The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-15
POWEROFTHEPETTIC0AT
VICTORIA STILL WORKING TO VAN
OUISH BISMARCK.

Chancellor.
(copuiqht 1893 bv Net0 York associated Press
BERLIN, April 1.-THE conflict between
Prince Bismarck and the party of the EN-
nress is only momentarily suspended. The
truce will not last long, and unless Prince
4 Bismarck becomes a convert to The "Vic-
torian policy" a supreme crisis will result,
the issue of which will be the absolute
q triumph of the Chancellor or his temporary
q retreat from politics. The Empress is en-
n deavoring to secure support in every
q possible quarter, and has applied
ii even to influences so opposite as the
Russian and Austrian courts for assistance
81 10 achieve her purpose. If the Car, who
81 Is being operated upon through Copenhagen,
could be induced to send an assurance to
Prince Bismarck that the Battenberg mar
rage would not alter the friendly relations
between Russia and Germany, the Empress
might deem the battle won. Z he Austrian
Imperial family maintain neutral position
in the matter They dislike Prince Alex
ander, but would like to see the marriage
S. effected if it would tend to widen the breach
between Germany and Russia.
NO WORD FROM THE CZAR.
The Car, in the meantime, has shown no
n disposition to respond TO Empress Victor las
81 overtures, nor is he likely to encourage
81 them. The opinions of the Russian court
q we're for a brief space divided. A strong
n party were in favor of seizing the chance
u offered by the Battenberg crisis to over
E throw the Chancellor. Their plan was to
induce the Gar to intimate to Emperor
q Frederick that he would regard the mar
q riage as private affair, and thus help the
q Empress to GUST Prince Bismarck. The
view of NJ. de Giers was that the
q present crisis was an incident in the general
81 policy of Prince Bismarck to assert himself
81 against the Empress. He was of the opin-
ion that Prince Bismarck's fail would lead
81 10 a close Anglo Austrian alliance, which
would prove an immediate source of danger
3 to Russia. Another argument of NJ. de
n Giers was that, owing to the bad health of
NJ Emperor Frederick, tho retirement of
81 Prince Bismarck would be brief, and would
s be followed by his return to office with
81 feeling of hostility to every influence that
had been used to overthrow him. The
s Cars personal revulsion for Prince Alex
ander assisted NJ. de Giers to prevail.
WANTS HER WAY.
81 Although these facts are well known in
81 court circles here the Empress perseveres in
81 her efforts to induce at least cessation of
& the opposition of the Car Among the
chiefs of the German federation she has the
Il support only of the regent of Bavaria. The
u recent journey of the King of Saxony to
81 Munich was made for the purpose of
81 soliciting the Regent to join in
81 declaration of the sovereign heads in favor
81 Of Prince Bismarck. The King not only
failed in his mission, but the Empress now
has reason to rely upon the mediation of
the Bavarian regent, who makes light of
the Importance of Prince Alexander, and
wants the Chancellor to consent to the be-
trothal and retain his place. The Grand
n Duke of Baden has joined. with the King of
Saxony in upholding Prince Bismarck.
81 The affair is expected to reach a climax
when the Queen of England visits Chariot
enburg. That the Empress has been
ii prompted by her Queen mother to thwart
81 Prince Bismarck, is denied only by the
s Empress supporters.
ONLY BLIND.
Some papers, among them the so-called
81 official PoIitiSche Correspondent of Vienna,
81 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 tnat the
marriage is inopportune. These deceptions
aim to lessen the irritation arising
from the interference of the Queen
in German affairs. Reliable semi
official information on the origin of the
Developments in the anti-Chancellor in
trigue, prove that the Queen was an active
nciter of the Battenberg match. A letter
from the Queen dated in 1884 exists in the
4 imperial archives, in which her majesty
4 recommends Prince Alexander to Emperor
William as a suitor for the hand of Princess
/ Victoria. 1t is also known that no sooner
4 had Emperor Williams death been an
! nounced, than Prince Alexander sent let
Il ter to Emperor Frederick asking permission
\ to attend the funeral as a Prussian Major
tI,a Of ba hal
TO BE THE FINAL TUssLE.
Prince Alexander was told to wait until
Easter, when the court would be strong
enough to override the Chancellor, but not
witnstanding the unceaSing efforts of
Prince Bismarcks enemies, they have been
unable to prevail against him. The inn
pending crisis will be the final tussle. It is
Fl semi-officially announced that Queen Vic
& torla's present arrangements include visit
to Darmstadt, where she will hold family
council with the Battenbergs, after leaving
Charlottenburg. 1t is still hoped here that
she will abandon her proposed visit TO
Berlin altogether. If the arrangements
81 are countermanded 1t will be a sign that
the cabal against Prince Bismarck has col
lapsed
The attitude of the press toward the pro
lected marriage has been distinctly defined.
Prince Bismarck has the unstinted advocacy
papers, while the progressist press has SUD-
ported the Empress. Austrian and Hunga-
rian papers favor Battenberg as Russian
irritant.
The popular memorials in Berlin, Leipsic,
Breslau and other places in favor Of Prince
Bismarck are meanwhile Withdrawn. The
crisis recurring the popular movement will
be reawakened and will produce abundant
testimony that Germany resents the court
conspiracy to overturn the policy of the
Chancellor.
-. Emperor Frederick had q good night.
This morning he read a report from Col.
Aldeydill, and afterwards drove in the
Lustgarter.
DANGER OF THE KAISER.
The change for the worse in the EN-
peror's general condition, combined with
the alarming symptoms preceding the in
sertlon of the new canula on Thursday,
gave the Empress party scare. The rapid
swelling around the old canula, and the
sudden contraction of the air passages, in
tensely alarmed the physicians.
Dr. Mackenzie Immediately summoned to
his assistance Drs. Bergmanns, Krauz and
Howell, and succeeded in reducing the
swelling before placing the new canula in
the Emperor's throat. This incident has
again attracted attention to the precarous
state of the Emperor. The final crisis may
II Occur at any n1ofnant Durup the heipht