The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-06
PASSING Of BISMARCK.
As 4 Sensation the Ex- Chancellor Is
Waning, Even as j. G. B.
Disappeared.
Only Heard Of Now When He Vio-
lently Assails the Young
Emperor. .
VIII berlin Have Worlds Fair, and II
10, When? ?-Ths Successor Of
Chancellor CAprivi.

| 10, When ?--The Successor Of
| Chancellor Caprivi.
BERLIN, Aug. b-The relief afforded TO
she emperor's nerves by his open-air life in
the north ia probably responsible for a
slight change in his attitude toward Prince
Bismarck. Before his. departure he was
exceedingly bitter against the OK chancellor,
and was known to favor summary measures
against the Hamburger Nschrichten. Now,
however, he has told Caprivi that the safest
and most digni6ed way il to ignore the
prince and his orgen. This policy he thinks
will cause the prince to drop out of public
notice, and will render future popular
demonstrations like those at KissinQen and
Munich comparatively insienifcant. Count
Caprivi does not share this opinion, be-
lieving that Bismarck is willing to 90 to
any extreme against the government to
satisfy his desire for continued notoriety,
The general opinion Of official circles here
is that Caprivi il right, and that, rather
than sink into obscuSity at Friedrichsruhe,
| tho prince will renew his attacks on emperor
and chancellor with increased vigor. The
demonstration at Jena has been watched
for this reason with exceptional interest.
The university celebration partially justi-
fed such expectation. Prince Bismarck
was received there by thousands of citizens.
students and visitors. All the Jena socie-
ties including the university CORPS were at
the station, and they followed, cheering the
carriage which bore the prince to the Hotel
Zum Baeren. Thsre an official dinner was
given in the princes honor, and he was
laud ed in speeches and poem written for
the occasion. At ninc O 'olock q .torchl1eht
procession passed the hotel. and the prince
reviewed it from the balcony.
Next morning Prot. Brockhaus made the
official address Of welcome in tho uni
verslty hall; then tho prince rode through
the town that everybody might see him,
and eventually brought up at the market
square, where huge commers was held.
Every man of any standing at all in the
town was present, as we'll as about 1000
men of less note. Prince Bismark's speech
was strongly wordsd, and oocssionallv
keenly pointed toward Berlin, but on tn .
whole it was hardly up to his recent stand
ard of bitterness. He acknowledged the
I laudatory speeches Of the men who had
spoken in his honor. and then turned TO the
subject Of Rbsolutisn afla 2popery. Abso-
lutlsm. he said, was dangerous expert
ment In central Europe, whether it was sup
| ported by priests or not. 1t was especially
dangerous. however, under the former con-
ditions. All parties in Germany anxious to
preserve the unity of the empire should re-
alize that they were face to face with
grave state of affairs. The clericals were
at their old work trying to undermine Ger.
man unity. The loyal parties would sink
minor differences and fight this anti-Ger-
man reichsfeindlich party. which would al
ways be hostile to Germany's unity because
they took their orders from Rome.
There is no place in Germany for an ab-
solute monarchy" sald Prince Bismarck,
I'VE must strengthen the political convio-
tions OF the populaoe through press and
parliament. The will of the monarch must
be brought into harmony with tho peoples
convictions"
Referring to his own attitude toward the
government, Bismarck said that, like Goerz
| Won BerliohinRen, he would not strike down
the man bearing the emperor's badge and
color; nevertheless he had hard words and
| hard facts for the imperial commissioner.
On the whole. Bismarck as a sensation is
waning. and will continue to wane until he
again throws down the gauntlet to his
former master.
The question Of the hour is. "Will Ger
many have a Worlds fair?" The haste of
many's sails by deciding upon an exposi-
| tlon in 1900, has doomed the German plan
immensely and has won to it thousands of
new adherents. The government is pursu-
ing with rsdoubled energy it's inquiries in
industrial and commercial circles of the
ticles upon the perfidious behavior of the
French government. Opinion is still
much divided upon tho advisabiitv of
holding the fair, although the emperor has
thrown all his personal influence on the
side of the boomers He inclinss toward
the fair be held at all, it will probably be
in that year. as Germany wishes all the
time possible for preparation while anxious
to anticipate the French exposition. 1t has
been proposed that the two expositions
should be held contemporaneously, but the
cessibllity is an insuperable objection in
the German mind to such plan. For the
reasons mentioned Paris would get the
crowd and therefore the cream of the ex-
hibits, and Berlin would be distanoed in
everything except the exhibits of her allies.
These facts have frightened most Germans
out OF rlsklng the odiousness OF the COM
risons which would result from the
choice of 1900, although two months ago
that was the most popular date.
curious feature OF the World s fair mat
ter has been Count Won CaprivIs opposi-
tIOu, WAlCH HAS eAClteu bHe mO6G vehement
attacks upon him and greatly reduced his
hold upon the confidence OF the people,
Why Caprivi has taken such a hostile atti-
tude is mystery. especially as he could
have won golden honors by supporting the
exhibition project. Should the project fall
through he will be responsible for the fail
ure. His antagonian in this matter to the
emperor, moreover, is bound to weaken him
ut court. In fact, it is reported already
that at his audience on Saturday tho em-
the fair. The chancellor replied that he
merely warned the people against jumping
into an unknown fold before t6ey had
counted the loss. The emperor replied
curtly that German enterprise must not
recognize any field as untried. 1t is also
believed that il Bismarck will keep his
mouth shut Caprivi will not last through
another cabinet crisis. Should Bismarck
continue to aasaii the chancellor, however,
the emperor will cling 20 him through thick
and thin rather than give the people an op-'
portunity to say that Bismarck has routed
his SUCCESSOR.
The question who will follow Caprivi has
been revived by the diangresment of tho
emperor and chancellor in the Worlds fair
matter. bismarck 10 manifest impossi
bility. Waldsrsee's chances once were
good, but his manifold intriguss and his
undethand campaign against Caprivi have
injured him almost beyond recovery In tho
eyes OF ths emperor. Eulenburg has de-
veloped very little stt sngth in office, and is
= waning luminarY. Miguel alone who has
remained Astutely in the background when
great questions outside his oWn dopart-