Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-13
GERMANY RETAL|ATES
Against the United States
Customs Practice.
REICHSTAG'S ACTION
PARAGRAPH IN NEW TARIFF
BILL ADOPTED 1e2 TO II.
Herr Fischback Declares Business In
terests Opposed to Tariff War
With United States.

BERLIN, November 13.-The reichst2g
today adopted, by 1872 to Al votes the para
graph of the new tariff bill authorizing the
government to retaliate on any country
discriminating against German goods.
The agrarians openly affirmed that 1t was
necessary to arm the government: with
weapons for reprisal, especially against the
United States customs practices.
DR.. Brumer, national liberal cited an in
stance in which he said s2o0.o0o worth of
enameled goods We're ordered IN Germany
for New York, but, the speaker asserted,
the customs officials changed lne classif-
cation at the instance of the American
trust whereupon the New York importer
Cancelled the order
DR.. Burners Statement.
1t was proved to the customs officials,
said DR.. Brumer. that the invoice was in
exact accord with the German sellers
books and that instead of the goods being
undervalued the books showed that ship
ments had been made to India at still lower
prices.
DR.. Brumer further asserted that the Gus
toms officials treatment was dictated by
the interests of the home manufacturers.
and. he continued:
ut is said that We must not offend the
United States but they will respect us
more and we shall gain more by showing
OuI ltttH lHdH Dy always SlhlHS
words.
No Fitting Epilogue.
Herr Gothein, radical liberal replied that
such words were no fitting epilogue to the
sentiments expressed by Count T'osad-
owsky, the home secretary. in the presence
of the foreign secretary. Baroa Won Rich
thofen, at Ambassadors Whites farewell
dinner.
'They will make discord" he continued,
fJ1a 6fc ,I1-a F-iT Il
ly relations with the United States. Why
empower the government to do something
it does not want to do? Although the pres
ent government would not apply the para
graph some succeeding government might
commit such a folly. Retaliatory duties
the weapon of Chauvinism and not Of
patriotism. .-.g-----.
Opposed to Tariff War.
Herr Fischback. radical said all the
chambers of commerce were opposed to
tariff with the United States.
Herr Broemcl, radical, remarked that il
Germany adopted retaliatory measures
against the United States because of regu-
lationS which applied to the goods of all
countries it would be serious breach of
the existing treaties.
The Associated Press is authorized to an
nounce that the ministry has not decided to
drop the tariff bill, as published in London,
but is determined to persist until the disso-
luton of the reichstag in June.
Debate May Be Suspended.
The tariff debate will probably be abrupt
ly suspended by the presentation of the
budget in a few days. instead ow waiting
for the first week in December, as previous
ly intended
Chancellor Won Buelow finds that the
reichstag's time is being wasted and wishes
to employ the house on the finance bill. AS
soon as the latter is read the government
will take up the tariff bill, when lapse of
time will have reduced the majority in the
house to a more yielding disposition.
The ministry also has decided not TO
agree with Russia or any other country
for a five-years' extension of existing COM
mercial treaties.