The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-02
GERMAN ROYAL ADMIRAL GOES TO
KEEL TO-DAY TO MAKE FINAL
ARRANGEMENTS
HIS SHIP WILL BE CROWDED
Prof. Won Halle Starts an Agitation
for intervention by Government
TO Prevent Americans Buying
German Steamships
TARIFF BILL IN BAD TANGLE

BERLIN, Feb. 1.-Prince Henry Of
Prussia will not officially arrive in
America until he has walked across the
Thirty-fourth street pier, New York (set
apart for the use Of the North German
Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm and
the imperial yacht, ascended the Iohen-
zoIlern gangway and the imperial stand
ard is hoisted. Various suggestions have
been cabled from Washington as to
where and how the prince will be trans
ferred from the Kronprinz Wilhelm to
the yacht. Prince Henry has decided it
will be most convenient for the steam
ship to dock on one side of the pier and
the HQhenzOllern on the other. On board
the yacht he Will receive Mayor Low
and the other members of the welcom-
ing party
United States Ambassador Andrew D.
White, Secretary John B. Jackson and
all the other members of the embassy
viii assemble at the railroad station to-
morrow to bid an official farewell to
Prince Henry, who will leave Berlin at
a. m. for Kiel. The prince will return
from Kiel Feb. to receive the EN-
peror's farewell instructions, but it IS
expected he will so to Potsdam and not
visit Berlin.
Every berth on the Kronprinz Wilhelm
has been taken, a thing previously un-
@AiAO II clL L1llS SGt.0Ol OI the year.
GermaHic Museum Project
Prince Henry has received in audience
Prof. kunO Francke, of Harvard, and
conVersed with him about the proposed
Harvard Germanic museum, manifesting
lively interest in the matter. 1t is pro-
jected to initiate movement among
the German university men and capital
lists for supplementing Emperor Will
lam's present of the museum to Harvard
by popular gifts illustrating German art
development.
The American colony here will cele-
brate st Valentines day by giving a
minstrel show, the first to be witnessed
in Germany. 1t is for the benefit of the
American Girls club, Of which Mrs
White, wife Of the United States am
bassador, is president Twenty states and
territories will be represented in the cast
Tariff Situation Embarrassing.
Prof. Ernest Won Halle, who with Tjiard
Schwartze visited the United States to
study shipbuilding in behalf of the Ger
man marine ministry, advocates some
sort of governmental measure to prevent
Americans from acquiring German steam
ship lines. Among the suggestions is
that the lines be Differed by govern
mental officials the ownership remaining
in private hands, as in the case Of the
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such stock unlawful for non-Germans. He
points out the difficulty of the govern
ment's buying the companies outright, as
1t would involve the acquisition of prop
erty at ports all over the world, which
might lead to complications.
Prof. Won Halle says that as a result
of his inquiries he does not believe Amer
leans have bought much German steam
ship stocks, because the boerse transac-
1iOnS therein i'm 1901 were few a he
lieves: it is theoretically possible for
Americans to buy the majority of the
stock of German companies, elect new
boards Of trustees and trGHSfer the gen.
eral offices abroad but he says German
fnanciers do not believe the Morgan group
of capitalists possesses such irresistible
capital as outsiders imagine, and as-
sertS that the seemingly gigantic capital
Of the United States is so strongly wa
tered that it might disappear in times
of crisis.
Would Shut Out Americans.
The reichstag tariff committee votes
this week are regarded as making the
bills fate more uncertain than ever. The
non-Agrarian supporters of the measure
say the Agrarian majority has graveIy
endangered the passage of the bill
through excessive demands The votes in
favor of certificates of origin and the ap-
pication of foreign customs regulations
and duties against the states treating
Germany unfairly, place the government
in an extremely unpleasant dilemma, aft
er the solemn warnings of the imperiai
secretary of state for the interior.
Much curiosity now exists regarding the
goveTnent's future attitude. The opinion
is generally expressed that the govern
mont will finally accept the Objectionable
amendments, relying on the bundesrath