St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
Such Is Gen. Won Caprivi, Sue
cessor to the Iron Chan
cellor.
They Look Enough Alike to
Pass Muster Anywhere
for Twins.
Count Herbert Bismarck Per-
sists in Resigning His
Lucrative Position.
The Kaiser Intends to Dis
pense With Count Won
WalderSee's Services.

BERLIN, March 19.-The appoint
ment of Gen. Won Caprivi as chancellor
of the empire is confirmed. The office
will not, however, include the direction
of the foreign ministry, as during
Prince Bismarck's chancellorship. 1t
is stated that Emperor William init
mated his intention to abolish the office
of president of the PrusSian ministry,
which proposal Prince Bismarck stoutly
opposed. The disagreement between
the emperor and the chancello be-
coming wider. the kaiser asked
for another interview at 10 o'clock
in the evening. To this request Prince
Bismarck replied that he was too old a
man to come at that hour. Shortly
thereafter the chancellor formally ten
dered his resignation. 1t is announced
that Herr Won Boetticher will become
president of the Prussian ministry, and
that Count Gutenberg, governor of
Hesse-Nassau, will succeed Won Boet-
ticher as imperial mister OF the interior.
Count Herbert Bismarck will be as
signed to an ambaS sadorShip. Ministers
Herrfurth and Won Maybach haue re-
signed, the latter because he
Lost Prince Bismarck's Support
against the increased demands for STRAIT
egic communications. Prince Bis
marck's letter rendering his Iesigna-
ton and giving his reasons covers
twenty pages. Prince Bismarck cor
daily conversed with the Italian dele
gate to the labor conference, and
requested him to convey hearty greet
ings to Premier Crispi, and to assure
him that the paths of Italy and Ger
many would be Identical in the
future as they had been in the past.
The Gazette says that Count Herbert
Bismarck persists in reSigning his post
OF imperial soreign minister, and that
he will be succeeded by either Herr
Won Radowitz, the German ambassador
at COnstantinople, or Count Won HatZ-
feldt, the German ambassador at Lon
don. The Tageblatt asserts that the
resignation of Count Herbert Bis
marGk has been accepted by the
emperor, and says that Count Won
Berchem, under secretary of state for
foreign affairs, will probably be pro-
noted to succeed him. Prince Bis
maIck, in his note to the emperor ten
dering his resignation, alleged that old
age and falling health were his reasons
for desiring to withdraw from public
life. The Freisinnige Zeitung states
that the military conference dis
cussed the question OF abolish
ing the septennate and fixing
the peace footing of the army
annually, and reducing the term of
service for the infantry from three to
fun oil 10
cided upon the new military bill, which
provides for the organization of the two
new army cOrps-a matter bearing upon
the chancellor crisis. The committee
of the labor conference presided over
by Jules Simon has agreed to the eX-
cluslOn of children under twelve from
factories. Gen. Won Caprivi, the new
chancellor, will not assume the foreign
portfolio. The Tageblatt says that the
emperor has dismissed Count Won Wal
dersee, his chief of staff.
Foreign Press Comment.
LONDON, March 2O.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the News says: 1.-The
story that Prince Bismarck declined to
attend the emperor i'm the evening is
amply refuted by the fact that the
EMPEROR visited Bismarck that very
evening. 1t is reported that the emperor
was annoyed at Bismarck for inter
viewing Windthorst without consulting
him. | can state it as certain that Bis
marck did not intend to resign at pres
ept because he wished to avoid the i'm
preston that the elections caused him
to resign. He intended TO make great
political speech on the reopening of the
reichstag, and to await a chance for an
impressive exit from the political scene.
Several German reigning princes tried
to mediate. Bismarck Is in excellent
spirits. He suffers from insomnia, and
earnestly desires rest. His family, and
especially his wife, is glad that he re-
signed. All will go to Fredrichsruhe
this week. 1t is rumOred that Won May
bach has withdrawn his resignation at
Bismarck's request" The Telegraph's
Berlin correspondent hears that the
repeated conferences with
Boetticher and yesterdays council were
aimed to
Induce Bismarck to Reconsider.
Count Waldersee has gone to Italy on
a furlough. but owing to difference
with the emperor he will resign shortly.
The Times Berlin correspondent says:
The emperor had a chance to study
Gen. Won Caprivi's character during
the maneuvres last autumn, and de-
cided to follow the idea of Frederick
the Great, that general is the best
conductor OF a foreign policy be-
cause he best knows how far he
can 90 with the army behind him. AL
though a soldier of the first order,
Caprivi, in the opinion of all his init
mates, is very much more; and if per-
sonal appearance counts for anything,
he is a man of great force of character
and will, combining in high degree
suaviter in mOdo with fortiter in re,
blending sagacity with patience, reSO-
luton with good humor, and German
with Southern fire. He
looks the typical Teuton Of the
hugest and most impressive type.
He bears remarkable likeness to Bis
marck and might easily pass for his
brother. The difference in character is
discernibe in their gait-that of Bis
marck being sharp and heavy, while
that of Caprivi is deliberate, expressive
of leisurely elegance. The new chan
cellOr is brief but capable speaker.
Count
HERBERT BISMARCK Is UNPOPULAR
IN the diplomatic world, and 1t is not
likely that he will be appointed to an
ambassadorship The guests at the re-
ception given by the emperor and EN-.
press included the delegates to the labor
conference. Prince Bismarck was most
affable when dining with the French
delegates. M. Delahaye, one of the del
egates sent by France. has resigned
owing to difference with his comrades.
The Standards Berlin correspondent
says: ''Caprivi is opposed to increasing
the navy. which the emperor favors.
The emperor likes him personally, but
he is intractable by nature and is not