New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
WHY CAPRIVI RESIGNED.
ND THE ATTACKS OF HIS NEWSPAPERS
on EULENBuRG CAUSE THE CRISIS?

EMPEROR WILLIAMS PART IN TIE REPORTED
CONTROVERSY STORY THAT THE CHAN
CrtLOR ASKED \ PLEDGE OF UNCONDI-
TIoxAI SUPPORT FROM THE EM-
pEGoR HIS RELIEF At RE-
TIRING FROM OFFICE
Berlin. oct 29--This mornings newspapers
lean TO the opinion that the attacks of Chan
COLOR Won Caprivi's press upon Count Botho zu
rulenburg were tine final cause of the govern
nent crisis. After Eulenburg was defeated he
snpeared TO acquescc. and said in dignihed
manner that he should not cease to cooperate
r,i,b his colleagues. Rut Caprivi is said To have
hold that this would be impossible and to have
,ordered his own resignation in the event of
ru,euburg remaining in office The Emperor
refused ,o accept Caprivis view of the Cah-
NOT ouarrcl and assured him of the Crowns
anproval of his anti-Socialst policy. Thcrcupon
tho newspapers favorinG Caprivi attacked Eu-
Ienburg as q defeated man. While the Emperor
WAS i'm I.iebenbcrg Euenburg rendered his res
,enation. owing To these newspaper attacks.
The Emperor read several of the offensive ar
,;cles and is said to have been greatly annoyed.
He promised 10 settle the matter at once. and
returned to Berlin. Then came the unfriendly
as TO the press feud. The truth of this narra-
five is still to be proved however
Among many of Caprivis supporters the opin-
Ion is that he realized long ago that his position
was undermined. and welcomed the occasion
to abandon the Office which his opponents had
made burden. The Emperor is said to intend
Count Botho zu Eulenburg for the Governorship
of the Rcichsland. but Prince Hohenlohe op-
poses this choice.
Berlin oct. 2S.-The columns Of all newspapers
teen with surmses to the final cause of
Count Won Caprvis fall. The most trustworthy
explanation now at hand was published yester-
day by the "Hamburgische Correspondent,
which is known TO have got its information from
DR. Hammann. of the Foreign Office. 1t is this:
on Friday CouG Caprivi had an audi
ence with the EmterOr to discuss the Ministerial
situation and the outlines of the proposed anti
Socialist measures H referred TO the opposl-
tion which he had encountered in the conference
Of Federal env -. and asked the Emperor 10
give binding pledge ,hat the whole Govern
ment support uniformly tie programme or the
Chancelery Tn, Emperor said ne coud not
promise to carry OF unchanged every de- oi
the Chancenor's proposals: the situation was SO
complicated that il impossible to marx out
an unalterable line of conduct. However he
would have the desired support and would re
main at his post Capriv stood firm. The En-
neror declined to promise. Some temper was dis
played on both sides. although there was no
quarrel Eventually CapriW stated the alterna-
tive between the promise and his immediate res
lcnation. and the Emperor accepted the reslgha-
The "Neiise Nachrichten. which vas bought
nv its present owners To be used against the
new course" and the Chancellor. insists that
capIiI called the South German envoys to tne
conference and strOve To win their Endorsement
without having first consulted the Emperor
and that this independence precpitated his fall
The fa,sehoOd is obvious. The "Nachrichten IS
regarded as seeking merely 10 attribute Caprivis <
fail 10 the misstep which ended bismarck :
career There was no repetition of the Wind
thorst incident which in 1890 the Emperor IN
terpreted as an effort TO intrigue ben'nd ni5
back |; is certain that the Emperor ana
Caprivi parted on friendly terms. TheY we're
seen on Friday evening in the same carnage re-
turning from The Russian f,mbassy. where theF
had inquired after the Cars health.
In summon.nC the Federal cnvOys 10 another
conference. the EmpeIO- said that CapriVs : pol
lev would be continued. This statement II taken
with grain of salt. as the Emperor maze d
similar statement i-'med.ately after Bismarck ;
fall The ENJOYS oppressed taer SaIsla ',i!h u. II
with the choice OF Prince Hob, nlohe. The Soutn
Germans were especially complimentary to the
new Chancellor who. they said. enjoyed the fun
confidence q then Governments.
In rhe Chancal!err .he officials cling 10 the
hope that CapriNis retirement Is not hnal. al
though when he bede goOdby 10 the chiefs OF
departments Yesterday ne did not refer 10 any
prospect Of returning - Office. Count Foh "a
nrivi's furniture was removed yesterday from the
nine rooms which ne occupied in the Chancelery'
and was sent TO his villa al Sk!eren, near Cros-
sen where he will live in retirement. His mar
ried sister t. whom he Is much attached oc-
cupies house in the same neighborhood.
Caprivi's friends say that when ne called 10
bid Them gDOdby he looked ilHe years younger
thsn he looked a week ago. He was in better
spirits than for months. and SAID ne felt as II
mountain had beer rolled of MS pack; ms ms
hf al one
little to his liking. The press campaigns Tor ana
against him had been especially disasreeaple
although he had been informed that 'iicy hdu 10
be He regretted kcenly mat ne must lea.t IN, tne
beautiful garden at the Chanccllery. On FildaE'
despite the heavy rain. he went 'hTousn tnh it
garden 70 visit all the shrubs ana ueeS "nIcn l
ne had planted and trained. lie parted most
reluctantly from Major Won EbmeYer ms alde-
dc-camp who regards him as the most au,n,Ia
be man earth. E5meyer was 50 ancGl"u ,ih' tila'
he could not speak aruculately Ills resislid ,iTI a.
too has been accepted by the Emperor ana ne
will ioin his regiment Immediately.
The changes incidental TO Caprivls departure
arc exnnc,ed 10 include the resignation ~
Freiberr Narschau Won B.ebcrstein. the Foreign
Secretary whom the Conservatives acI"st ui
intriguing against Miguel EutnL urg anu eNeiS
body else except his personal lrlehus' CHe ~
port which holds among the COnSciNaiiNcs iS
that he will te succeeded by Count fhihp ~u
Euenburg, the poet si0ry-,GIIrn ar'u is crcd,"@d
however with an aversion to ali changes WhiSh
can be avoided. he wishes 10 "ilpnaSI|e ~
principle that he is the supreme 'o,,a ,a,ns,ran
Cioyernmer, and the all-suffcient statesman
This he 2, pects TO accomplish by acting as II an
dsmissas resulted from party opposition ci' ~ ,ie
personality of this that adviser OF me =,
II Frelhs,r NarschaI Won Bieberste.n should
GO il wo,,d he in consequence Of antagonism
felt toward him by Miguel. the Euiehp"it n,,,,.
and the Arrarians whom he handle' ;" i"us'.,S ,
in the debates on the Russian recipr3'It 49, go;
The news Of Caprvs fall reached me .ScTa np[.ni
Democratic Congress in Frankfort JnS. a sn,,
the close of Fridays session The cilsls va .,'
70 be grave one. full Of danger 10 tle I pnr,
The general opinion was that 1t mean, i'' s,nenre
triumph Of the reaction Deputy idul on,,rs ,a
c.os.ng address yesterday failed 10 enep nn "" -,
the delegates although il rang WIN uei,'" ..No
ell that the Imperial Ministers inleht no
changes can affect the Social peI''D.I oaaronre
@ harmony which absent AT the vI,o'rr7 ~