St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-23
Prince Bismarek's Newspaper
Organ Speaks in a Sullen
Tone.
The Kaiser's Intermeddling
Induced the Iron Chancel-
lor's Retirement.
He Will Not Accept the Title
Of Duke Of Lauen-
berg.
Germany Left at the Mercy
Of a Self Willed Auto
crat.

BERLIN, March 22.-The North Ger
man Gazette, Prince Bismarck's organ,
tonight supplies some much-desired
light on the causes leading to Prince
Bismarck's resignation, seiZing the oc-
casiOn to contradict the statement of the
Hamburg correspondent that before tine
late crisis reached Its climax, the chan
cellor had already made application for
leave to resign, and had Withdrawn it
| and endeavored to reconcile himself to
the situation, but without success. The
| North German Gazette says that this,
like the reports regarding the princes
| opposition to the labor programme,
| is entirely erroneous. What has hap
! pened is this: The chancellor did not
wish to depart from the cabinet order
! of 1852 relating to the intercourse be-
| tween the Prussian ministers and the
| sovereign. but desired to retain his con-
| troll and right of cooperation. The in
| tercOurSe 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 felt it neces-
sary to refer to that regulation. He
ance indispensable. and did not wish to
| be a
Party to It's Abrogation.
The opposition he encountered in this
matter finally brought clearly home to
him the necessity for his resignation.
| The negotiations between Prince Bis
marck and DR.. WindthorSt with refer
ence to the Guelph fund and the atti-
| tude of the Clerical party in the reich
| stag were only connected with the crisis
| so far as that the chancellor refused to
| subject his intercourse with the depu-
ties to any control. No steps have been
taken by the emperor personally or by
| the Sovereigns Of any of the federal
! states to induce Bismarck to remain
at the head of tl the ministry minis of for for
| eign affairs. The tone OF the
Gazette only feebIy indicates the
sullen, smouldering anger which exists
| 1D the Bismarckian circle. The papers
| have hitherto avoided touching the dam
| gerouS and delicate question OF the
| emperOr7S interference in ministerial
responsibility. but the GaZette's frank
ness will lead to discussion which may
| awaken the emperor to the fact that
| personal, direct system of government
| has not yet obtained supreme hold
upon the German people. The COM
| pIacency with which Bismarck's retire
ment is now generally regarded may
soon be replaced with regret that the
country is left 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 Cabinet,
choosing men having political opinions
and principles in harmony with his own.
The emperor refused this reading and
maintained the right of the monarch to
appoint ministers having direct re-
| sponsibility, 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
| gave to BerlepSch affecting the economic
| policy of the empire evoked a warm re-
monstrance from the chancellor. The
emperor, in written communication,
sent by him to Bismarck early last week,
explained his views of mOnarchlcal
prerogatives, his conviction that the
chancellOrs claims were an encrOach
ment Oh the rights of the sovereign,
and, finally, his determination to eXer-
else general and absolute control.
About the same time. direct Overtures
to Windthorst and other leading Cleri-
Gals, from persons in the emperor'S en-
tourage, aiming to take the guidance of
negotiations out of BiSmarck'S hands,
produced the climax of the crisis. On
Saturday he got, as he probably de-
sired and expected, an intimatiOn of
Bismarck's resignation, and on Tues
day, in closely written document of
| twenty folios, the emperor received the
chancellOr's reasons for resigning. 1t
was hoped that the emperor would as
sent to an early publication of
This Great Historic Apologize,
but its noD-appearance beside Thurs
days rescripts implies that the emperor
considers it a private state paper. Bis
marck has not parted with the emperor
either in the suIks or in apparent anger,
for after his decision to retire became
T definitive, the emperor consulted him
with regard to the choice of his sue
cessor, and followed his recommends
ton of Gen. Won Caprivi, The new
chancellor yesterday held a long inter-
view with Bismarck, and tonight dined
with the prince and princess in
their palace. Since the crisis
was disclosed, and especially since
Bismarck's resignation was announced,
Princess Bismarck has held daily re-
ceptions which have been crowded. All
the officials of Berlin yesterday filed
through the salons. The retiring chan
cellor appeared 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 accept the title
of HerZog Won Lauenburg. The Bis
marckian sentiment certainly is
that while responding to the en-
peror's expressed desire, as phrased
in the rescript, "Dass hire rath und ihre
thatcraft ihre tru und hingebung auch
in zukunft mir und dem Vaderland
NIGHT Worden," Bismarck ought to ac-
cept no favors or dignities from the en-
peror. He starts for Friedrichsruhe
March 80. The work of reforming the
ministry will not be hurried. Count
Herbert Bismarck, however, persists in
his intention to withdraw from the for
eign Office at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and this obIiges the emperor to
make an immediate
Selection of His Successor.
Herr Maybach. offered to resign, but
the emperor objected. Herren Miguel,
Bennigsen and HinZpeiter are talked of
as probable ministers. Count Eulen-
berg, now civil governor of Hesse-Nas.
sau, who is an advocate of reforms in
the internal policy, is mentioned as the
successor of Herr Herrfurth in the
ministry of the interior. Freissinnigen
, Missionaries dream of the possibility of
their party being represented in the
government. Nothing is certain ex-
cept that ministers must be sub