The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24
CHAMBERLAIN SLIP
In COMMENTING ON GERMAN SOL
Oilers is STILL AN EX-
CITING TOPIC
PROTESTS HAVE NOT CEASED
Letter of Explanation Regarded as
an Additional Insult by the
Anti-Brftish EIement-Tar-
If Fight Opens.

BERLIN, Nov 2S.-Germany continues
to ring with protests against the refer
ences which Mr. Chamberlain, the Brit
ish colonial secretary, made to the Ger
man army in his speech at Edinburgh.
Meetings are being held every day, and
there is no sign of abatement OF the agl-
tation.
The Pastors Society Of Gladbach
is circulating a protest, which has al
ready received the signatures Of $50 pas
tors.
The letter from Mr.. Chamberlain's sec
rotary is pronounced here to be quite I'M
satisfactory fer, as the papers note, Mr..
Chamberlain takes nothing back Inc
press generally regards the letter as an
other insult and rejects the assumption
that the anti-British movement is. artl-
Scial On this latter point the Cologne
s@Dlkszeitung asserts that the movement
rs as spontaneous as it is possible to i'm
agine adding that the government has
tried by every means to suppress it, but
has failed in the effort. Other papers
describe the movement as being the most
remarkable of its kind ever witnessed
The Liberal organs, like the Tageblate
and the Vossische Zeitung, try to prove
that the movement is directed exclusively
against Mr. Chamberlain and not against
Great Britain, but the Frankfurter Eel
ing has been inf1amed in an unmistakable
manner against Great Britain.
Fear of American IlIiberalism.
Secretary Hays speech at the ban
quet of the New York Chamber Of Com
merce Tuesday last has raised lively
discussion of German-American relations.
The Kreuz-Zeitung sees therein proof
that Washington does not intend to be
liberal in drawing up commercial trea-
ties with the European states and that
it is not willing to concede the same du-
ties as other contracting states. The
Kreuz-Zeitung adds that since Secre-
tary Hay holds fast to the Dingley tariff
pther countries can only answer with the
imposition of similar duties
The assurance given by Dr. Won Hole
ben, the German ambassador at wash
ington to President Roosevelt regarding
the attitude of Emperor William and the
German people towards the United States
have been warmly received here. All the
papers express the hope that there will
be Improvement in the relations between
German and the United States through
this clearing of the atmosphere The
Berliner Zeitung calls DR.. Won Holleben' S
assurances a. disavowal of the Pan-Ger-
mans.
The tariff agitation has assumed great
the tariff bill, retaining all the essential
features of the agricultural schedules. A
humber of meetings in different parts of
Germany were held this week protesting
against an increase of the duties on the
i necessaries of life. The reichstag will
meet on Tuesday.
Increased Wages and Tariff.
The governments preamble to the new
tariff BILL issued to the members Of the
reichstag today, sets forth the necessity
for replacing the existing tariff by an
entirely new one that shall not be in
ferior to that Of any other country in
delicacy of arrangement Protective tar
ifs it Is added, have contributed ma
terially to the prosperity of German in
duStry and commerce. In connection
with this prosperity dislocation III the
distribution of the wage-earning class
has taken place to the detriment of agri-
culture. The increase in the wages of
agricultural laborers, caused by the in
crease of the wages Of the Industrial
classes, has resulted in an almost intol-
cradle increase in the working expenses
of the agriculturists.
In order to avert the disastrous conse-
quences which the dislocation mentioned
will eventually have, not on agriculture
lists alone, but on the whole community.
the adoption of effective counter meas
ures can no longer be delayed. One of
the bills essential aims is to place home
agriculture in a more favorable position
by affording it such greater customs pro-
lection as will alleviate the disadvant-
ages. Although it Is not expected that
grain imports can be entirely dispensed
with, 1t is highly desirable to have the
permanent home production sufficient for
the greater part of the nations require
ments.