Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-14
BISMARCK WILL STAY.


Proposed Marriage of Prince Alexander
to Princess Victoria Causes Him to
Tender His Resignation-Loye for His
Country Impels Him Afterward to Re-
consider Ills Action and Remain at the
Helm.
BERLIN, April 9.Prince Bismarck again
offered his resignation Saturday, and again
| Withdrew it Prince Alexander will come
to misunderstanding next Thursday, and will
be betrothed to Princess Victoria in June.
Prince Bismarck has withdrawn his resig-
nation, but solely from the consideration
that the domination of Empress Victoria
/ would speedily lead to the breaking up of
| German unity.
Nothing since the accession Of Emperor
! Frederick has occurred that has SO strongly
animated the Prussian conservatives against
the impress as the marriage question. It
now becomes known that the Empress will
lmpel her helpless husband to thWart Prince
Bismarck, without regard to the respect
! due to the late Emperor or to the national
1 safety.
The conflict between the Emperor and.
Prince Bismarck over the proposed mar
rage OF Princess Victoria to Prince Alex
ander has ceasei for the present Negotia-
lions on the subject are passing between
Emperor Frederick and the Gar.
IL Is confirmed In ministerial circles that
The crisis terminated on Friday. The
| Cologne Gazette states that the matter was
1 settled as Prince Bismarck desired The
| sem1-of1icial organs are either silent on the
! subject or simply state that the crisis con
tinues, the marriage project not being
/ abandoned In liberal circles Prince Won
/ Hohenlohe is spoken of as the successor Of
/ Prince Bismarck
The National Zsitang says that the be-
! tirothal is postponed, but that crcum-
stances may arise under which Prince Bis
marck will no longer oppose the union.
An official note sent, as sometimes now
happens, through Vienna, says that in con
sequence of memorandum laid before the
Emperor by Prince Bismarck setting forth
the difficulties which, from political point
/ or view, stand in the way of matri-
monial alliance between Prince Alexander
and Princess Victoria, it has been ar
/ ranged that the affair shall be postponed
until the political objections now raised
| shall cease to operate The establishment
OF settled order in Bulgaria and the re-
moval of all possibility of Alexander's rails
ing the rallying cry will deprive the mar
rage of it's political Importance.
The visit of the Queen of England to
| Charlottenberg, therefore will take place
licly be brought forward on the occasion
This is an official statement, and simply
means that Prince Bismarck's advice has
/ been overruled
Nothing in Prince Bismarck's life is so
honorable, SO full of self-command and
| loyalty to Germany, and his temporary
submission to the Empress regime He
| has the enthusiastic sur port of Count
/ Won Moltke and other leaders of the army
and the leaders of the Conservative
| and National Liberal parties, and even has
the begrudged approval of the progressive
chiefs The Chancellor does not therefore
rely on the Military party. He has the sup
port of tie whole country and of the royal
heads OF the German federation, and is abb
solute master OF the situation.
Prince Bismarck is seriously i'll. When
he announced a few days ago. after his diff
ference with the Emperor, that his health
would force him to resign, it was looked
upon as pretext Undoubtedly it was
only half true at the time; but since then
the Chancellor's illness has grown into an
accomplished fact. He was more affected
by the death Of his idol, the late Kaiser
than the public which believes him to be a
man of iron insensibility, imagines He
| does not cease to mourn the late King
| William. Concerning the details of his i'll
ness, the most profound secrecy is en-
! joined.
Bismarck's opposition to the marriage
/ projects OF the Empress is now attributed
here to his almost pathetic devotion to his
late Kings wishes. coupled with the de-
sire to nip petticoat government in
! the bud. When William I of Ger
many was dying month ago he drew
Bismarck down to his pillow and urged
him to treat the Gear of Russia, the dying
monarch's nephew, with great considera-
| ton Before the old Kaiser had been dead
a month the wife of his successor endeav-
ors to marry her second daughter to Prince
Alexander Of Battenberg, whom the Gear
regards with such bitter and implaca-
! bic hatred that the wedding would, in
! Bismarck's opinion, bring about the rupture
with Russia which the dying K ing wished
I! SO earnestly to avoid. The late monarch
said when the proposed match was men
toned to him by his English daughter-n-
| law, now the Empress: 81 will never con-
/ sent to the marriage of the Princess to that
/ rebel. !"
/ LONDON, April 9-The Government is
/ concerned in regard to the Berlin crisis Tt
/ is feared that the growing irritation in Ger
/ many against the Empress and her mother,
! Queen Victoria, will entend to the
/ of the cordial relations now existing be-
tween the two empires 1t is stated that
/ Lord Salisbury has begged the Queen to
1 desist from interfering in the controversy
! over the marriage of Prince Alexander and
| Princess Victoria
Samuel w. Brooks Makes Another Effort
to Save Murderer Maxwell.
IT LOUIS, April 9.-Samuel W. Brooks
father of Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias W. H. 7.
Maxwell, has written long and touching
/ appeal to the American people to help him
/ save his boy from the gallows. 1t
/ fills nearly seven columns. The elder
t Brooks gives his reasons for asking public
assistance in this way: The injustice of his
sons trial and the hardships of the Mis-
| souri, State laws, which acted entirely in
| favor Of the lower courts to the exclusion
/ of the defendants chances, the incom-
/ petence of two jurors. the errors in
| the criminal Judges Instructions the
| failure of the court to admit proof Of the
| accused's good character the suppression
OF evidence and particularly the frequent
| ly-denounced Dingfelder plot by which an
! alleged confession was obtained from
Brooks through detective incarcerated in
/ the St. Louis Jail This is urged in meas
| ured and respectful, but strong, language.
A Hundred Lives Lost.
BUENos AYREs, April "a special dis
/ patch from Montevideo reports the loss Of
/ the steamship Rio Janeiro. She had 100
/ passengers on board
One hundred years ago, the town
Of Wilton, N. H, passed the following
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