The sun., 1892-02-01
LENEWS FROM GERMANY
., rupERoR,s MINISTER'S DO NOT
AIRPORT HIM ON ms BILL

AIRPORT HIM ON ms BILL.
- a.rae. n the Diet when Csprivi
s,ese - soms Unpleasantness Over .
r...t 70 the Ladies-MIsn auagement OF
.c.,r, In East Arrica-A Society OF Ser
,.ut. Formed 10 Rob Their Employers
,ocomot,ve Engineer Declines 10 Obey
tho Emperor's sOrders-SurprisinE Prince
u.ury-Germany Mt tho Worlds Fair.
p,r,,y. JAN 3l.-The Emperor has at last
,aor brought face to face with his Parliament
on rho Education I'LL 1t is his first check.
and be finds that even his own Ministers do
NOT support him. He will be obliged to fight
out The battlo alone. or with only those servile
Ministers who echo his every wish. but can
give him littlo help.
with The withdrawal from the Ministry ofmen
bts NIi1ucl. Herrfurth. and Boetticher. the
hrains Of the Government would be gone
Count Zedlitz. with all his zeal. and the Chan.
ce,lor. with all his well-meaning devotion.
could not MI the vacuum.
The nation has been profoundly stirred by the
,Yolongej debate Of last week in tho Diet, md
liberal Berlin in particular being closer wit
mass OF these scrnos. Is wrought UP to pitch
~ Intense excitement. Tho break up OF par
ties which has followed up the pushing Of the
hill BY the Emperor's supporters has produced
Al nolitical convulsion. It is true that Caprivi
did not desire u split In the Cartel. or union OF
Conservatives and National Liberals. which
made up tho strength OF tho Ministerial party.
He trcd to avoid It by private negotiations
with each party and faction to tho last mo-
ment But tho leaders were obstinate. and
not the less SO because they were convinced
that the Chancellor was at the same moment
a. ekov lfre No, fhnN lartn nj
The scenes in tho Diet yesterday. whom
Capriv was delivering his speech. were un-
rrecedented in the history OF that body. The
whole house was turned into o bear garden.
and tho speaker was baited from every side.
Everybody admires the oalmness and courage
of the Chancellor. Several times he turned
upon the mob OF members who were scream
ins at him and faced them. defiant and silent,
awaiting lull in the storm to which he would
not bend.
he had had long conference with tho En-
reror. who Is convinced there is no hope Of sat-
siying undue demands without alternating the
Clsricals. for that would have left the Govern
ment In worse predlcament and ut tho same
time resulted in the spelling or losing Of q de.
sirable measure.
Anxious to learn how the debate was going
on yesterday. the Emperor sent to the House
hold. who took n conspicuous position In the
Ministerial tribune. and there made copious
notes Of the proceedings and sent them from
Time to time to the royal castle.
There Is no reason to doubt that Caprivi
would not be ashamed to force the bill through
by narrow majorities, regardless Of the resig-
nation Of his colleagues. This decisive action.
however. they are not quick to take. 1t ap-
pears that DR.. MIGUEL has not yet sent in his
absolute resignation. He wrote to tho Kaiser
on the 18th inst. saying events might happen
which would com pei him to resign. un,i usk ing
permission to retire at any time. The Kaiser
requested him to postpone tho execution Of
such purpose until tho committee had fln-
ished the consideration of the bill. 1t is noted
that DR.. MIGUEL was not in the Diet all last
week. He handed to the Kaiser on Thursday u
long memorandum. designed to convince him
OF the dangers OF the proposed legislation.
His lrienls declare that the Minister has not
lost his old influence over the Emperor. but
tho facts do not warrant the boast. Nobody
retains Influence over tho Emperor long.
When MIGUEL entered the Ministry, in the
autumn Of 1890. he did not hide the hope of
convincing the monarch that it was best to ad-
v"cate moderate liberalism. Tho Emperor
long h"sitatcd between tho Liberals and the
Conservatives. Recently decided symptoms
Indicated that ho inclined rather to the latter.
Eafon Huene. one OF the leaders OF the right
wing of the Centre. has been approached with
proposals to enter the Ministry under certain
circumstances.
On former occasion. when Lucius Won Putt
hammer. brother-in-law OF Prince Bismarck.
retired. his place was offered to Baron Huene.
who declined it. The Baron has probably
again refused similar offer. He is an en-
naIB
nuence over the Kaiser. tho Government. and
the Diet is stronger while he remains party
leader thun i; no went into tho Ministry.
Whether the Baron accepts or not. the fact
that si!"h an offer has been mado to him Is
proc: conclusive that the Emperor is leaning
toward the Conservatives. and that he is dis
posed t, seek for advisers among them: and
o. this Minuel and company may as well take
notice at once.
Count Won Bray y-Steinburg. who has been the
German Minister at Belgrade since 1876 hay
ING been recalled by his Government. tho
servlun Regency. in accordance with tradition.
decided to confer decoration upon him. The
servian Minister of Foreign Affairs was in
stracted to inform the Count that the Regent
begged him To accept tho Cross OF St Saou.
The CouG. replied that no was greatly
obliged but TINT he received tho order seven
E."'" iHeTcuVou tuo .hlfIS'tl 'hcI'u
lin the decoration Of the Sacred Glass OF tho
White Eagle. explaining that those of the
First Glass wcro intended for reignng mon
archs. The Count replied that he WAS deeply
touched by tho proposed honor. but he had
already received 1t in 1888 After several
days consideration. during which they went
over tho records. they found that the Count
had not received tho only other Servian order.
'ley conferred upon him that OF Takovo. al
though that distinction has heretofore been
Eyen only for valor In the field OF battle
Herr Won Koeller. Under Secretary OF State
III the Ministry OF Alsace- Lorraine. recently
gave ball at Strassburg. to which he invited
leading families Of the German immigration
ana also large number Of ladies. natives OF
me province All accepted the invitations.
ana mo ball was brilliant and Joyous affair.
",lcr supper, Secretary Won Koeler, delighted
WIN ''ie success Of the entertainment and see-
ing IN 1t an evidence OF the reconciliation Of
rafieS' made an efrusive speech. thanking the
guests for Gracing tho occasion with their
mesehee and proposing toast to the health
otthe ladies'
'E"i' Won Mayer. formerly an under Secre-
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