Show A MENACING DANGED DANCES germany and other countries may on the wilson tariff washington or ort oct t 6 then was little surprise Bar prise in official circles at th the e intimation of the berlin cable to the Ass associated ocla press that germany might resort to retaliatory measures against american meat and it her protest against the new discriminatory tariff on sugar was not heeded headed it was w as fully appreciated while the th tariff donate debate w was in progress that certain parts of c the mil ivill might bring about with Germ germany austria Fr france itrice spain bra til and several other countries oun tries the german and perhaps other foreign representatives conferred with secretary gresham on the subject ot of the discriminating duty against the sugar export of 0 bounty countries while the bill was pending in an congress and it was generally sene rally understood the iho matter would be 19 arranged in fit conference so BO as to meet objections lona raised by germany and other nations but with the failure allure of the conference all these efforts came to a summary end since then the he german has filed a protest against the discrimination which he be alleges Is made against german beet sugar the austrian minister has haa intimated his country will fo follow low suit spain Is seeking through her minister to a new treaty by which cuban sugar will galit special advantages under these circumstances it Is be coved the president when ho he cornea comes to review our foreign relations in his annual message to congress may call attention to the protests of germany and other countries and the desirability of the tariff law to some extent LIABLE TO disastrous retaliation an am of the agricultural department said eald today todar to day dar the german retaliation possibly would to tie disastrous on the export trade from the united states to germany he had no doubt under the existing treaty that american meat products live stock and the american hog bog had been given elven a market in germany after years of effort in that direction last year the export of meat meal products alone reached 1 pounds an increase of f per cent over the year previous A similar advance had abeen m made f la the export of lard and of corn meal wheat and some rye had been exported under the treaty arrangement for this reason the agricultural department hoped that leg legislation may be had thit that wll wil insure a maintenance of our oar present commercial relations with germany I 1 meanwhile nothing can tie be done to elang change the status of sugars from bounty export countries until congress meets the german ambassador to the united states slates in 9 recent exclusive statement to the associated press announcing noun cing he had bad filed a a protest with secretary gresham greaham against the discrimination against german sugar said he was hopeful of legislation at the short sesel 0 n of congress and as hs be showed at a very clear knowledge of the present situation and as the she associated press cave shows has alas facts known to the foreign office it 1 l Is believed beleve d germany will deter defer any decisive action until congles has a chanca to legislate df t it it so 0 o de desires alres when it reassembles I 1 in december cem |