Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-27
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LoSDoS, Oct 25.-A dispatch from Rcrlin says that the emperor hns accep.ed the resignatiOIs sf both Chancellor yun Caprivi and Count Fl Eulenberg such n startling announcement has taken the po'itica! world In Berlin completely by surprise. That for months past the chan cellur $ adVOFsIrics had been strainIng ev- cry nerve to effect his downfall was well known. anl though it may be less gen orally known theTe can b. no doubt that about n fortnight Ago they had reason tc believe that their object would be at- ta.neE.
 But when Count yon Caprivi rctuTn- cd from kissinEcn he had Onco more nc cess to the emperor. from whom he had been separated for n considerable time during the summer holidays, and the situation gradually changed He explain cd his views to the emperor and pointed out with SO mus h cnEscncy the dangers of extreme measures for the repression uf tine socialists. which measurcs might open up n fresh era of internal conflicts. that his arguments for the time at least un toubtsdly carried conviction.
 Ills friends and opponents are agreed in stating that his opinions prevailed With the emperor. and that even Count Eu Eulenbcra. fhn chief advocate of more vigorous mcasu es. saw himself abandon cd by his own tIumCdiats colleagues in the rrussian council
 The Times correspondent says: II have tho lest authority for repeating that as late as Tuesday last the emperor. dur ing his visit Ia Count vOH Caprivi. gave him Inc fullest assurances o. hIs entire confidence and his approval of the policy which he. as hanCCllOr. was about to sub init tO ti-c leading ministers of the federal states spccia " summoned to Berlin for that puIpa SC lt was only yesterday that these ministers held their conference un- der the presidency Of Count vOn Caprivl. 90 unanimous was their approval of his programme. entirely werS they una ware oi any impending changC, that they disposed of the business Tn one sitting. and most ut them left the capital again either last night or this morning
 Ic5- nsi '.ra-ons Alleged.
 Therefore it will readily bC understood tknt in political circles. whether friendly or unfri' nd!y tu Count vOn Caprivi, there k aL>' utsly no explanation forthcoming Oi thc rca-on> which led to thIs sudden coup dc thea'rc and that 1t Is idle to spec ulato at present on the consequences ] am assured an good authority that the issue turned upon personal qUCstiOns quite incOmmcRsuratc with tbS grave re suits which it involved
 Since hls visit tO Count vOn CapEivl the emperor has been the guest of Count Philip zu Eu!Cnbcrg. the German cmbas- sador to Vienna, whose brothers the Prussian premier and the marshal of ccr- emonics. wcrc staying at the same time at LiCbenberg, It might, th,rc(Orc. be inferred that the emperor had yielded tc the influences brought to bear upon him by the Zu Eulsnbcrg family. with which he has always entertained rc'atiUns Of in timatc friendship but the fart that hi- majesty has nUw also accepted the resi-: nation Ot Count Rctho Zu Eu!cBlvrrg, which. it was uudcrstooI. was offered a few days ago and declined. hardly bears out such an inference Them Is reason to believe that an unavailIng attempt was made b. the emperor to rcmovS the diff ferenccs between tho chancellor and Coun. Zu Eu'Cnbcrg It was n momcntous de clsion. but it can hardly be doubted that thero were other causes which 1t is impOs- sih!c At present to clucidato that led to tho rCsignations.
 A dispatch to The Post from Berlin says that EmpCror William tcIegraphcd to Prince von lIOhenlOhe- -Schillingsfurst. statha.tcr of Alsace- Lorraine requesting him to assume the chanCellorship. The dispatch adds that his majesty also invit- ed Dr. Miqucl to succeed Count zu Flu lonberg president of the Prussian min isteTial council.
 In leader on the German situation The Times this morning declines tO ac- ccpt the s.eory that the crisis means n re- turn of tho emperor to a policy of exCep- tionnl oppressive legislation. because that would point tu confession that the dis missal of Prince Bismarck was n mistake. and that his own policy was n failure The Times says that whatever temporary ease might bC purchased by n surrender to Eeacti1naTy influences, tho c0nse- qucu cs to Gcrmany would be too grave to bu lightly contemplated