Show TARIff WAR HWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA The Long Pending Negotiations Conducted Con-ducted by the Two Nations Have Been Barren of Results Paris Indications point to an early Inauguration of a tariff war between be-tween Prance and the United States Tho negotiations opened last summer for an arrangement on a basis giving Franco tho benefit of a 20 per cent reduction re-duction in wines In return for prefer ontlal rates upon a list of about one hundred articles Including shoes tools machinery etc have thus tar been barren of results and tho action of tho French government Saturday in virtually promising not to concludo any further commercial arrangements until parliament passes upon the proposed pro-posed revision of the tariff ot IbJ seems to preclude any chance of agreement Last week before the government made this promise a reluctant assent was given to an extension of the do crease granting the minimum rate to Porto Rican coffee until December 1 While ho extension nominally keeps the issue open for another month It Is practically certain that nothing will be accomplished unless tho United States radically changes Its attitude Franco having all along regarded the concessions asked of her as being utterly ut-terly disproportionate to what was offered of-fered If the Porto Rican coffee decree de-cree Is withdrawn December 1 as now appears likely the United States Is expected to retaliate and a tariff war will then bo on |