The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
TO PUNISH BERLIN
SELF-WILLED EMPEROR
OF GERMANY
THE WEEKS NEWS OF BERLIN
Discussion of the Tariff Still Holds
Leading Place in the Col
umnst of the German
Press.

BERLIN, Sept. 2s.-The papers have
been engaged in a warm controversy this
week over Emperor Williams refusal to
receive the mayor of Berlin on the SUBJ
! ject Of running the citys electrical rail-
| road across Inter den Linden. The pa
! pers representing his views admit his
| majesty had a legal right to prevent the
! road crossing the thoroughfare, but they
point to the hardship for the city invoIv.
ed in such a decision, since the council
bought two lines at a high price upon
| the assurance of the minister and police
| president that Emperor William would
! give his consent to uniting these roads
| by crossing Unter den Linden. His mali
| esty has also rejected three monuments
intended for one Of the Berlin parks on
| artistic grounds, and further, he has re-
| jected the plans for one new bridge. and
| the rejection of the plans for another
| proposed bridge Is expected.
Inc papers argue that a strong feeling
| exists at the court against the munic1pal-
| ity.
! Some of them connect the above incl
dents with the reelection of Herr kaufr-
mann as vice mayor after the emperor
| had refused to confirm him.
Emperor William has ordered that all
| the invitations forwarded to him to at
| tend dwellings, dedications, etc., be sent
IN future to the provincial presidents. or
| to his minister of worship for exam1na-
ton.
PRINCE CHUN PACKED HOME.
Although the semi-ofticial press denied
! the correctness of the story that the Ger
man government had hastened Prince
Chuns departure, the LokaI Anze1ger
| again makes the assertion, as follows:
The Fastening of Prince Chung's return
ana the selection of his route correspOnd
| with the wish of the German government
Whlch considers 1t important that the
character of the mission be not ohscllred
! and it would have regarded it as being
/ directly unfriendly attitude on the part
OF the Chinese government if it had per
my an,dteo i the mission to visit other capitals
ana be nonlzed- According to the peace
treaty, Germany alone could be regarded
as the missions destination"
The statement in Copenhagen paper
that the chief subject of the meeting at
Dantzic of the Car and Emperor Will
nam was getting the German emperors
consent to Russia's annexation of Man
churia, is discredited here and consider
! ed absurd.
TALKING TARIFF.
The tariff discussion continues in more
nVely manner. The meeting of the Verein
luer Social-Poltik, embracing all the
leading German economists met at Ml,
| men this week and engaged in a lengthy
discussion of the tariff bill. The -criti-
| clsms of the measure were loudly an
plauded, and the sentiment that Ger
many's export business Is well suited to
| De the foundation of our economic sys-
tenn, met with strong disapproval.
| Whlle no, vote was taken, the general
OPINION was strongly against the tariff
Dill. Herr Berlepseh. the former minis
| ter OF commerce, summed up his opinion
as follows:
Ihat an Increase of the grain duties
! would unfavorably influence the condi-
| ton of the laboring population, and that
1t was recognized on all sides that there
was necessity for long-term treaties of
| commerce.
The Chambers of Commerce of Essen.
Bochum, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Duis-
| purg, Muelheim, Ruhrort and Osna-
brueck have held joint meeting at Es-
sen and passed a resolution to the ef-
rect that an Increase of grain duties
! was necessary at minimal figures. not
TOO nigh, but the chambers rejected the
minimal5 system altogether on the
ground that it endangered the renewal
| of the treaties.
In the meanwhile the feud between the
| agrar1ans and manufacturers grows
sharper The Deutsche Tages-Zeitung
| leading agrarian organ), prints a list
or manufacturers who oppose an in
crease of the agriculture schedules with
| ngures showing that the increase on
their own manufacturers is much greater
than on the produce of agriculture.
Much interest centers in the meeting
OF the Handelstag (Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants associations) here
Sept. 3d. and in the meeting of the Cen
| traI Verband DeutScher IndustrielIan
| Central Association of German Manu-
| facturers) Oct. 1. Both meetings are ex-
| pected to declare themselves energetIcally
against the bill. 1t is reported that the
| latter's declaration in August against the
bill strongly influenced the governments
| attitude.
Reports In the provincial press from
Berlin say Count Won Buelow, the i'm
perial chancellor, recently admitted that
| a revision of the tariff bills irnportant
points was necessary
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung prints
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