The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-12
Pleased With the Attitude Of
This Country in the VeRe-
zueIa Affair
WONDERFUL BEER DRINKERS
Last Year the Germans Consumed
Fifty-seven Gallons Per Head.
an Increase of SO Per
Cent Over 1882.

Berlin, January 11.-whether by rea-
son of President Roosevelt's especially
cordial personal communication to EN-
peror William, recently transmitted unof-
ficially, or because the United States has
shown more than passive good Will to-
ward Germany in the Venezuelan en-
tanglement, the Foreign ONCE here shows
disposition to forward any object in
which the United States is interested.
Consequently this is the moment for the
st. Louis Exposition management to tell
the German government what 1t desires
for the fair.
Since last summer when the Foreign Of
flee gave little encouragement to the rep
reservations of the United States embassy
on the subject. a change in the govern
ment's attitude has taken place Were
the st. Louis delegates here at present,
they would be welcomed and given an op-
portunity to present definite requests.
German manufacturers have taken con-
siderable interest in the exposition, judg-
ed from the inquiries made at the United
States consulate general
The arrival here of Walter Williams,
the well known newspaper man of Column
bia, Mo-, who is at present making tour
of Europe. has stimulated newspaper in
terest and the newspapers are printing
interviews with him and notices and de-
scriptions of the fair.
DIR. Jastrow of the Berlin University.
- Is making studies of the labor mar
| l<et and the Industrial situation. finds
| that, coincident with the depression is
| greater concentration of capital and the
\ squeezing out of the smaller and weaker
i ". .lxr
mainly to the great establishments.
Large Consumption Of Beer.
| The consumption of beer in 1901 aver
aged 81 gallons per head throughout the
empire. The average consumption in 1882
according to the Official records, was IS
4 gallons per head, an increase In two de-
cades of nearly SO per cent
The Prince of Wales visit to Emperor
| William the occasion of the latters
| birthday will be only for day. This
| visit Is not intended as a desire on the
| part of the British government to show
| good will toward Germany, but is simply
| rendered as token of King Edwards
| personal regard for Emperor william.
| The Prince of Wales. therefore has de-
clined all invitations to entertainments
proposed in his honor, including a recep-
ton by the German regiment OF which
King Edward is colonel. Had the Prince
of Wales been here this morning he would
not have been able to read any Berlin Pc
riodical that did not contain lampoons on
his father, oaricatures of Lord Kitchener
of brutal descriptions of British inhu-
manity in South Africa.
caricaturIng the English.
Considering that Chancellor Won Bue-
lows two speeches and the utterances of
the German minister to Great Britain,
Prince Wolfe Won Metternicht. at Ham,
burg, were deliberate efforts on the part
of the government to dem onstrate the
friendliness toward Great Britain the IL
Illustrated papers here showing singular
Indignantly in giving gruesome represen-
tations of the torture of innocents In the
South African concentration camps.
The lot of Germans in Prussia, Poland,
Is full of vexations. The Poles are In
geniously nagging the teachers and Off
cials and boycotts are serving as a sys-
tenn of petty intimidation. The govern
ment has decided to station garrisons I'm
the small towns In order to give moral
support to the German element This
| step has caused fresh outbreak of popu-
| lar feeling. The whole Polish question
| will come up for discussion before the diet
Monday.