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Show ARE ALARMED. Germans Can Get Xo 3Iore Eye From Iinssia. Hu3sia's TTkase Causes Great Consternation Consterna-tion Amony the Gram Dealers of Berlin and Elsewhere and Depresses Prices. Beklix, August 12. The ukase forbidding for-bidding ttie export from Russia of rye and rye meal of every kind which was published in the official journal of St. Petersburg yesterday, created an enormous enor-mous sensation in this city yesterday. The ukase came as a complete surprise to the dealers in grain here. There was some difference in the dispatches dis-patches in regard to the date on which the prohibition w as to go into effect. Several early dispatches stated that the ukase would go into effect immediately, imme-diately, while later telegrams announced an-nounced that it would not he enforced until August 27th. This afforded great relief. The influence of this action on the I part of the liussian government was I immed'ately felt on the bourse here, j The effect was to generally depress j prices, although values did not fall as ! low as it was expected they would, as many leading bankers received secret advices as to the probable promulgation of the decree. One effect of the ukase has been to raise the price of rye almost to the! price of wheat. Chancelicr Von C a-: privi is deaf to all appeals made to him ! to remove the grain duties. j TheKussian measure will not be felt for several days. The rye imported by j Germany from Kussia cannot be re- j placed by that of any other country. A further and rapid increase in the! prices of bread stuffs must be expected. This will greatly strengthen the agitation agita-tion conducted by the leaders of the j Freisinnige party and promises to aug ment the opposition to the government. Russian finances will also suffer from I proamnion, London, Argus.; 12. The Time' correspondent cor-respondent '! Berlin says : There is no chance of Chancellor Von Caprivi's complying with the radical request to reduce the grain duties. The liussinn ukas will seriously effect east Prussia, which is almost entirely dependent upon up-on Russian supplies. .Ninety per cent, of the foreign rye imported into Germany Ger-many this year came from Russia, The English newspaper press is much tlissurbed over the announcement that I the liussian government has decided to I prohibit the export of rye. The gener-I gener-I id feeling is that although Great Bntian will not be effected to such an extent a -Germany ami Austria, she will inevitably inevita-bly sulfe'r to a great degree from tiie prohibition. St. Pet Ensile kg, August li'. The freight rates to the distressed districts have been eompulsorily reduced. The minister of the interior is authorized to adopt any steps he may dee u expedient to facilitate the transportation of lire-wood lire-wood from the clown lands to be given free to the needy inhabitants. Fifteen million of roubles will be devoted to extensive relief works and a similar amount is granted for the purchase i f grain both for feed and sowing purposes. pur-poses. The daily Xeun this morning commenting com-menting on the action of Russia in prohibiting pro-hibiting the export of rye, says it is re- j assuring to learn that crops promise to j yield an exceptionally large harvest.; The farmers of America, the paper de- i Clares, are masters of the situation, antl ' it is to be hoped they will use their j Strength mercifully. Making corners' in the necessaries of life is never (ii.l- i :lt'" fiirTMNw'iV'l"!'"-'".'" ho little ai,tL vi tie nil it'll. Z j |