The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-27
LEAVE TO RESIGN.
Cause of Bismarck's Request
to Be Allowed to Resign
the ChancellOrship.
Emperor Williams Opposition
to a Cabinet Order the Rea-
son of the Resignation.

to q Cabinet Order the Rea-
son of the Resignation.
BERLIN, Special.-The North German
Gazette tonight supplies some much de-
sired light on the causes leading to Prince
Bismarck's resignation, seizng the occasion
to contradict the statement of the Hamburg
Correspondent that before the late crisis
reached its climax the chancellor
had already made application for
leave to resign, and had Withdrawn
it and endeavored to reconcile
himself to the situation, but without sue
cess, The North German Gazette says that
tits like the reports regarding the princes
opposition to the labor programme, is en-
tirely erroneous. What has happened is
this: The chancellor did not wish to depart
from the cabinet order of 1852 relating to
the intercourse between the Prussian min
listers and the sovereign but desired to re-
tain his control and right Of co-opera-
ton. The intercourse between the
emperor and the secretaries of state
is regulated by the law OF 1852. 1t was only
within the last few weeks that Bismarck
He considered its execution and observance
indispensable, and did not wish to be
| party to its abrogation. The opposition he
encountered in this matter finally brought
clearly home to him the necessity for his
resignation. The negotiations between
Prince Bismarck and Dr. Windthorst with
re erence to the Guelph fund and the
attitude of the Clerical party in
okol J, i,
| crisis so far as that the chancellor refused
| to subject his intercourse with the deputies
to any control. No steps have been taken
| by the emperor personally or by the sover-
eigns of any of tire federal states to induce
| Bismarck to remain at the head of the
| ministry of foreign affairs. The tone of the
| Gazette only feebly indicates the
sULLEN, sMoULDERING ANGER
which exists in the Bsmarckian circle. The
papers have hitherto avoided touching the
dangerous and delicate subject of the em-
| peror sinterference in ministerial response
| bility, but the Gazette's frankness will lead
| to discussion which may awaken the en-
| peror to the fact that a personal, direct
system of government has not yet obtained
| supreme hold upon the German people.
| The complacency with which Bismarck re-
tirement is now generally regarded may
soon be replaced with regret that the
country is lie t at the mercy of a self-willed
autocrat. The cabinet order of Sept. s,
1852 has always been held by Bismarck as
interpreting the Prussian constitution to
mean that the president of the ministry
ought to appoint his own cdhinet, choosing
men having political opinions alid prIncl-
pies in harmony with his own. The emT-
peror re used this reading and maintained
the right of the monarch to ap-
| point ministers having a direct responsible
ity, not to the president, but to the crown.
The appointment of Baron Won Berlepsch
as minister of commerce was the thin end
of the wedge The direct instructions that
the e4nP@Eor gave to Beriepseh affecting the
.. economic policy of the empire evoked q
warm remonstrance from the chancellor
| The emperor, in written communication,
sent by him to Bismarck early last week,
explained his views of monarchical prerog-
atives his conviction that the chancellor's
claims were an encroachment on the rights
of the sovereign, and finally. his determina-
ton to exercise general and absolute con-
| troll About the same time, direct OYertures
to Windthorst and ether leading clericals,
rom persons in the emperor's entourage,
aiming to take the guidance of negotiations
The CLIMAX oFTHE CRISIS.
On Saturday the emperor got, as he proba-
bly, desired and expected, an lntlmatlon oil
Bismarck's resignation, and on Tuesday, in
a closely written document OF twenty follos,
the emperor received the chancellor's rea-
sons tor resigning. 1t was hoped that the
emperor would assent to an early publica-
ton of this great historic Apologize, but its
non-appcarance beside Thursdays pts
impliesthatthee emperor considersitap private
state paper. Bismarck has not parted with
the emperor either in the Sulks or in ap-
parent anger, for after his decision to retire
became definitive the emperor consulted
him with regard to the choice OF his sue
cessor, and followed his recommendation
of Gen. Won Caprivi. The new chancellor
yesterday held long interview with Bis
marck, and tonight dined with the prince
and princess in the palace. Since the
crisis was disclosed and especially since
Bismarck's resi- gnation was announced,
Princess Bismarck has held daily recep-
tons, which have been crowded. All the
officials of Berlin yesterday filed through
the salons. The retiring chancellor ap-
peared for short time in the afternoon,
and seemed more alert, cheerful chatty
and bright than for years The National
Gazette asserts that Bismarck will not &C
cept the title of Herzog Won Lauenburg
The Bismarckian sentiment certainly il
that while responding to
THE EMPERoR's EXPRESSED DESIRE,
as phrased in the rescript, "dass ihr rath uno
ihre thatkraft, ihre treue und hingebuns
auch in zukunft mir und dem Vaterlan6
nicht entzogen verde" Bismarck ought
to accept no iavors or dignities from the em
peror. He starts for Friedrichsruhe Marcel
30. The work of reforming the ministry
will not be hurried. Count Her
bert Bismarck, however, persists in hi!
intention to withdraw, from the foreign
office at the earliest possible moment, anC
this obliges the emperor to make an imme
diate selection of his successor. Herr May
bach offered to resign, but the emperor OBJ
jected Herren Miguel, Bennigsen anC
: Hinzpeiter are talked of ns probable min
listers. Count Gutenberg, now civil gov
ernor of Hesse-Nassau, who is al
advocate of reforms in the internal policy
is mentioned as the successor q
Herr Herrfurth in the ministry of the in
T terror. Freisinnigen Missionaries dream o
the possibility of their party being repre-
sented in the government. Nothing is Ger
tain except that ministers must be submis
, siye instruments of the emperor's interna
and external policy. Advices from Vienn;
point to the retirement of Count Kal
|, noky. His personal relations will
Prince Bismarck constituted the chic
reason for his being retained II
office by the Austrian emperor. Kalnoky'
pliancy suited the chancellor, but was no
! approved by Emperor Francis Joseph, VIII,
, will now seek stronger man and one abl
. to give Austria chance to assume an equa
footing with German diplomacy. Th
Austrian government appear to dis
, trust Emperor Williams leaning to
: wards the czar. The TagcbIatt say
that Gen. Golz will succeed Her
Won Maybach as Prussian minister of pub
lie works. Gen. Golz was in the Unitet
States in 1875 and 1876. studying the opera
, ton of the railroads of that country. Th
night to his successor Gen. Won Caprivi, in
J cluded ali the members of the Prussial
ministry, the secretaries of state and III
| Schwenninger, Prince Bismarck's physi
clan.
REPEAIED THE ACT