Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-27
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

FG3AS6 VI GOaOFGs
Kind Words From Emperor william TO
Prince BismArek-The German Pres On
the Situation i'm Europe.
BERLIN, March 2L-A special edition
of the Reichs Anzeiger announces that
the Emperor has sent Prince Bismarck
two rescripts, couched in the most cor
dial terms, thanking him for his past
services and appointing him the Duke
cavalry and Field Marshal-General.
Count Herbert Bismarck retains the
Office of Minister of Foreign Affairs ad
interim. General Won Caprivi has been
appointed to succeed Prince Bismarck
as Chancellor and President of the
Prussian Ministry.
Blsmarck's resignation, the Emperor de-
ciares that acceding to request made
on the 18th inst. he grants the Prince
permission to retire, hoping confidently
that in the future as in the past. the
fatherland will profit by the Princes
counsel, energy and faithful devotion
The Emperor had hoped that the neces-
sity to think of such separation would
| not arise during his lifetime. He
regarded it as the most provi-
Dental dispensation of his time
| that he had had the Prince by
his side What the Prince had achieved
for Prussia, and for Germany, and for
what he had been to him, his house and
his predecessors he would ever preserve
| in grateful memory. The rescripts
| TEEN with terms indicative of affection
| and of admiration for the services of
| the late Chancellor.
\ The North earn, "a of danik.S fhaf
Prince Bismarck's resignation was con-
| nected with differences arising between
| the Chancellor and the Emperor over
| the labor conference. The Gazette de-
| clares that the differences mainly re-
ferred to constitutional questions, such
| as the limits of ministerial responsible
| ity, and the relations that should exist
| between the President of the Ministry
and his colleagues.
| The Gazette says that Prince Bismarck
never opposed the labor conference in
the Staatsrath, but that, on the con-
trary, it was at his suggestion that the
conference was initiated and that the
Staatsrath's assistance was asked to
consider the labor question
/ The National Gazette, referring to
Prince Bismarck's remarks to Signo,
Boccardo, one of the Italian delegates
to the laber conference, that the paths
of Italy and Germany would be identi
cal in the future as they had been in
the past, says that the observation may
confidently be applied to the German for
eign policy generally. The appointment
of General Won Caprivi to sue
coed Prince Bismarck has moth.
ing of a threatening character. L,
calls attention IN the fact that fhe
Duke of Wellington was long time
clares that German Generals appreciate
the blessings of peace no less than other
Germans in responsible positions
The Vossiche Zeitung says that the
tension has been brought to climax by
the fact that the destinies of Europe
have been deprived of their axis.
Prince Bismarck was guarantee OF
peace. History will preserve the mem
DRY of his services in the cause of peace.
| His successor will be compelled to i'm.
mediately deal with the question of a
reduction of the military burden in the
Interests of peace. The nation wit
nesses the retirement of Prince Bis
marck with regret, but without anxiety,
hoping that his life will still be long
and happy and that he will be able to
follow the development of the country.
The Novosti. of ST. Petersburg, in an
article on the retirement of Prince Bis
marck from the German Chancellorship,
| takes pessimiStic view of the situation
which will result from the CHANCELLOR
resignation, and declares that the soil
| tary support of the edifice of European
peace has crumbled.