New-York tribune., 1900-12-02
TIMELY TOPICS IN BERLIN.

Berlin December 1. 1900.
THE CHINESE SITUATION.-A representative
Of the Foreign Office here said to-day that Ger
many has not indicated a disposition modify her
demands for the punishment of guilty Chinese Of
fcials. since she does not yet know what the diff
fereEt Powers want. He added:
Germany. above ALL wants harmony of action.
Germany foresaw that the note formul lated by the
Tekng Ministers would not be aLccpt ii entirely BY
all the Powers. We have TO admit thai several OF
tne P9wers including Russia. desire change in
in yolvei IN ms so. Lne "aoie It y Sy M
P2S SibIe to predict what form the final agreement
The Chinese Minister here said to-day:
There cannot be a question of the execution Of
Prince Tuan or General Tung Fuh Sian. who are
STILL de facto. in control of the Court. They both
The ansbs nnd go to PeRn eTe@
iniciinsd to do SO Besides the long journey from
ground. is almost impossible with the vehicles n
Court IS 3of fhe aes S Sa unable
carry carry out such measure However. evsd II II u
for the Courts defence.
hs worst feature i that the Court has lost CON
have demonstrated their Impotence to deal properly
stances It certain the Chinese troubes eannSt Be
adjusted before spring or summer
IS EMPEROR MIsINFORMED?-Baro Won
Wangheims assertion In the Reichstag that EN-
peror William is systematically misnforned is still
discussed by the press. The Cologne ''Volks-
Zeitung says editorially that it is notorious that
his Majesty does not read the papers representing
various parties. but only daily extracts made by
personal employees. Thus the paper adds s'de-
pending entirely upon the personal prejudices Of
his encourage he only such clippings az his
encourage wants. and is necessarily getting wrong
Impressions.
The "voIks-Zeitung'' strongly admonishes the
Emperor to hereafter devote half an hour daily To
glancng personally the leading organs OF each
party saying then he might really feel the pulse
The disproportionately large share which the So
debates since the Rcsa 1sc6vened nave nad n ses
much press comment. The ''Deutsche Tages-
IT sounds strange. but it cannot be denied that
proceedings
MEASURES IN REICHSTAG-In the coming
week several Centrist bills will come up Among
them Monday will be bill demanding that the
Government take steps against a coal famine and
prepare measures restricting trusts and syndcates
Wednesday, Herr Liebers so-caIed Tolerance
Bill intended to give Catholics and other religious
mnorities wider liberty Of worship win be intro
duced in the Reichstag. and the Government will
introduce the Invalid Pensioners bill which in
ereases the pensions OF from 10 to 20 OF the
younger army oI1cerS 10 an even 100 marks a
month.
TRADE IN AMERICAN MEATS RESTRICTED
The trade in American meats is more and more re-
stricted throughout Germany. striking case is at
Gera where a large business hrn that of Beyer
has been ruined by the authorities of the Princf-
palty OF Reuss fOrbdding the official examina ton
OF his American meats. and Boyer was unable to
sell them without certificate OF inspection
QUINQUENNIAL CENSUS BEGUN.-A qun-
qUennial census Of the Empire began this noon
concerning age. SEX business. description dwelling
civil status, religion, mother tongue birthplace and
defoTmitieS.
INQUIRY INTO UNDERvALUATION-s Special
United States Treasury Agent Particle has investi
gated wholesale cases Of Undervaluation at Coburg
this week. Herr Otto Boesnick OF Glauchdu. the
largest manufacturer OF Henrietta cloth in the
world. who exported 100000 to I2OO0O0O marks
worth OF his goods to the United States but who
was charged with systematically undertaking.
upon which his American exports greatly declined
has submitted TO Baron Won Richthofen, the Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, a strong protest on the
subject and is also agitating in the Reichstag for
a retaliatoTy tarln against the United States. II
Is said DR.. Won Holleben. German Ambassador 10
the United States. will be instructed to present FRO
tests IN connection with the Boesnick case.
MRS. WHITE LECTURES ON FOEHR-Mrs
White wife Of the United States Ambassador. Iect-
ured this afternoon at the American woman's Club
on the Island OF Fohr where she spent the sum
mer and upon the Frisian customs and antiquf-
ties there.