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Show UlfSACI! IT APPRECIATED Declination to Officially Exhibit Ex-hibit at San Francisco Fair Causes Bitterness. BUREAUCRATS BLAMED Kaiser Himself Is Said to Be Greatly Vexed Over Decision De-cision of Bureau. By FREDERICK WERNER. Special Cable to The Tribune. BERLIN, Sopt,. 13. To exhibit or not to exhibit in San Francisco continues con-tinues to. be the great question here, and if the newspapers aro to bo believed be-lieved the latter opinion is held by none but the autocratic bureaucracy, which took it upon itself to declaro that German manufacturers did not feel the least inclined to exhibit, in the City of the Golden Gate. There is not the slightest doubt hero that bureaucrats who aro in the habit of deciding overything for the German peoplo were prompted by England's ro-fusal ro-fusal to participate in tho San Francisco Fran-cisco fair. But the German people aro growing daily more indignant because tho impression has been created abroad that Gormany is satisliod to follow in tho wako of England. Krupps Are Blamed. The government is eagor to prove that the docision was only reached after taking council with leading Gorman Gor-man manufacturers, but it has only succeeded in proving that tho Krupps were asked to giyo an opinion, and although al-though in certain circles tho creed prevails that "Krupp and the state aro tho same thing,'' as one of tho accused testified during the Krupp trial, this opinion is not shared by tho German Ger-man people. That the Krupps aro not interested in the great American exhibition is casily understood, for America has a few similar concorns of hor own, and there iB no prospects of tho salo of gunB and armor plates in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Practically all other German manufacturers manu-facturers agree that in refusing to participate par-ticipate in an exhibition which, in augurates a new epoch in tho history his-tory of tho world, the government has committed a BeriouB blunder. Press Wants Exhibit. Almost every independent paper of importance in tho country has em-phaBizod em-phaBizod tho faot that after England Eng-land 's refusal Germany's acceptance of the invitation to exhibit would havo boon doubly welcome to the United StateB, and the foundations might have boon laid of a friendly feeling toward Germany whoso results might be far reaching, ospocially at a time when tho United States is on tho point of revising re-vising its tariff. It is said, that the kaiser is greatly annoyed with the section of tho GeT-man GeT-man bureaucracy, and that ho fully in-tlorsps in-tlorsps the viowa of his friend Herr Ballin of the Hamburg American line, who is one of the most ardent champions of tho idea that, in spito of the official action, German manufacture era should send as many representative represen-tative oxhibits to San Francisco as they possibly can, because tho exhibition exhibi-tion is of far greater importance than any worm's exhibition ever held, before. be-fore. It is not to be wondered at that tho part of the German press which is con-1 trolled or influoncod by the bureaucracy should have come forward with tho accusation ac-cusation against Herr Ballin, that hia nction is dictated solely by personal motives, that ho knows on which Bide his bread is buttered, or in othor words that the Hamburg-American lino will gain enormously if Gorman, manufacturers manufac-turers decide to exhibit. At first sight there seems to bo somo strength in this argument but Herr Ballin has promptly knocked all tho wind out of it. The Hamburg-American lino, ho asserts, as-serts, stands to gain nothing direct from German representatives in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. On tho contrary it will undoubtedly undoubt-edly bo asked to transport thousands of tons of exhibits free of charge be-twoen be-twoen Hamburg and Now York and will be proparod'to grant many of thoso ap- filicationB. It is furthermore quito likely hat thousands of Americans who under ordinary circumstances aro in tho habit of visiting Europe every yenr will go to San Francisco instead in 1915 via tho now Panama canal and that the number num-ber of passengers traveling first and 6econd class on the Hamburg-American Ilno's boatB will bo quito perceptibly smallor. Holds Benefit General. He does not try to prove that German shipping may not bo ultimately bono-iltoa bono-iltoa by tho representative German exhibition ex-hibition in San Francisco, resulting in the opening of now markets to German industrial products, but hero the shipping ship-ping companlos will only cot their fair eharo of a boon that will benefit tho whole country, and this should certainly not In fairness be uned ns an argument against participating in the exposition. The ministry of agriculture will in the coming session ask tho Prussian Diet for $750,000 in aid of oxtonnive system of agriculture on land in the neighborhood of large citioe. The idea is to mako Germany independent inde-pendent of foreign oountries for its supplies sup-plies of vegetables, ospocially of the earlier sorts, and It is proposed among other things to start model farms with vast spaces covored with glass, such as one boos in Holland. Tho municipalities of Berlin, Char-lottonbure Char-lottonbure and other Borlin suburbs havo decided to import Australian mut ton in largo quantities. It is believed also that tho minister of ngriculturo jvill extend tho timo within which I?us-Bian I?us-Bian moat may bo imported beyond Oc-tobor, Oc-tobor, the date at which the prosont import nyf .will fall into abeyance. |