| Show N NEWS the powers struggling with the corn COM meres problem BORE ision sors poor trouble ex speaker seala in III tall he them on a tit the lotric ach of f protection BRUN B BUS may 10 16 negotiations for the grotrian commercial treaty with spain hive have become curiously involved with the recipe reciprocity aci t Y convention aroix ed by the th 8 united states the german garman amb emb embassy at madrid bent a dispatch to be effect I 1 that hat the spanish minister 1111 mini ater of foreign affairs received over overtures t ures tor for a treaty with Gar germany nany favorably and beld the german ambassador the cabinet cai jinet meant to renew treaties generally on the prin principle ciple of reciprocity as tr as was compatible with the protection policy since this however concession to the united states has beco become m 3 known spain has his a agreed greed to rece receive fv e american imports into cuba and foro rico with a differential rate of 23 25 per cent against similar from all other countries whether hether or not they conclude treaties with wl th spain such privilege 11 g a U practical acal a I 1 cottoms union between tile united cited states and the spanish antilles blocks the farther further liona lions which the german em ba had undertaken simultaneously simultaneous bly with the australian italian and belgium ministers spain has been in invited cited to send a delegate to the th e customs conference at vienna where the di men ty might be discussed german traffic with the antilles is one of great irr e a t importance imparlance but a formation of t the h e t treaty reaty recognizing exclusive Amer lesi privileges la is hardly possible e the madrid government finds that every country con n t of europe takes t a ke a a 2 similar view uthe of the matter the resignation of lip heir maybach prussian minister of public works removes from the public stage the last list minister of the old emperor except boetticher the latter litter Is ls now on the th e eve of departing III it ia r reported ported e that tha t he will become preel president t of the province of wf giola tein IIer rMon bennigsen succeeding to the home office and ifera miguel imperial minister of finance becoming 1 vice ups president ident of the Pr grassian assian ian council ibe he impending changes chang eit add power to the national liberals in the ministry the press I 1 ia g discussing discue sing a pamphlet supposed to have bave been inspired by bismarck Bie marck assailing the emperors tendencies toward absolutism the paper argues that ministers alone ought to be responsible and that be ought specially apeci ally to avoid rhetorical declarations as in proportion as hla his fallibility becomes obvious will tho the respect for him suffer A chapter on the kaiser ilia own minister blames chancellor von caprini for not using his influence to prevent the emperors injudicious public utterances ancess compares germany to a rud ship and accuses the emperor e ro r of consulting private advisers M behind h n d the back of his big ministers the misery of the defeated strikers strike rs at arphalia phalia is extreme over who have applied for work in the bachum district have been refused employment and threatened with expulsion from their homes AID hurt more talk of portugal turning into i a lican government PARIS may slav ag senior bartizal Bar tidal C chairman hair manof of the mozambique company in an interview in reference to the east african agreement england and portugal says the british proposals would seal the definite of portugal which has already been killed by england financially under the new convention england would take the gold minee mine which were the most valuable part of the Porta gese terri territory tiry but this company was willing to work under british rule if england would stick to her promises not to interfere with private interests senor degeas the exiled republican ca ul leader eader said in an interview that the house of is on intimate terms with the british royal family has mado made portugal por lose a apar portion of her african feiri territory tory unless portugal 91 ih e changes her policy and enters into alliances ai cog with w ith america amer 1 a france and bra brazil al the present or crisis ac sis mayl may lead ead to thee the establishment 8 of a re public but the present moment 1 iq not favorable the financial ai 1 problem ob will be difficult to solve I 1 it t r will be politic to leave the present portugal rulers to deal with tho the aroble problems in which they themselves have created to t lob sob stanley LONDON may IG 10 while henry M 8 stanley delivered a lecture at sheffield last evening the halt hill was invaded by a gang of socia lis Is W who h 0 began to sell am among on 9 the audience audie oce a pamphlet attack attacking ng the explorer th the e pamphlet was very freely be bought u under und er the belief that it contained contain ed a report of ono one of stanleys Stan leys lectures when the fraud was discovered covered lis there was a great commotion and the ven ders wore were violently violen lly expelled the gang tried to mob stanley as he left abo he hall but his friends gathered round round him and with the assi assistance 8 tance of the police kept off air the assailants until he drove off in a cab he licked a ST petersburg may ally 10 14 A despatch from bagoum tella tells of a bloody tragedy in the court there A man named Kaup i was on trial tor for robbing prince harshany Mars Ma hany rahany of a pocketbook filled with bank notes the prince offered to pay the prie prisoner oner it he would disclose the hiding place 0 of I 1 the stolen notes th the arl prisoner laughed scornfully corn fully at the offer offar and followed up tho the reaction by kicking tha the nobleman in his rage at the insult the prince shot the man dead the prince bae has been arrested the trans cattle trade LONDON may 15 the tram trani atlantic cattle trade committee today completed a voluminous report upon the subject which they have been investigating after an elaborate review of the history and present condition of the transatlantic trans atlantic cattle trade the report elves gives implied approval of the united states regulations lor for the inspection and shipment of cattle the report recommends th that a t where e ventilation for cattle is impossible vessels in each such condition should be considered unfit for the transportation of cattle across the ocean touching the number of men to bo be emI employed oyed in attending cattle crossing the atlantic the committee committe ie Is of the opinion that a foreman reo less lese than thin tour four compe competent tent assistants assia tants for each hundred he head ad of cl I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 cattle the foreman and Us bis assistants should be required to sign the ships ship articles ari clea and the thua thus be placed under the men would the authority 0 of 1 captain of 0 the vessel having the cattle on board I 1 va EX md REED 11 inn a n bai his something to say on the bc me 1 I 1 bill 1 1 lodo may IL ex speaker of the tb 3 united states house of sen ta tives thomas B reed aspre 0 talking I 1 to a correspondent ondene of 0 the I 1 associated 4 press in italy taly me concerning the mc kinley bill said in part it will stimulate tiro our foreign forel large ana number of it art articles in ties commerce on which by the a baties have been refaced or which are added to the trie fe list lot I 1 it will stimulate oar our doine otic industries by rel reason kROll ot of a redaction reduction in duties on raw MW materials and increased duties on a g i very few articles art leles of necessity which bich have h ave been largely im imported t e d bat but which we have hitherto bi cherto mn boon unable to manufacture properly it waa wag extremely unfortunate that the tile bill went into effect in the time it did or was folio followed wed soon by a moat most severe financial panic when the failure of baring bating bros ee emed seemed to shako shake the foundation of the strongest houses general insolvency seemed to the whole commercial world in the face going into effect under such circumstances it was not a difficult mater to convince thousands of voter era that toe the financial difficulties due solely inherent defects were ot of the measure why wily look at the case of austria chopa merchants complain BO so loudly of the ruin rain that the mckinley McK ioley bill to their trade they claimed that their industries were affected to such an extent by the measure that through their efforts the Ane trian government was forced to seek to draw other nations luto into a measure of reprisal against the united states notwithstanding these om lao ia I 1 I 1 pro 0 1 a export a for far the birac three months man tle I 1 under the operation 0 at the t he bill b I 1 11 1 1 w were ore increased sixty per cent over the corresponding quarter of 1800 1900 here in italy the merchants and press preen re echoed the wails walls of the balance ot of be the european press prees until they die dis covered that had the bill been special ly devised for the purpose it would not have been better adapted to increase her trade with the united stales states for or by ita its provisions 60 50 per cent of oar our purchases from her are on the free liet list 31 34 per percent cent are admitted at a reduced rate of duty 12 per cent at the same rate while the duty was advanced on but four per cent the commercial alliance of the central states of europe Ei rope which certain powers are endeavoring to bring about ia Is evidence that commercial nations are not slow blow to take every possibly pos precaution to protect and stimulate their trade and anti that is exactly the policy on which the mckinley bill is founded I 1 am very confident that I 1 the next few years will be veara years of treat great prosperity to the united states and that they will prove to be favorable A abl e both to our domestic manufacturers I 1 tur arfi and to oar our foreign commerce |
