The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-03-24
CAPRlv,S IS OUT.

Gsrmany's Prise Minister Resigns -
Trouble Over the Education Bin the
Caass OF elis Action. ~
BERLIN. March. 1o.-Rerlin is star
tied by the announcement of. Chsncel-
|slor Won Capriyi's resignation. Tia sre-
port of his action excited the efeat-
est sensation throughout the city, and
crowds throng the Inter den Linden
discussing the ministerial crisis. Ca.
priv offered his resignation at the
cabinet meeting as the result of the
protracted contest on the education
bill which the chancellor, as Prussian
premier, has championed from the
first. ,-s-....- .......
At this moment there is no definite
information as to the action of the
kaiser on the premier's resignation. 1t
is known. that the kaiser has appre-
hended for some time a movement of
the kind on Caprivi's part, and has also
been much disconnected by the trouble
which the education till has aroused.
The kaiser got out of his bed against
the advice Of his physicians in order to
confront the approaching political
storm. In the cabinet meeting Thurs
day the kaiser appeared to be sustained
by the excitement of the occasion and
the necessity of keeping determined
front in view of the probable disrup-
ton of the ministry.
The kaiser himself has earnestly de-
sired to see the education bill be.
come law and was prepared to
strain every cord of his, influence
asking of Prussia to effect its
adoption. But the storm of oppo-
sition has been gathering in force
with every day, and from nearly all OF
Protestant Prussia has arisen a loud
and resolute protest against the con.
cessions which the bill proposed to the
Roman Catholic faith. These protests
have been brought to bear with even
greater force upon the diet, and
member after member has deserted
the cause of the government
At last, within few days, it has be-
come a question whether, in order to
drive the bill in its present form
through the landtag, the kai ser and
Caprivi would not have to ALLEVIATE the
whole liberal party.
The immediate cause of Caprivi's
resignation is said to be that at the
cabinet meeting the kaiser substantial
ly stated that he favored material mod
ifcation of the education bill. As Cap.
rivi had substantially stated in the land
tag that he would stand or fall by the
bill as it was, he felt bound in honor to
resign. The kaiser's choice now is
either to force the bill through as
it stands or to accept Caprivi's
resignation. The kaiser is known
to be deeply attached to Cap
rivi. and it is thought that he may
insist upon the chancellor remaining
aud call upon the conservative and ul.
tramontane mbination in the land
tag to pass the bill
Count Zedlitz and Trutzcshler, Prus-
sian minister of ecclesiastical affairs
and of public instruction, has followed
the chancellor's example and rendered
his resignation to the kaiser:
If Caprivi's resignation should be &C
copied his successor would probably
be Johannes Miguel, Prussian minister
of finance, who for more than two
years has stood in the highest favor
with the emperor and who has all along
been lukewarm, if not positively
hostile, to the education bill 1t is
thought by well-informed people that
Miguel stands fully as we'll in the es-
TEEN Of the kaiser us Caprlvi himself.
and there is no doubt that Miguel's OPP
position to the bill has had much to do
with ,noderating the desire of the kal-
ser to pass the bill as it stands