Show RECIPROCITY OR TARIFF WAR Germany Prepared to Exclude Pro Products ducts of United States i I FORMAL NOTICE SERVED i 1 f 1 TROUBLE WILL BEGIN MARCH 1 1906 f r 1 April 2 The Imperial gov government ov BERLIN BL preparatory ry to excluding the United States State from rom the privileges leges of the ew reciprocity treaties tr recently with seven European l ean states has lias formally notified ed the t Amer han kan government that the tariff tault agree in 10 nt ut between bet een Germany and the United States of July lA 1 1900 1000 will terminate March 1 1 the day the new treaties j I go into effect but that Germany stands S ready Pady to negotiate a reciprocity treaty I ith the United States I This notification made by Foreign Secretary Von Yon March Marci 14 i after the decision of or the cabinet said ti 1 J that the treaties concluded with Rus RU Russia RUI I sia ila Ia Italy Belgium Switzerland Au Autri tri iH un Kry and Servia 5 t form a new nt basis so I reads the text 1 A ft for r th commercial ial relations of Ger Germany f many and the imperial government holds U self Itself prepared d to ester enter Into na n It 0 I got ia lions for th t h conclusion coO of H a new nev commercial treaty treat with the United tates States I Must Reciprocate The rhe German ernal Vl w as held at the for ig office and at the ministry of or f the interior is that the United States cUll cam not lot reasonably rea expect to share in spec special special ial benefits bent given by Germany to cr certain tain European states in hi exchange for Cor Corot other ot tariff reductions Should tile United States have h e the same ad advantages 0 vantages without giving anything In r return thi treaty countries could just justly justI ju l I ly Jy complain aln they were in effect discriminated against t because from certain things were w e exacted by b bargain hargain which were freely given to the th thI I United States Slates But if It the th United Unite SteM States f to take up tH tile tIe general tariff and arrange a II reciprocal il Germany will ill be bt very vety vet gl gIsl d to do so Otherwise Germanys new newt t general gf tariff which also aho goes into effect March MalTh 1 1906 will III be he applied to lu 3 imports from flom the United States Slates An Agrarian Demand The government in terminating th the j r r sent modus has Bas done what hat hatOw the Ow th agrarians R have steadily asked 1 for forit it liple me e the new commercial treaties were ere concluded Public opinion in Germany has ha also been fully prepared for the thet t governments act by publications of the J I commercial treaty treat association and the th central traI European industrial league antI and articles 8 in the th principal financial peri periodicals J written by persons in wit with h the ministry of or the th interior al although alI a though the news newa ne 8 is not yet published I here h rf v The Inspired Cologne only yesterday contained an editorial on n the tb necessity for a il readjustment of or the tarr tar lar larIff tarr I r iff relations between Germany and the I roh has not yet et replied to toG I I Germanys G proposal pru saI |