Show EUROPE TO COMBINE AGAINST UNITED STATES gigantic commercial war predicted by united state treasury official frank A p formerly ass st ant secretary ot the treasury who has returned to wash agton from a long trip abroad davs f I 1 think it is net only possible but h ehly probable pio bable that elope a and will agree to b terms of trade combination against us w thin the next few years and that the result will be the most g gantic and stubborn corn mercial war in tt e history of the world As most of our commercial treat es ex p re in I 1 look for tl e real begin n ng ot the var then in a refusal ot most of the continental nations to re new those conventions at the present moment austria which never d d 1 ke i s is leading in the movement against the united states and I 1 found goluchowski head of the ministry of that country our bitterest an 1 most outspoken foe ob bously the oti er mm of the old world include neeven that of england are bacol raging aski in his course of appos tion with a view of drawing our flie before they openly declare themselves for the immediate future ir trade prospects were never br ahter in eu rope there has been almost a total crop failure in germany tural outlook is only a little brighter in france than in germany and even in england the crop yield is not very promis ng but as jisoon as the conti nent recovers from its present tural depress on I 1 bel the tocsin of war will be sounded 1 in buss a tl ere are loud profess ons of p for the united states and one 1 ears many express ons of admi rat on of our corn al development and methods the puss ans are mod el ng the r tariff system after ours and in a fe v years will try to apply it with vigor and severity against all nations alike but particularly against the united states |