Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-19
Discord Among the Prussian
Ministry.
Count Won ZedlitZ Tenders His
Resignation.
RumOrs That Chancellor Capriv
Will AlsOsResign.
The Trouble Brought on by the Educa-
tion Biil-The Emperor Does Not
Want 1t Passed by a One
Sided Majority.

| BERLIN, March 1S.-Rumors are cur
rent here today that there is partial
crisis in the Prussian cabinet, resulting
from meeting of the ministers yester-
day, at which the education bill was
discussed. The sudden return to Berlin
of Herr Rauchhaupt, the leading Con-
servative, is believed to be connected
with the impending designations of DIR.
Herrfurth, minister of the interior, and
Count Won Zedlitz- -Trutzschler. minis
ter of ecclesiastical affairs, instruction
and medicinal affairs. Another cabinet
meeting is being held today.
The Kreuz Zeitung publishes the re-
post that Chancellor Caprivi has re-
signed. The report has received no con-
firmation, however.
The North German Gazette confirms
the report that Zedlitz-Trutzschle in
tends to resign.
The Tageblatt declares that the ma
| jority OF those present at yesterdays
cabinet council advocated the with
dIawal of the primary education bill.
The Post says the attitude of the
ministers toward the bill is changed,
the majority of the cabinet now being
opposed to Won Zedlitz .Trutzschler's
views.
1t now appears certain that Count
Won Zedlitz -Trutzschler resigned his
Office at tho termination of the cabinet
council Thursday, prompted by the
emperor's statement that he did not
wish the primary education bill passed
by one-sided majority.
1t is stated that Herr Rauchhaupt,
leader of the conservatives in the lower
house of the Prussian diet, now declines
to accept certain clauses in the primary
education bill, although the main body
of Conservatives are pledged to support
the measure. The result of this action
is to create deadlock. The ministers
today tried to convince the chancellor
that he need not identify himself with
Count Won Zedlitz.
COLOGNE, March 18.-The Cologne
Gazette says it is reported among men,
bers of the Prussian diet that the en-
peror at yesterdays meeting of the
cabinet stated that he did not wish the
primary education bill passed exolu-
sively by clerical majority. The Ga
zette expresses the hope that the resig-
nation of Won Zedlitz will not induce
Caprivi to resign.
PARIS, March 1S.-The designations of
Caprivi and Zedlitz-Trutszschler are con-
firmed.
LONDON, March 1S.-The Post pub.
fishes the following from its Berlin cor
respondent: The emperor sent DR..
Lucanus yesterday afternoon to induce
believed Zedlitz declined to Withdraw
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Wis intention to resign is becoming
more decided. He has represented to
the emperor that he must identify him.
self with Zedlitz, whose views he per-
sonally shared. In the event of the
chancellor resigning it will be difficult
to anticipate his successor, or possible
combination for a new ministry. DR..
MIGUEL, Prussian minister of finance, is
calmly awaiting events.
The Telegraph's Berlin correspondent
says: The emperor would not have left
Berlin if Caprivi had really resigned.
There is no foundation for the presump-
| tion that Prince Bismarck is likely to be
| consulted.
The Berlin correspondence of the Times
sends column dispatch on the crisis,
but makes no mention of the resigna-
tion of Caprivi. The correspondent
says: "No decision anent Zedlitz will
be taken till the emperor returns. His
sudden departure, coupled with the
| secrecy of the proceedings in the coun-
Gil, has filled the air with political ru-
mors. Caprivi vainly tried to dissuade
Zedlitz from resigning, as this result
will probably greatly embarrass the gov
ernment." D
+ The Standards Berlin correspondent
says. As the natural and logical result
of the resignation of Zedlitz, the chan
cellor has also rendered his resignation,
but the emperor's decision in the mat
ter will probably not be known for some