The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-19
CAPRIVI RESIGNS HIS POST.
TEE EMPEROR FAILED TO SUsTALN
HKM ON THE SCHOOL BILL

TIE Chancellor HaA Announced that he
Would Stand or Fail with the Measure.
but the Emperor CoulA No Logger with
stand the storn Il Aroused-The Chas.
ceilor Lasted Two Years TO . Day After
Bismarck's -Ninister Zedists Also
nesiEas-Ths Emperor Has Not Acted
Ye:, but johannes Miguel Mas Been Sag.
gested a. . Successor to Caprivt.
BERLIN. March Chancellor Caprivi Of
fered his resignation at the Cabinet meeting
to-day as the result OF the protracted contest
ON tho Education bill. which the Chancellor.
as Prussian Premier. has champ,oned. 1t Is
known that the Kaiser hns feared for some
time movement OF the kind on Caprivi's part.
and had also been much disconnected By the
trouble which the Education bill aroused. The
Kaiser got out Of his bed against the advice Of
his physicians In order to confront the ap-
preaching political storm.
In the Cabinet meeting yesterday the Kaiser
appeared to be sustained by the excitement Of
the occasion and the necessity OF keeping .
determined front In view OF the probable dis
ruption Of the Ministry. The Kaiser himself
has earnestly desired to see the Education bill
becomes law. and was prepared to exert all
his influence as King Of Prussia to effect its
adoption. But the storm Of opposition has been
gathering In force with every day. and from
nearly all Of Protestant Prussia has arisen q
loud and resolute protest against the conces-
sions which the bill proposed to the Roman
Catholic faith. The Kaiser has been reminded
OF the devotion OF his house to the Lutheran
faith. OF the early struggles Of BrandenburG In
the cause Of the reformed religion. and OF tho
more recent contest so bitterly maintained boz
tween the Roman hierarchy and the Prussian
Government.
These protests have been brought to bear
with even greater force upon the Diet and
member after member has deserted tho cause
OF the Government Within few days 1t has
become a matter Of doubt whether. in order
to drive the bill in it's present form through
the Landtag. the Kaiser and Caprivi would not
have to ALLEVIATE the whole Liberal party. At
stated that he favored n material modification
OF the bill. Caprivi had said in the Landtag
n X o oand pK n the bill as #
It was announced this afternoon that during
difference to the bill and disposition to dis.
avow responsibility for the measure He spoke
and L by and
TGs Kaiser vas Is%isasa thss Tie I III YES
Count zediitz and Chancellor ,Caprivi urged
course without postponement the Government
reserving further action unit! the Lapdtag
6 qsas e, h The s %e and the bill should
y Ths Kaiser. with emphasis and in a manner
that was offensive In its curtness. refused to
or capriyi and zeditz offered tSeir
designations. The Kaiser made no remark In
Ess1 s5 q 2sda .Hd
Chancellor CapriyI is known to have in q
nov : ssher e force IT, 5iI shrsuss es
Known v to be deeply Attached to caprivi and Il
10 $housht thst he may insist upon the Chan
ssS sna nd ss s Con
~" The resisn.tion as 81 Minister zedtz Tru.tz
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and submitted It to the Cabinet In the form In
Which ay y' e Hs t. the H b
colleagues. IS Is customary.
II Cuprivis resignation, shall be accepted.
Mnsr 1so
more than two years has stood In the highest
%S @ sad wh1 e GRs
Education bill. 1t is thought oy we'll Uniformed
people that MIGUEL stands fully as well in the
ton to tie pin has had much to do with
Il stood The National beraI ors ANS
which reflect tho opinions o. Mlque's wing, OF
s o at HSsfsa s5f 40 to
the bill YVES based on purely financial grounds
He objected they ~, said 70 the ilibers pro
troll OF school examination and administrative
committees by the clergy. and especially the
s s I'LL
iis d instructors. His opposItiSn to tie lat:
Bill Commission OF the Landtag has not con.
sidered this para graph in It's regular sequence.
the rest u the bin should have been dis dis.
posed Of.
The Ge,7nania, the organ q the Ultramon-
sSsted b and has
tho Goyernmont that any. modifcations must
TItra%entnne party i Is said 2hat. Whes
shsssss 4 ls cSsa zss
plied That tho UItramontanes would not SUP
port such notifications. and that their sup
his purpose. and the crisis resulted.
him. has admnjstered the Affairs Of tho Ger
man emrir. and the prqssian ESnGdom With
tE t week i h FOR his nf
and Of y stN Working out the most
me" hrs hesn The Emperor's reiterated phrase
Kumors nre a float Of doubtful character to
the effect that Herr Won Bennigsen. the Ma
tional Liberal leader. will he appointed
Premier in place Of Caprivi. This Is thought
improbable. rs BenniGsen has Radical record
that would not be likely to recommend him to
the Kaiser. and has recently. moreover. hecn
very bitter In his opposition to the Govern
mont, advocating the union OF all Liberal and
lladic9l parties in the empire to defcat the
i. Kumors are also afloat about the possible
appointment OF Leyetzow. who Is the First
President OF the Rechstag. He Is q thorough
of noble birth and mediocre
ability. but Of excellent record In private and
public life. The selection OF Levetzow would
not be improbable.
At tho Cabinet council this afternoon much
pressure was brought to hear on Count Won
Xedlitz- TruetZschler to induce him tn recon
slider his resignation. He Is said to have an
swered all arguments with the statement that
anv variation from the origins programme for
tho School bill rendered ii impossible for him
to retain Office. He WAS appointed TO office 10
frame md nut through the Landtag such u bill
after Minister Won Gossler. his Predecessor
had failod, and he therefore could not, with
Justice to himself. remain when the Govern
ment contemplated withdrawing any Of Its
support. His resignation, therefore, must
stand II the Emperor would accept II. 1t Is
reported that Count Caprivi also declines to
withdraw his resignation.
Great excitement prevails here. and Wild
rumOrs are started hourly as to the progrcss
of Affairs between Emperor and Cabinet II 10