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Show NO OCCASION liirlhe (kair; !() Thought to Ilea Blow at Germany Bkklis, August 13. It was at first believed that the Russian ukase was directed di-rected at Germany, but the government now apiears to be convinced that it was prompted by economic motives, j The German import of rye in the last; decade amounted to about a sixth of her own product, but the failure of the German crop this year makes the situation situa-tion more serious. The latest statistics, however, leave ground for hope that-the harvest will be better than was expected. Reports of a raise in the price of rre in Holland caused a further raise of 1 mark here today; but. toward the close the price receded 2 marks. Wheat advanced 3? marks on unfavorable reports re-ports from New York. London, August 13. The Times correspondent at St. Petersburg says: "In certain well informed circles here it is maintained that the harvest will in no way be as bad as pretended. The rye crop is not small enough to warrant the prohibition. The ukase is rather considered as a polities', move against Germany and Austria. |