Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-15
VICTORIA'S POLICY.
The Cor fllet Between Primes Bismarck
and the Party Of the Empress Only
Temporarily Suspended.
How the Fight Is Looked Upon by The vssi
Gus Courts ana Nations Interested
in the Matter.
Osble Letter.
A TEMPORARY LULL,
- A,.a,ta1oa D-.,.

BERLIN, April tt.-lne COL HlCL Dc
tween Prince Bismarck and the party o!
the Empress, is only momentarily sus,
pended. TIE truce will not last long
and unless Bismarck becomes a convert
to the Victoria policy, supreme crisis
will result, the issue OF which will be the
absolute triumph Of the Chancellor or his
temporary retre.: from politics. The
Empress is endeaycring to secure
support in every possible quar-
ter, has spilled even to
influences go opposite IS the
Russian end Austrian courts for assisI
ance to achieve her purpose. II the Car,
VINO is b-ing operated upon through
Copenhagen, could be induced to send an
ASSURANCE to Bismarck thst the BStten-
berg marriage would nos sitter the friend
~ relation between Russia and Germany,
the Empress might deem the battle won.
The Austrian Imperial family maintain $
neutral position in the matter. They DIS
Ike Prince Alexander, but would like
TO see the marriage effected
il it would tend to widen the breach be-
tween Germany and Russis. The Car
in the meantime has shown no dlspOsitlC q
to respond to Empress Victories over
lures, nor is ne likely TO encourage them.
The opinions Of the Russian court were
for brief space divided. A strong party
were in favor OF Selling the chance offered
By the Battenberg crisis to overthrow the
Chancellor. Their plan WAS to induce
the Gar to intimate to Emperor Freder-
lex that he would regard the mar-
rage as private affair and thus
help the Empress to GUST Bismarck. The
view of M. De Giers WAS tina. the present
crisis was an incident in the general
policy of Prince Bismarck to assert him
self sgainst the Empress. He was Of the
opinion that Bismarck fall would lead
to close the Auglo-Austrian alliance,
which would prove an immediate source
OF danger to Russia. Another CT NJ. De-
Giers'arguments Wss that owing to the tad
health of Emperor Frederick the retire
ment of Prince B smarck would be brief
and would be followed by his return to
Office with feeling OF hostility to every
influence that had been used to overthrow
him. The Czsr's personal revulsiOn for
Prince Alexander assisted N. DeGiers to
prevail. Although these facts are
well known IN court circles
here, the Empress perseVeres il her
effort TO induce at lesst cessation Of the
Operations CT the Ger. Chief among the
rulers Of the Gernan Federation which
support the Empress Is the regent OF
Bavaria. The King of SAx0py's recent
journey to Munich wss made tor the pur
pose of soliciting the regent to Din IN c
declaration Of sovereign views Ill favor Of
Prince Bismarck. The King not only
ia led IN his mission but the Empress
now has reason to rely upon the medis-
ton Of the BsVsrisn regent, who makes
light of he Importance OF Prince Alexsn-
der, and wants the Chancellor to
consent 10 the betrothsl and retsin his
place, The Grand Duke of Baden, has
,ined with King of Saxony in UNFOLDING
Prince Bismarck. The affair is expected
TO REACH CLIMAX
when the Queen Of England visits Char
That the Empress hes been
prompted by the Q1een's mother to
thWsrt Bismarck is denied only by
the Empress supporters. Some papers.
among them the so-called official
Politische Correspondence of Vienna,
publish bogus communication alleged to
have come from the Berlin foreign office,
TO the effect that the Queen concurs with
Prince Bismarck in the opinion that the
marriage is inopportune. These decep-
tons aim to lessen the irritation arising
from the interference Of the
Queen in German affairs. Reliable
semi official information on the
origin OF developments in
snti- Chancellor intrigue prove thSt the
Queen was 81 active meter Of the Batter
berg match. A letter from the Queen,
dated in 1884, exists In the imperial arch
ives in which her Majesty recommends
Prince Alexander to the Emperor William
IS a suisor for the hand of the PriGcess
Victoria It is also known that no sooner
1sd the Emperor Williams death been
than Prince Alexander
sent letter to the Emperor
Frederick asking permission to attend
The funeral as Prussian msj0r-geneTal.
This WAS the opening Of the ball. Prince
Alexander was told to wait until Easter,
when court would be strong enough to
override the Chancellor, but notRith-
standing the uncessiDg efforts CT Prince
enemies, they have been IN
.ble to prevail egainst him. The impend-
ng crisis will be
THE FINAL TUssLE.
It is semi. c ficially announced that Queen
Victorla's present arrange mems include
/ visit to Darmstadt, where she will
lold family council with the Batten-
2ergs after leaving ChArlottenberg. It is
still hoped here that she will abandon her
proposed visit to Berlin altogether. II
he arrangements are countermanded it
will be q signsl thst the cabal sgainst
Bismarck has collapsed.
The attitude OF the press towards the
projected marriage has teen stiDctly de-
ined. BismarCk has the uns tinted advocacy
II the Conservative ana National Liberal
papers, while the Progressive press hiss
the Empress. The Austrian
md Hungarian papers favor Bsttenberg
ss Russian the irritsnt. Popular memoir
ais in B 9rlin, Lsipsic, Breslau and other
places in favor OF Prince Bismarck are
meanwhile Withdrawn. The crisis Of the
recurring popular movement willie be re-
or will produce abundant test
nony that Germans resent court coz
;piracy to oyerturn the policy Of the
Chancellor.
THR KMPKRoR's ILLNESS.
The change for the worse in the EN-
,eror's general condition combined with
he alarming symptoms preceding the
Insertion Of new canula on Thursday
ave the Empress party scare. The
.apid swelling around the old canuli and
he sudden contraction Of the air pas
,.ges alarmed;the physicians. DR.. Mac
serzie immediately summoned to
lis assistance Drs, Berg
mann, Krause and Howell and
succeeded 10 reducing the swelling