Evening star., 1902-03-05
GERMAN VIEW OF THE VISIT.
Herald Correspondent Says, It is Re
garded as Failure.

A special to the New York Herald from
Berlin Tuesday says: How do the German
press and public regard the reception OF
Prince Henry and the exchange or cour-
teous and carefully phrased assurances OF
international affection between Germany
and the United States?
1 have reviewed and carefully digested
the utterances of all the leading journals.
rejecting all shades of political opinion. and
have come to the conclusion that every one
who makes a similar attempt to gauge pub
lie opinion must admit Prince Henry's mis-
sion to be "a failure so far as any political
Importance attaches to it. The reichstag
| tariff commission replies to the sa!utations
from across the water by demanding a
tariff on the United States imports of
wheat. rye and other foodStuffS, which
| means either exclusion or tariff warfare
| One of the main objects of Prince Henry 8
trip was to cultivate friendly trade rela-
| tions and convince the members of the for
| eign affairs committee in the United States
Senate that much friction might be avo1ded
by passing the reciprocity bill framed on
behalf of Germany by Mr.. John A. kasson,
commissioner. under the tariff act, which
now lies in a dusty pigeonhole No assur-
| ance of any kind has been received by the
German government that Congress Will
tinker with the tariff
So ridiculous and OverZealOus are the de-
scriptiOns of homage. and of the desperate
| efforts to unbend to the prince made by the
| flooded, that even the cartOOnlStS here are
beginning to Prince Henry and Mr
Roosevelt as their favorite themes. horde
! of correspondents from local Journals were
offered the opportunity to accompany Prince
! Henry, and instructed to boom MS recep-
ton. but their vivid discolorations are so
papably made to order as to deceive no
body.
Since the departure of Prince Henry your
correspondent has mingled with members
of all circles. high and low 1T would be
severe strain on the imaglnat1on ana Eerac
ity to describe the prevailing feeling as one
of enthusiasm
The man In the street regards the
whole affair as another of the many d1plo-
matte missions" Of the prince, which are
usually regarded as signs of a coming
breach rather than genuine manifestations
of friendship.
The emperor, doubtless. entertains most
friendly intentions toward Mr.. Roosevelt,
the Monroe doctrine and the United states
in general, but. like most other monarchs,
he cannot curb public sentiment or force
the ObstreperOus agrarians, for example, 10
modify their harsh anti-American attitude
Just before the departure of MesSrS. BAL
| lin and Wiegand of the Hamburg-Ameri
| and North German Lloyd companies they
| were invited to the palace and rumOrs ar
| fecting the Characterization" of the Ger
man steamship lines were graveiy ols-
| cuSSed.
1t is folly. likewise. to imagine that Prince
Henry'S trip will induce owners or iron ore
coal and copper mines. the agriculturalists
| and the other German producers OF raw
material to desist from their bitter cam
paign for a prohibitive tarif to protect
them against still cheaper products OF cop
per- grain and machinery.
Reports from Westphalia. Upper Silesia
and other industrial centers just now all
agree that the fight Is being waged with
| more bitterness than ever. especially in
view of the activity Of the United States
| Steel Corporation in buying the leading
| Norwegian iron mines and in seeking mar
| bors here as base of operations
ness man. merchant or retail dealer closely
| pressed by American shoes and novelties In
| typewritng. furniture and other YANKEE
| branch concerns. with which the trleor1ch-
| strasse and Ieipziger strasse, In Berlin, are
| crowded. and will not be pacified by the So
colled "epoch- making" visit of Prince
Henry.