The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-25
CAPRIvI TIRED OF ABUSE.
REPORTS IHAT HE DESIRES SOON TO
RETIRE FROM OFFICE.

The PubIie, However, 10 Not Believe ne
VIII Rssien-Count EaisnburE Suddenly
Bseone- the ChancsIior's Supporter
Bsrii. shops Thronged with Christmas
Buysr,, IN spite OF Hard TIues-Soeiniist
Congress- at Gensvn-soidiers on states.
Copyright 1928. Nv n. rnf,ri Pres.
BERLIN. Dec 24.-Since the commercial trea-
ties with Roumania, Spain, and servia we're
passed Chancellor Won Capriyi has protested
10 be tired OF his office and willing to resign
Immediately after the passing OF the treaty
with Russia. The statement that he has told
the Emperor OF his desire to retire Is heard
daily in high Official circles. but by tho public
at large II Is taken with grain OF salt.
Tho Conservative agitation against the
Chancellor IL more energetic than ever. HIS
old Prussian associates are especially bitter.
but no Influences on any side have abated the
Emperor's determination to adhere to his
foremost official. Count Botho ~ EllcnburG.
Prussian Premier. having found his intriGues
thwarted by the Emperors confidence or
prejudice. has gone over to the Chancellor'S
side completely in the last few days. and the
personal friction between the two statesmen
has ceased; hence Eulenburg's circular or
dering high Prussian officials whom no tacitly
permitted during the last days Of tho Landtag
elections to oppose the Government. 10 stop
their obstructive tactics. IL Is late In the day
for Eulenburg to issue the order. The SUI
preme significance OF the circular lies
mainly In the fact that In It he recoG-
nizes the permanence OF the Chancellor's
position. which he sought to Undermine. II
Gutenberg had acted honestly during the
Reichstag and LandtaR elections. there would
not be in the ReichstaG twelve Conservatives
and Free Conservatives who. although hold
Ing official places. are lukowarm toward
Caprivi. nor in the LandtaR some forty
bureaucrats who do not even pretend alleGl-
ance 10 him. EulenburE never ventured upon
active opposition. His resistance was merely
passive. although It fretted the Emperor and
Chancellor none the less. II was the defeat Of
the ARrarians In the Reichstag that caused the
Prussian Premier to change his tactics. In
stead OF coming in on the crest OF q victorious
Agrarian wave. he has found himself forced to
lie low to save his official head
Ii is nm open secret that the Chancellor made
an explicit statement. at the Prussian Cabinet
council last wock. concerning the effect OF
Eulenburg's policy in hampering imperial
affairs. The Chancellor msdc this bold stroke
to determine once for all whether the Prussian
Premier would submit or resign. His course
was justified by Eulenburg's hasty submis-
sion. 1t is the general belief among officials
that the vote Of the Cabinet compelled Eulen-
burg to do ns he did.
porariy disarmed, the conviction in official
circles Ia that Iapriyi must overcome the spe-
cial Pruss ian opposition to the imperial pol
icy in order that the imperial machine inny
work smoothly. Caprlvi has not Bsmarck's
masterful qualities to enable him to override
sonalIy. the soul of rcliteness and honor. but
weak occasionally when 1t IS necessary Tor
over those plotting against him. Wills his dis.
POSITION qualities him well for hia association
great disadyantsge when he is called upon to
deal with his still necked antagonists. A man
more determined. self-reliant and quick TEN:
pered than he would long since have been at
skies and sevens with the Emperor. The best
informed men OF ali groups literally inclined
ton, say they much prefer an Emperor with u
Chancellor to a Chancellor with AN EMPEROR
relations OF Emperor and Chancellor than they
would be with any other relations possible In
The approach OF Christmas is evident every
where in the capital; The Friedrich Strasse.
ntsI dsn AMI the
the depression OF trade and the hard times
have there been such enormous crowds In the
shops ana markets The beer saloons. like the
shops, were filled to OVERLOOKING yesterday.
sn,oyes the SriGht mild Hty westhsr 70 Today pc day
the saloons are closed in the interest OF the
polltico-social movement recently inaugu-
The Socialists are not holding any meetings
the little groups of ANARCHISTS or Independent
Socialists. who are ready to sauab6le at any
centres now upon the u GesoSa Congress Of
theoretical Socialists. called by the newsph-
pers tho Socialist students" out Of 100
delegates to this Congress ABOUT twenty are
Eermans-all OF them !Collectiyists. There
has been lively discussion on the proposal Of
duty Of Socialists shall be to ally themselves
with tho workingmen's parties o: all coun-
and demands.
II some foreign dallies were to be believed.
Crispi's reception in the Italian Chamber OF
Deputies forbodes both trouble for tho TRIBE
Alliance aud the failure OF the new Cabinet.
Tho Foreign Onice here however, does not
share the opinions spread in alarmist reports.
onicial opini9n Is that while the present Italian
plteations were accurately foreseen and pro-
yided, for during the protractcd negotiations
Chamber Immediately after his first defeat,
trusting to the country to return Deru;
foreign policy p Nothlng has AH snrpri sed
diplomatists here more than the ignorance or
sssSrds tho fact that the Grsp G Gabnet has
been considered and favored by Germany ns
Inevitable. while il has been IeIpiiETssd by
The winter mAnCruvIrs In BTandenhurG will
be postponedu until hard frost snail set in. The
Emperor wishes to zee a series OF displays by
soldiers on skates, Ice shoes lee boats.
sledges drawn ~ horses and the like. all to
The reports of the depression UI trade do
not tally with the accounts Of the principal
banks. Thus the Dsutsche Bank dividend il
estimated at fiye per cent. the Disconto
1Isselschait dividend at o.; tina National
Bank at ~. IL trade really has fallen oil.
German hnanciers ignore the changes and con-
tinue To- extend their operations
The non payment OF the Greek coupons on
the GOLD loan OF 1880. which are due on Jan.
IL. has resulted in the appointment Of COM
mlttes who have aska'i the Foreign once To
interfere in Athens. The committee hold that
Grescs will he virtually bankrupt II she refuse
TO pay tho interest on the debt, despite the
fact that her resources are sufficient to meet
all claims II she reduce at once her army and
navy, The question OF Greek finance has as
sumed a distinctiyelY political aspect. as. II
the powers unite to compel Greece to pay she
will be obliged to abandon her military prep
aTntions.
The police in Prague have arrested Young
Czech workingman. He IL suspected of muir,
dering the police agent, trya. who was found
dead IN his own rooms yesterday with a dag
ger in his breast. Marks on his throat showed
that he had been stTanEled as Well as stabbed.
His body lay beside the Christmas tree which
he was decorating when lie was attacked.
Irya was denounced 10y tho Young Czechs
during the recent debates In the Reiehsrath
and he had frequently expressed fears that he