The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-01
CROSSING OF UNTER DER
LINTEN REFUSED.
DISCUSSION OF TARIFF
Continues to Absorb the Attention of
All Classes-Agarians and
Manufacturers Differ.

Berlin, Sept. 28.-The papers have
been engaged in a warm controversy
this week owe Emperor Williams re,
fusal to receive the may of Berlin
on the subject Of running the city's
electrical railroad across Inter Der
Linden. The papers representing his
views. admit his majesty has a legal
right to prevent the road from cross.
ing the th~oroughfare, they point to the
hardship to the city involved in such
a decision, since the council bought
the two lines, at a high price, upon
the assurance of the minister and DO.
lice president that Emperor William
would give his consent to uniting these
roads by crossing Inter Der Linden.
His majesty has also rejected three
monuments, intended for one of the
Berlin parks, on artistic grounds and
further he has rejected the plans for
one new bridge and the rejection of
the plans for the other proposed
bridge is expected.
The papers argue that a strong feel
ing exists at the court against the
municipality. Some of them connect
the above incidents with the ~re-elec-
ton of Herr Kaufman as vice mayor
after the emperor had refused to On
firm him.
Emperor William has ordered that
the invitations forwarded to him to
attend dwellings, %dedications, etc.. be
sent in future to the provincial presi-
dents or to the minister of worship
for examination.
Although the semi-oficial press de-
MED the correctness of the story that
the German government had hasten
ed Prince Chun's departure, the Lokal
Anzeiger again makes the assertion
as follows:
"The fastening of Prince Chun's re-
turn, and the selection of his route,
correspond with the wish of the Ger
man government which considers it
important that the character of the
mission be not obscured, and would
have regarded it as being a decidedly
~unfriendly attitude on the part of the
Chinese government, if it had per
mitted the mission to visit other cap
itals and be lionized. According to
the peace treaty, Germany alone
could be regarded as the missions
destination"
The statement in a Copenhagen pa
per that the chief subject of the meet
ing at Dantzic of the car and Emper-
or William was getting the German
emperor's consent to Russia's annex
alton of Manchuria is d%iscredited here
and considered absurd.
The tariff discussion continues in a
more lively manner. The meeting of
the Verein Fuer social politik, en-
bracing all the leading German econo-
mists, met at Munich this week and
engaged in a lengthy discussion of
the tariff bill. The criticisms of the
were loudly applauded and
the sentiment that "Germany's export
business is well suited to be the foun-
dalton of u economic system" met
with strong disapproval. While no
vote was taken the general opinion
was strongly against the tariff bill.
Herr Berlepsch, the former minister
of commerce, summed up his opinion
as follows: "That an increase of the
grain duties would unfavorably in
f1uence the condition of the laboring
population, and that it was recognized
on all sides that there was a necessity
for long term treaties of commerce.
The chambers of commerce Of Essen,
Bochum, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Duis-
burg, Muelheim, Rhurot and Osna-
brueck have held a joint meeting at
Essen and passed a resolution to the
effect that IN increase of grain duties
was necessary at minimal figures, not
too high, but the chambers rejected
the minimal system altogether, on the
ground that it endangered the renewal
of the treaties.
In the meantime, the feud between
grows sharply. The Deutsche Tages
Zeitung "a leading agrarian organ)
prints a list of manufacturers who op-
pose an increase of the agriculture
schedules, with figures showing that
the increase on their own manufac-
lures is much greater than on the
produce of agrarians.