The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27
Prince Won Bism arck in Difficulties.


When Prince Bismarck undertook his cam
paign against the Catholic Church. the one
fact upon which every body seemed agreed was
the overwhelming strength of his personal
power and influence, and the inoxpugnaule So
curity of his position. He las got his laws
passed, has legalized perseou ton, has affirmed
the absolute su premacy of the State over In.
divdual liberties is exulting in the crashing
different An inexplicable change has come
over the situation, the sictors have quarreled
among themselves, and the aii.powerfu! Chan
cellor is comparatively isolated. Ever since the
slight check which he received last year about
the District Reorganization Bill, which, led to
his resignation of the Primo Ministership, .
people have got familiarized with the idea
that if necessary, the State could do without
him. The Berlin correspondent of the London
Ne,cs in letter well worth attention, states
THAT "the partition of power then effected was
| a gross anomaly, and has not worked well and
that although the Prince accepted the situa-
tion, and, by skillfnl exploitation of Marshal
Won Rooms friendship carried the Church Bills
throug h, it is beyond doubt that he has never
quite recovered from the blow then given to
his prestige" But since then an additional
complication has snperyened. The Chancel-
| Ior has managed to offend the Liberals on one
side and the Prime Minister and his party on
the other Hardly had the oppressive laws
on the press reused the liberal party to fury
from one end of Germany to the other. The
State laid claim to control of the press al
most complete as that to when 10 desires 70
subject the Church, and the Liberals began to
see that they had been playing the part of the
horse in the fable. They were, therefore, no
in passing whatever bills Prince Bismarck
might lay before them, and the consequence
was, that being no longer able to count upon
had to drop some Of it's most Important meas
nres. The new Press Bill was out OF the ques-
tion. The Civil Marriages Bill has been laid
| oanization Rill, which was the only measure
which the Emperor and the Prime Minister
| really cared about, the Rechstag has refused
to take into consideration before the close Oh
'n The hill had been introduced at late peri
| cd. as the Ballot Bill was in our House of
dutv as our own Upper House did on that &C.
easion. Only, as the bill had not come up from
q Lower House. they merely had to strike it
off the list of orders and this was the course
one of the most influential members Of the
Liberal party, recommended. Then Prince
Bismarck made one of his violent aud over
bearing speeches, and was defeated, and, be-
inc defeated had to advise the Emperor to con-
ssnt to the adjournment of the House and the
nostponement of his favorite measure. Wheth-
er his Majesty made any disagreeabie remarks
bable that he did for each OF the great Iunc-
tionaries the Prime Minister and the Chan
cellor, seem to have become decidedly apxio sl
to proye that he at least was not TO blame for
the failure. Count Won Room, 10 the WORDS OF
the DaiIy Necs, "wrote a sharp letter, in which
he secuted the idea that there was any im-
: proper delay in the preparation of the meas
ure, and boldly threw the responsibility on
Prince Bismarck who had not kept the Pariia-
ment to it's work" This unpleasantness pc
tween the Prince and the rest of the Prusstan
Cabinet aggravated by another contno-
, versy about the unpopular Press Bill, each be-
ing DESTROYS to dsciair: the ParentaGe OF ~.
| Ii was in troduced in Prince Bismarcks name
but he declares that he only took charge OF u
at the request of the Ministry, aud had not
8 even read it, as it was measure which con
| tI fnis fry Of Interior,
the department of Foreign Affairs. inns, &C
cordlng to the correspondence when we nave
already quoted no one outside the caro d .t 81
rest of the Ministers affirm quite the contra
ryn However this may be, stung co mad
ness by the attack, Prince Bismarck went on
to Babeisberg to seek satifaction" from the
] Emperor AS is his wont, when he meets WIN
8 opposition, he made demonstration Oh retir-
ing to his tents, and asked the Emperor LOT
8 indefinite leave of absence from the meetings
of the Cabinet. The Emperor granted IL, oot
a in such a way as to show that he did not mean
at all to espouse the Princes quarrel: the Of
fetal reply was given through Count Won
!, Roou himself, who attended the Chamber IN
full-dress Marshal's uniform, as for an occasion
9 of great ceremony and calling Prince Bismarck
i aside, Informed him that his Majesty had been
n pleased to grant him indefinite leave OF ao-
8 sence from the Cabinet in compliance with his
q request.
that the Prince is about to resign his port
= folio as Minister of Prussia, is vehemently
. contradicted by the pape:s which are Gapposed
| to be In MS commence, DeG everybody Soeiha
q to believe that Herr Won ,Balan, Undsr.secre
If tary for Foreign Affairs, is to be made Minister
h at least ad interim. 1t is no doubt trne thai
o there has been no question of resignation, but
T., then an indefinite leave of absence may be
II prolonged indefinitely, ard may thus come
g very much to the same thing To our mno
70 by FAR the most important feature in the whole
affair seems to be this, that Prince Bismarck II
l. evidently no longer able arbitrarily to impose
l. his will either upon Emperor, Cabinet or far
l. lament-London Tablet.
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