New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-14


cut deep into German trade. both in interior
Russia and in Russian Asia, notably Siberia.
Now. it is to be noted that the man who
has been intrusted by the Gar with the task
OF bringing these treaty negotiations TO sue
cessful issue is not the Russian Minister Of
Agriculture, Forestry and Mines, though his
domain and the interests he represents are
paramount for Russia, but II. de Witte the
Minister Of Finance. and the man TO whom al
most alone Is due the rise in Russia OF an
autonomous manufacturing industry. The fact
is significant for IL means that Russia's in
dustrial interests ere not wholly TO be sacri-
feed in this new treaty to her needs as an eX-
porting agricultural country And. though the
negotiations between her and her neighbor
are stin in the preliminary stages. il has al
READY become quite evident that the German
negOtiatOTs in ST. Petersburg have run up
against several snaEs. one thing. indeed. seems
quite certain, ard that IS that II Germany can
not or viii not grant Rrssia much more favor
able terms than at present looks likely the
treaty is long way of
For one thing. Russia expects that Germany
will guarantee her wider and more profita bic
market for her Caucasus petroleum. especially
by giving special low freight rates. by lowering
the present standard OF intiammability. and by
favoring her oil officially and, on the other
duty rate on wheat. rye and oats than Ger
many has offered and means to grant These
sre the two great stumbling blocks. and they
are not likely TO be removed in a hurry
Two more Of Germany's parliamentary nota-
hilitieS are deaG-ROesicke and Won LeVetZoW,
sntipodee politically. and vet humanity COnsid-
cred. much resembling one another. Roesicke
belonged 10 the radical Liberals. broad gauge
man in every way. Though very wealthy ana
an employer Of several thousand hands, ne
consistently and enthusiastically advocated the
cause Of The laboring classes. so much so that
he defeated n Socialist opponent in the Dessau
district AT the recent eleCfiOnS-a unique thlng
in German politics He had incurred for many
years, on tins account. the very particular ran
cor Of both the Socialists con whose preserves
he was successfully poaching). and the reac-
tionary parties 10 whom he was. In Parliament
and ont - IN the most ANNOYING kind of Meme
Tel Inns hal 81 ~ hinder
ing his course and in being responsible Tor sew
eral Of the most beneficial laws enacted for the
proletariat Of the empire. With all his uncom-
promising steadfastness he was in personal in
tercourse conciliatory. mild and pleasant.
In that resi- ect Herr Won l.eyetzow was IKE
him though otherwise very dssimilar, he being
Junker by birth and training. belonging al
his life 10 the narrowed creed OF Old fashloned
Prussian conservatism, and. though for num-
Der OF years the first presiding officer Of the
Reichstag, and fair according TO his lights. Yet
iutolerant Of any new-fangled notions, and with
ideas about freedom Of thought, speech and
press which belonged 10 the age Of rockbound
absolutism. But he was the soul OF honor. had
proved himself one Of the bravest during the
with France and though loyal TO the core
70 his monarch. yet proud Of his own caste ana
Jealous Of SITS rights and prerogatives In me-
he exceptionally noble Specimen OF a
type that lived in the ideas and convictions OF
the past.
Fir Arbeiter-W ohlfahrt "a museum for the ex-
hibition Of every contrivance and precautionary
measure intended for the special benefit of the
the Intermittent efforts OF the late Riccard
Roescke spoken or above. The handsome
structure stands a fine site In the heart or
the capital. and shows strikingly both what mas
already been achieved within relatively short
time in the way Of rendering the various call
ings and mechanical pursuits OF the lower
/ classes safer TO health and life, and what yet
remains to be done in this line Tic in~titltlon
has been granted an annual sum Tor mainten-
ance and enlargement. and is primarily intend
ed rs a means OF education for employers all
1 over the country. making them acquainted with
4 the best and most feasible appliances Tor use
In factories, mines, etc even every p,AIiCh %
/ navigation. from the tiny fishing smack 10 the
] stateliest steamer. is here represented.
The upper part Of the museum building is
given up 10 tuberculosis. that is. to a tangible
+ demonstration Of what may be done to success
/ fully fight that dread scourge in the walks OF
/ many branched industry. This IS. perhaps. the
most valuable part Of the whole. at least from
the point Of view Of meeting the demands Of
the most numerous class Of victims OF our fe-
As y sort Of correlative to the above. Will
mention that the number II Institutions for the
special education Of the German manufacturer.
wholesale merchant exporter, financier ETC. %
which the first was established IN Leipsic just
a few wears ago. and az which others nave
since arisen In Aachen la-Chapellel. Co
logne and Frankfort-on-Main, is shortly 10 he
enlarged by one more This new one is planned
for Hamburg When the first Of these CONNER
Cfa1 IpiVerSities-Or "HandelehOChSchule'-ro
into tentative existence. il much pooh
poohed by practical merchants here. But this
mood is passing, since these institutions
after Kidding themselves Of some more or less
raieon d'etre. Il is now quite generally recog-
nized in Germany that the scope and tenor OF
instruction impaired at the old commercial
schools in the ernpire was insufficient 70 meet
the wants OF 2 period which has made Ger
many one Of the three greatest commercial
countries and which demands lneNorahlN a
vaster expansion Of manufacture and trade. on
pain Of falling hack in the keen race or COM
petition. -
And this applies particularly TO the Gross
Kaufman" that is. the great merchant OF the
twentieth century whose field Of vision ana &C
tiyitv has been enormously enlarged. and thus
rendered much more difficult and delicate TO
cone with. The fact that practical Hamburg
APPRECIATES this fact. a city whose people come
closest 10 England and America in their temper
and mode Of thought shows conclusiNely Ild'
there is something solid and sound In this move
This summers Berlin Art Exposition is re
M rlSa l1e roY- the unusually large NUMBER OF
fine American and Belgian PAINTINGS on We"
here There is nothing by Whistler or Alex
ander hut all the other great American painters
are more or less adequately rep7esented-Sar-
cont Danuatt Chase. Childe HaSsam. J. J.
shannon. Carl Mclchers. Hitchcock. BrldGiIlaIl
Weeks Alexander Harrison. stewart ana so
forth Many - their exhibits. II must he con-
rosea5 are what are here termed technically
good enough have proved unstable elseWhere-
and are proving. for the most part unsalaoie
here toe And la Fargo. DewinE. Ahhot IhaNer
and a few others are unrepresented- But. on the
whole VIC have not had so fne or com-,lele
s,,,,,.irpr n American ability with brush ana
admit And there have been some q the high-
os+ medals awarded 80 America. and what IS
r,erhaus sill more 20 the point a Eooa many
sales effected
FOREIGN EXHIBITS AT ST. LOUIS.