and South America, says
the petition, come threats of reprisal.
| The adoption of this bill would be, fur
thermore extremely injurious to the
WORKING people. These foreign meats
have never shown health-impairfng quail
tiles.
All over Germany meetings are being
held by trade bodies, manufacturing asso-
Citations, chambers of commerce. ETC., for
the purpose of protesting against the pas
sage Of the bill. The Chamber of Com
| MERGE Of Frankfort has unanimously
adopted resolutions saying that its final
acceptance would have ominous conse-
! hn ID I'd, Al "a ~
industries and commerce, as we'll as
| cause great advance in the price of
! principal food article OF the working
| population. The resolutions do not hest
| tate to affirm that this legislative act IS
| not In the slightest measure justified by
! sanitary considerations, but actually in
wolves the sacrifice of the interests of the
most important productive classes of our
country for the sole one-sided benefit of
| the Agrarian movement
The Association of Chemical Manufac-
| turers Of Germany, which Is part of the
| central bureau for the preparation of
| commercial treaties, recently convened
In extraordinary meeting in Berlin, and
! unanimously passed similar resolutions
| from which the following extract is taken:
This association holds it to be unfair
| and dtsloyal that under the pretense Of
! taxing sanitary precautions, commercial
! political measures are resorted to which
| encroach on international trade relations
| guaranteed by treaties, and which must
! lnJure our relations with foreign powers.
| we expect our government to protect our
national interests, but that can only be
| enectualy done If Germany herself honest
| ~ fuInlls her treaty obligations and re-
Trains from giving cause for just COM
plaints.'"
Investigation here shows that the auto
fOd {c cd
| great enthusiasm in Washington. The new
motor carriage, in every conceivable style
IS now used by a number Of the most
prominent people
| One Of the handsomest Of these convey
ances is the Victoria automobile used by
| the Austro-Hungarian minister and the
Baroness HeRgelmuller The baroness IS
the acknowledged beauty of the dipIo-
matte corps. and wears some of the hand
| soonest toilets seen in the streets and draw
ing rooms of the Capital city She Is q fine
/ shot, splendid whip and fond of all
athletic out-of-door sports and 1t ia not
TO be wondered at that she takes I'D this
new and eXhilarating mode of locomotion.
she also possesses one of the new English
automobiles Of unusual height. This car
r1age Is of dark blue enamel and Is up-
holstered In light gray Every morning
When the weather is me the baroness is
seen on the thOroughfares of the CITY
plotting her own horseiess vehicle in a
most sldllful manner.
others who have adopted this popular
mode OF travelling are the French ambas-
sador, the Russian ambassador. the Hon
audrey Pauncefote, Miss PauIding, the
ne1ce Of Senator Depew; the Misses Hav
senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr.. and Mrs.
John X. Mclean, the Rev. DIR. AspinwalI
rector OF St. Thomas church, who owns
Two locomobiles: DR.. Henry FRY Mr. and
A l.. arho
Ger Sprigg.
The empire of China is just now fur
nishing the civilized people of the word
topic for general discussion. game
or international politics is being pIaved
WIN other nations, the Celestial kingdom
oelng the prize In view. The result of
TINS h1gh-played game Of politics may
orlng ABOUT the reorganization Of the
map OF large part of this globe II
thls contest Is fought to a finish and
there Is danger that this will be done.
the Tear Is that not only the great pow
ers OF Europe, but even the United States
may pass through a war whose horrors
would make those Of the South African
struggle appear insignificant.
AS has happened before, diplomacy and
not plood may quiet the situation tenn
porar1ly But no mere temporary settle
ment, it is now feared, can long avert a
gigantic conflict for the possession of
China, and perhaps the whole continent
of Asia
The far-reaching developments of the
struggle may extend to Europe itself
even, indeed to America Should Russia.
France, England, Germany and America
come to clash in China, they might
not be able to conflne the war to the I'm
mediate prize of battle. Europe would
probably become a scene Of conflict, for
would not blow struck at one of these
nations at home count far more than the
loss Of a colony? Should the United
States get on the losing side its own
shores might be threatened by hostile
fleets Of superior force, and the geog-
raphies would have to undergo a general
oYerhauling
To deep thinkers the situation presents
itself something like this:
Once maddened with hunger for land
and blood, there Is no telling where the
world powers will be satiated. From the
present outlook these powers will be
ranged as follows:
On the one side, Russia and France.
On the other side, England and Japan,
with perhaps, Germany or the United
Statess or both.
The crisis has been precipltated by the
South African war Russia, with Eng
land occupied in Africa, has seized the
opportunity to carry out long-cherlsheI
schemes which otherwise might have
been years in eliminating. She has ac-
quired control of Persia, which gives her
a base from which to menace India, and
also an outlet on the Persian gulf
and Indian ocean. The Turkish sultan
| has been forced to give the car railroad