Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
STIRS up GERMAN POLITICS
The Empress Frederick Affair is Laid
Directly TO Won Caprivi and
Munster.
The Emperor Makes Use of Peculiar
Logic in Centering the
Blame.
RumOr Has it That CaDrivi Nav be
Ousted and Munster Re-
called.

BERLIN, Feb. 28.-The- emperors wrath at
at the failure of the visit of the Empress
Frederick to Paris to establish in some sort
good feeling between Germany and
France, has fallen upon both chancellor
Won Caprivi and Count Won Munster, the
German ambassador at Paris, upon the
former for advising the trying of the ex-
pertinent and upon the latter for asserting
to the prolonged stay of the empress and
her fatally indiscreet visit to
Versailles, notwithstanding the
semi official French denial.
M Herbette, French ambassador here, was
consulted prior to the emperor giving his
consent to the empress making the jour
ney. Court officials here affirm that the
chancellor mentioned the empress desire,
her personal aims, and the probable period
of her stay, to Herbette, a fortnight be-
fore she started. The emperor appears to
charge the chancellor and Munster with
misinforming him as to what
the results of the visit would
be. Herbette, who was probably
instructed by the French foreign minister,
Ribot, informed the chancellor yesterday
that he desired to express personally to the
emperor his regret at the manner in which
the empress had been treated. The en-
peror replied that he did not wish to hold
any unofficial conversation on the subject
which would be personally painful to him
self and Herbette. This is INTERCEPTED in
Germany as pointing to the emperor s
determination to obtain from the French
government some form of satisfaction for
the treatment accorded his mother.
There are rumors that Caprivi will be GUST
ed and Munster recalled. Herbette will
probably soon return to France. AS soon
as the emperor perceived that a crisis was
impending he sent for Walders ee, with
whom he had long conference, after
which he consulted with MIGUEL
The Hamberger Nachrichten holds that
a French outbreak vindicates the Bis
marck system, and advises The Emperor to
return to the old policy which regarded
France as impossible. The criticism
OF the Bismarck press will not
tend to allay the Emperor's irritation.
The renewal Of the pa sport restrictions in
Alsace-Loraine is subject to adverse COM
ment. Prince HohenloheS cbiillng furst,
governor of Alsace-Loraine, only last
week at a banquet expressed the convic-
ton that the relations with France were
so ameliorated that the motives
for passport restrictions were lessening
He expressed the hope That normal re-
lation between the two countries would
soon be rn-established. Taking the press
as whole the tone is calm with the ex
ception of the Cologne Gazette and other
advocates of the Bismarckian policy which
are bent on making political capital out OF
the matter.
To Elect Bismarck.
Despite Bismarck S refusal to stand as a
candidate for the reichstag, Herr School
asks the electors of the 18th district to re-
turn Bismarck, declaring that ne will not
refuse to serve now that there is prospect
of a crisis in Germanys foreign affairs.
Stand by the Emperor
in the reichstag today, Dr. Windthorst
spoke in defense of his motion to grant
non-com missioned officers in the army,
after a IL years service, premium of one
thousand marks. He asked the house to
adopt the motion by the largest possible
majority so that it might be
known everywhere that the Germans
stood by their emperor and were ready
to defend him from an attack of any quar-
ter. The motion was adopted. Some
freisinnige members spoke against it,
and Chancellor Caprivi sharply scored
them. The debate assumed an unexpected
Importance from the mi-belliose of the
speakers.