| Show THE 1 mu NEW 3 BY CABLE the Russi alf czir cur is in ill a mighty rage rab oe ilaff COLD 13 HE TOE BITE OF HIS ure LIVE ne tie aro are ina in a saw saddle still over inter european commerce the U S comes ia in fr der share or the tb problem Brint ni may Y 23 attention of the foreign office la is absorbed in tle commercial treaty negotiations some of the of which will have a direct bearing hearing on Germ germanas Ger manya anys relations with the united states slates arrangements with ith italy switzerland and koumanias Kou mania are progressing towards an entente belgium is also negotiating with germany but that co country u n try is less likely than others to b be e d drawn r awn aito the co combine in russian overtures for a reduction on the tile german corn cora tariff in exchange tor for a lessened katiff on german manufactures have been received in a friendly spirit here but the opposition of austria la Is expected to thwart th art any definitive arrangement austria tried to secure a reduction of the germin grain tariff in favor of herself exclusively she tailed I 1 in n this however and has n now 0 W r raised ale ed the point of ger german ilan austrian treaty as ra precluding differential treatment for or russia i lias has offered to pin join the commercial alliance on a basis of free entry of 0 cattle and swine into germany gormany germant austria and hungary As mant servian ex exports ports cross austrian territory in order to reach Ger manyi the berlin government wants the an austrian tr 1 authorities to guarantee a against gal 1 n 8 t dangers of 0 infection from ser servian lan bine the tile admission of servian servian patk into germany would be to inconsistent with prohibition against american pork which is to acknowledged to bd be safer and ol 01 superior quality the general positions of 0 tha the negotiations tiati ons now really give reason to expect a formidable central customs coalition including germany austria hungary italy switzerland Rou Kouman manla fa and servia while belgium russia and spain may have partial reciprocity the c effects of the american co convention divent in n with spain b have avs begun to exe excite ite press comments As boon as the pending european treaties are arranged the special privileges which the convention accords america will be contested by the combined powers the situ situation tion of france which country is m menaced aced with commercial isolation dicta dictates tee the governments po policy acy of abbes adhesion on to a moderate tariff admitting of reciprocity cip rocity treaties A As k e far as germany Is concerned the fr french e n c h government fetics to rely upon ake e m maintenance ainee of the frankfort treaty as itsou insuring r ing to francette france Franc ethe the most f favored av adored nation treatment but among the critical political consequences es arising from ger germanas germanys Germ in an anys y a coin commercial mercial alliances alliance the renunciation of the lankfort krank i fort treaty is now freely discussed dis cassed in official circles cles e 1 i sensation has been caused by a discovery relating to the french exhibition hibi bibi tion at moscow which gave the czar occa occasion elon to show his solicitude for the french to avoid wounding the feelings of the french committee committee the exhibition which was in need of funds secretly applied to the jewish and Itus kussian capitalists grunewald and Pollia koff and got a loan on depositing tickets as security ty grunewald and Pullia Pollia koff became involved in a quarrel with the committee and claimed control of the entrance money of the exhibition the rupture led to ss a scandal ahn czar was Inc incensed ened that the fair s have fallen into luo the bands hands of tue detested dei ested jews if it the matter is not speedily spee lily settled be will ill abandon his visit to moscow in order to avoid giving givin offence offense to france by bt going to moscow without patronizing the exhibition he ile has sent the promoters of the fair an angry intimation that the presence of the imperial family as an assistance to jedith je irish speculation is impossible his ilia ire his also been increased bythe by the fact that during his ilia stay in he be desired to lay the foundation stone of a monument to be erected in memory of bia big father and also open the first exhibition of central asian products held in russia russi a the whole gramme pro be has a been dro dropped P rev mr ayers a young american clergyman who is preaching in a an n english chapel here has been the victim of a peculiar persecution A young german woman took a strong fancy to him and made it a habit to attend the church and faze in rapt contemplation at the preacher she compelled him to move from one boarding bouse house to another to elude her ber she threatened to commit an suicide her before re bis him eyes unless he listened to her edit suit the american minister mr air phelps was finally appealed to by ayers phelps communicated with the ladys family and it being evident that her mind was unbalanced sho she wag was sent to an asylum |
