. Review of reviews and world's work. nthe products of any country discriminatingagainst us. The powerful agrarian party inGermany is the most important and strongestinfluence behind the new tariff, and these agra-rians are very bitter. Before the end of Feb-ruary, however, informal but authoritative in-formation had been conveyed to AYashingtonthat if certain objectionable appraisement prac-tices of American customs officials were revisedthe Berlin government would make a provisionalagreement of one year by which the United Stateswould retain the advantages of tlie old commercialtreaty. This,
. Review of reviews and world's work. nthe products of any country discriminatingagainst us. The powerful agrarian party inGermany is the most important and strongestinfluence behind the new tariff, and these agra-rians are very bitter. Before the end of Feb-ruary, however, informal but authoritative in-formation had been conveyed to AYashingtonthat if certain objectionable appraisement prac-tices of American customs officials were revisedthe Berlin government would make a provisionalagreement of one year by which the United Stateswould retain the advantages of tlie old commercialtreaty. This, according to the officially inspiredCologne Gazette, has been determined upon in thehope that the next Congressional elections maydevelop a tariff-reform sentiment in the UnitedStates, and with it a prospect of obtaining thetariff concessions which Germany desires. In the foreign relations of Germany impenai the contest of the Kaisers diplomacy Politics. ^[iii tijat of France over Morocco and the German-American tariff situation are. GENERAI/ VON MOI/IKE (NEIMIEW OF THE FIELDMARSHAL), NEW CHIEF OF TilE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF. the important questions. The empire is fortu-nate at this juncture to have in its new ForeignMinister, Herr Heinrich von Tschirschky undBogendorff (succeeding the late Baron von Richt-hofen), a thorough diplomat who has personalknowledge of the courts of St. Petersburg andConstantinople. By the appointment of Gen-eral von Moltke, nephew of the famous Countvon Moltke, to be chief of the general staff, theKaiser maintains the high efficiency of the ex-ecutive branch of his army while preserving thetraditions of a great military family. In colo-nial matters, Kaiser Willielm is still confrontedby his little Soiathwest African war with theHerreros, but has scored a real triumph in histreaty of trade and friendship with Abyssinia,an agreement which will be of great benefit toGermanys African possessions. Germanys most important domestic German • . ^. S
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