The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-29
FALL OF THE CHANCELLOR.
German Papers Full Of SuTmiSeS as TO
the Cause.

utes the Resignation to the Enperor's
Refusal to Promise Unqualified Sun
port of the Chancellor's Programme.
bow the News Was Received at the
Congress Of the Social Democrats.
Berlin. oct. 2s-The columns Of all
newspapers TEEN with surmisas as to the
final cause of Chancellor Won Caprivis
fall The most trustworthy explanation
now at hand was published yesterday by
the hamburger Correspondent. which
is known to have got its information
from DR.. Hammann Of the foreign office.
1t is this: on Friday. Count Won Caprivi
had an audience with the emperor to dis
cuss the ministerial situation and the out
lines Of the proposed anti-soclalist 1aeas-
ures. He referred to the opposition which
he had encountered in the conference OF
federal ENJOYS and asked the emperor
to give a binding pledge that the whole
government support formally the pro-
gramme of the chancenory. The emperor
said ne could not promise to carry out un-
changed every detail of the chaucelfor's
proposals, the situation was so complica-
ted that it was impossible to mark out an
unalterable line of conduct. However. he
himself continued to hope that the chan
cellor would have the desired support and
would remain at his post. Chancellor Ca
prfvi stood firm. The emperor declined to
promise. Some temper was displayed on
both sides, though there was no break
incidentally Chancellor Caprlvi stated the
alternative between the promise and his
immediate resignation, and the emperor
accepted the resignation.
The Neueste Nachrichten, which was
bought by its present owners to be used
against the new course" and the chan
cellor, persists that Chancellor Caprivi
called the South German ENJOYS to the
conference and strove to win their en-
dorsement without having first consulted
the emperor and that this independence
precipitated his fall.
The falsehood is obvious. The Mach
richten is regarded as seeking merely TO
attribute Chancellor Caprivis fall to the
misstep which ended Prince Bismarck's
career.
There was no repetition of the Winds
thorst incident, which in 1880 the EN-
peror interpreted as an effort to intrigue
behind his back. 1t is certain that the en-
peror and Chancellor CapriW parted on
friendly terms. They were seen on Fri
day evening in the same carriage re-
turning from the Russian embassy, where
ALlCy uetu lulQltS1 GItST LhG CAar QeAlLn.
In the chancellory the officials cling to
the hope that Chancellor Caprivi's retire
nent is not final, although when he bade
goOd-by to the chiefs of the departments
yesterday be did not allude to any pros
pect Of returning TO offlce. He seemed
cheerful, even relieved, and aside from
some bitternesss was undoubtedly glad
to relinquish his uncongenial task
The changes incident to Chancellor Ca
privfs departure are expected to include
thereslgnation of Freiherr Marschall Won
Biebefstein, the foreign secretary, whom
the conseravtives accuse of Intriguing
against DR.. Miguel, Count Eulenburg and
everybody else except his personal friends.
one report which holds fast among the
conservatives is that he will be succeeded
by Count Philip Zu Eulenburg the poet,
stofy-teller and German ambassador in
Vienna. The emperor is credited, how
ever, with an aversion to an changes
that can be avoided, as he wishes to em-
phasize the principle that ne is the su-
preme force In the government and the
all-sufficient statesman. This he expects to
| accomplish by acting as If all dismissals
resulted from party opposition TO the
personality Of this or that adviser OF the
crown If Fraiherr Marschall Won Bie-
berstein should 90 1t would be due TO the
afitagonism felt toward him by Dr. MI
Quel, the Eulenburg clan and the afra{i-
ans, whom he handled so roughly in the
debates on the Russian reciproc-
ity treaty. Eugene Richter's Frelslnnlge
Zeltung contained noteworthy
reader last evening on the reunion Of the
Prussian and imperial prenieyships, and
the probable policy of Chancellor Capri
Wis successor.
Count Won Caprlvi's furniture was re-
moved yesterday from the nine rooms
which he occupied IN the chagcellory,
and was sent to his villa at skleren,
near Crossen. where he will live in re-
tirement. His married sister, to whom
he is much attached occupies a house In
tho same neighbbrhood. Chancellor Ca
pfivis friends say that when he called to
bid them good-by he looked five years
younger than he did week ago. He was
in Better spirits than for months and
said he felt as if a mountain has been
rolled on his back. His recent surround
ifres, he told friend, had been little to
his liking The press campaigns for
and against him had been especially dis
agreeable, although he had been Informed
that they had to be. He regretted keen
~ that be must leave the beautiful gar
den at the chancellory. On Friday, de-
spite the heavy rain, he went through the
garden to visit all the shrubs and trees
which he had planted and trained. He
parted most reluctantly from Mai Won
Ebenmeyer, his aide-de-camp who regards
him as the most admirable man on
earth. Mai Won Ebenmeyer was so
affected that he could not speak artic-
ulately. His resignation, too, has been
accepted by the emperor and he will Join
hts regiment.
In summoning the federal envoys 10 a
conference the emperor said that Chan
ceIlor Caprivis policy would be coutn-
ued. This statement is taken with q grain
Of salt, as the emperor made a similar
abatement Immediately after Prince Bis
marck's fall. The envoys expressed their
satisfaction with the choice Of Prince
Hohenlohe. The South Germans were os-
pecialiy complimentary to the new chan
cellor who, they said, enjoyed the fun
confidence OF those governments.
The Dezennik Posnaski, an influential
Polish daily, speaks with deep regret OF
Chancellor CapriWs fall. He Will not Dc
replaced readily" II says. He had a
clear honest programme. which he fol-
lowed In a straightforward, statesmanllke
manner We regret his resignation deep
Is. not because he favored the Poles, but
because he did not oppress them"
This morning newspapers lean 20 the
opinion that tho attacks OF the chancel-
lor's press upon Count Eulenburg was the
nnal cause Of the crisis. After Count
] FrfanHnA