, 1892-03-20
THE GERMAN CRISIS.

copyrighted 1892 by N. Y. Associated Press
BERLIN, March ia calm review OF
tie ministerial situation prevails every
where tonight. 1t is positively known
that Capriv will not resign and the re-
tirement of Zedlitz. the Prussian min
lister of ecclesiastical affairs is still unde-
cided. 1t depends on the result of the
emperor's deliberations. Now that the
nature of the crisis is better understood
it is seen that at no time was it of the
momentous character that rumor gave it.
Since the committee, having in charge
the Prussian primary bill. began sitting.
Caprivi and Zedlitz have been offering an
opposition to the tentative amendments
to the measure.
Only last week the government seemed
bidding for an arrangement satisfactory to
the national liberals and which would
break up the threatening coalition with
the freisinnige party. MIGUEL, Prussian
minister of finance, who, when the bill
was promoted, was only induced to retain
his position by a promise of the emperor
that satisfactory notifications would be
made in the bill. B~eanigsen, the national
liberal leader, informed the emperor the
party retained no hope that negotiations
would result successfully unless the bill
was so altered as to deprive the Catholic
and Lutheran clergy of the special rights
gwen them the control of religious
teaching in elementary schools.
The emperor therefore had to face the
loss of his ablest minister. MIGUEL.
Thursday last he instructed Zedlitz to
prepare a compromise on the basis of the
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consulted with the chancellor who urged
emperor's wishes Zedlitz found an
an attempt to alter the bill TO sat
isfy the national liberals would involve
such radical changes as make the measure
impossible OF acceptance by tho conserva-
tive and %centriet maiori,v and his only
way ont was to resign. 10 order to think
over the difficulty in complete secIusiol
tho emperor left Berlin.
Meanwhile members of the national
liberal aud freisinnige parties are Growing
over their temporary success. The Post
however. admits the victory doubtful.
The TdgellnH advises the national liber
ais 10 remain deaf to all solicitations.
They surrender nothing, but rather draw
strength from the situation The KreUz
Zeitung still hopes the emperor VII nnt
abandon the religious clauses of the bill.
thus running the hopes of the conserva
tives and Catholics.
Ii advises the government to resort TO
adjournment till mex, October to keep the
ministry intact and insure a subsistence Of
the opposition clamor The conserva
tive members of the laudtae feel that step
Is advisable. The crisis has not caused
any trouble upon the bourse aud the
financial houses have not given credence
to rumors of the chancellor's resignation
nor have they attached any importance to
the retirement of Zedlitz.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg state
another important firm is in a financial
difficulty; but, however powerful. efforts
will be made to prevent its suspension. Ii
is contemplated the Austrian currency
agitation of the Bland silver bill and the
movement OF the British bi-metallists
will awaken interest in the silver question
here. Tie report of Reich's bank for
1891 shows the total stock coin held by
that institution to be 500, TOO, 900 marks.