14 JUNE 1902, Page 2

The German Parliament, after a severe struggle between the Government

and the Agrarians, has accepted the Sugar Convention as arranged at Brussels. It remains, therefore, only to overcome the resistance of the French beet growers, which threatens to be most bitter. They say they will upset the Government rather than surrender their bounties. As a countervailing duty would knock their foreign market to pieces, and as the Treasury wants to save the money, they will probably be forced to yield, but the struggle will tax all the resources of the new French Ministry.