The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-16
GERMANY IN BAD SHAPE
Empire is Stirred Over UnsatiS-
factory Financial Condition.
KRUGER HAS SYMPATHY
Won BUELoW IS CoNCILIAToRY
TOWARD AMERICA.

Berlin, Dec. 15.-The reichstag, after
two months of hard work has ad-
journed for the holidays. Besides con-
tributing largely to clearing the pOliti-
cal atmosphere it did much preparatory
work Important interpretations on the
coal famines, increasing the pensions
of veterans and relative to the POsa-
dowski- Bueck affair occasioned great
discussion, Incidentally eliciting valu-
able government information regarding
government bills, like the supplement
airy appropriation for China, the bud
get, private Insurance. and the reOr-
ganizing and regulation OF mariners
provisions, which have all gone to COM
mitteeS with the assurance of their
final passage.
The clear showing of the secretary of
the imperial treasury, DR.. Won Thiel-
mann, Of the highly unsat isfactOry
condition of the empires finances
caused stormy debates and an enOT-
nous amount of press comment, which
party, through its leader. Herr Muel-
ler-Fulda, pronounced against a con-
tinuance of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
habit of mourning loans
Loses Venom Toward Americans.
It was interesting to note that Count
Won POsadOWslzi-Weh minister of
the interior, who, under Prince HOhen-
lohe magnified the danger of American
competition to Germany, especially in
the increase Of American manufactures
and imports, now, under Count Won
Buelow, has minimized this danger, al
though the imports have since doubled
Referring to American coal, he said
that at the most within a few years
America will be able to supply part Of
"a Of HT1riror ia
Still Angry Over Sugar.
Count Won BuelOw is still bitterly at
tackled by a majority of the press on
account Of the nOn-receptiOn of Mr..
Kruger here. Evidently the anti-Brit-
ish sentiment is much stronger in the
nation than the emperor and Count Won
BueloW anticipated.
Comment has been aroused by the
fact that Russia's commercial repre-
sentative in Germany, NJ. Timirjaseff,
in a. series of interviews, has warned
Germany not to try to increase the
duties upon Russian agricultural prod
ucts in the coming commercial treaties
as Russia will not submit to It. The
German economic correspondence re-
plies that Russia would better not take
so high a tone, since official statistics
prove that for a decade the imports
from Russia have amounted TO 5,55O,-
900 600 marks, against 2,15O, 600 900 marks
exported TO Russia. Hence Russia is
most interested in reaching a satisfac-
! tory agreement with Germany.
Depravity Widespread in Berlin.
The presiding judge in the Sternberg
/ case announced in open court today
/ that Herr Post, Sternbergs bureau
/ chief. and Miss SouchaTd, important
! witnesses, had fed to parts unknown
/ The testimony in the case was cOnclud-
/ ed today and the trial viii end during
{ the coming week. Referring to the
/ awful state of foulness which tbs
/ Sternberg case has shown to exist tbs
! papers comment upon the empires Of
/ fetal statistics for 1S99-1900, showing
/ an increase of 10 per cent since 1897
! 1898 in immoral crimes against chill
/ dren. There were 1869 sentences fol
/ such offenses alone
/ The ReichsanZeiger announces that
/ Emperor William has awarded the
/ queen of Portugal a life-saving medal
/ for recently saving the life of Ger
! me-