National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-22
PRINCE BIsNIARCK.
His Relatisas with the Prsssian Cabiuet-
Causes Of His Retiremess frsa The For
eigu Department.

His Relatisas with the Prsssisn Cabiust-
Causes Of His Retiremess frs. The For
eisn Department.
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune.I
BERLIN, July 2.-The relations of Prince
Bismarck to the Prussian Government form
once more leading topic In political circles.
There have been occasional collisions, rs you
may very well know, during the past year,
In one Of which-some six months ago--the
Prince came off second best. At least, he
failed to convince the Emperor that respon.
sible Ministry ought to be formed, in which
the Premier should have the power to choose
his own Cabinet; and as he was weary OF be-
Ing called Miuister-Presidsnt without enjoy
ing powers corresponding to the dignity, he
asked for o change. It was his ultimatum,
In fact. To his surprise, however, rs tho
cynical assert, His Majesty blandly accepted
the resignation, and poor General Won Room
was sent up to oil the place Of the great
Office, at the head OF which Bismarck re-
NAMED, sort Of temporary arrangement
was made. New regulations liked the rela-
tons OF the Foreign Once to the Imperial
Government. And thus things went on till
the adjournment Of the Reichstag, q week
ago. The causes Of the new disturbance arc
tWbt VII lht VI tnt
which connects the two Governments and the
arrogant yet petulant manner Of Prince Bis
marck himself.
have limited OF the adjustment which was
effected after Prince Bismarcks retirement
from the head of the Prussian ministry, but
the subject merits, even as constitutional
study, q few more details. II may not be
generally known that the emperor Is In no
sense required to have Prnssian imperial
chancellor Two years ago, when Prince
Bismarck was In the height Of his power, his
selection for the chancellorshlp seemed such
an obvious thing that q contingency In which
another than the premier of Prussia should
I'LL the post was hardly contemplated. When
the imperial dignity was fixed hereditarily In
the House Of Prussia, 1t seemed TO follow that
the Prussian Premier had almost as good
title to the chancellorship. Accordingly, the
respective powers and limits of the two
officers were rather loosely defined. There
Is no such thing as an Imperial Ministry.
The real executive department Of the Empire
Is tho Bundesrath, though Its functions are
also semi-legislatiye; but the chancelry Is not
so much Cabinet as single department, In
which the enormous powers of the chief are
portioned out among set of subordnates
who are really not much more than clerks.
The chancellor and all his subordinates are
responsible TO the Empire.
In the Bundesrath, however, each delega-
ton Il reenonsible to Its own sovereign, and
the Prussian delegation, numbering II, hash
many respects no more power than the soil.
tary delegate Of Hamburg. In the Prussian
delegation to the Bundesrath there are sew
eral Ministers; In the Chancelry only one,
Bismarck himself. 80 long as the Premier
ship OF Prussia, the Ministry Of Foreign Az
fair, and the Characteristic, were invested
In the same person, there was sort Of prac-
tical harmony which prevented open scan
daM But when blsmurck was folled In his