The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
FIAsCo WAS COMPLETE.
Not Likely, However, That a
Ministerial Crisis VIII
Result.
THE ANTI.REvoLUTION BILL.
Its Defeat VIII Create Vacancy In
the Prussian CounciI-Com-
ment of the Press.

LONDON, ENG, May PA dispatch to
the Times from Berlin says: When
the last paragraphs of the anti-revolution
bill were read out scarcely one Conserva-
tive remained true to the Government.
Thus ended ingloriously the long cam
paign in defense of religion, morality and
social order. What consequences are to
be expected from this first defeat of the
Hobenlohe Ministry and who is to blame
chiefly for the iasco are questions now ex-
clusively occupying the public opinion OF
Germany.
1t appears improbable at the present
moment that Ministerial crisis of
great moment is likely to result, still less
dissolution. An appeal to the country
would at best, be hazardous. AT the same
time it must not be concealed that the de-
bates of the last few days have been char
acterized by remarkable mistakes on the
part of the representatives of the Govern
ment, with the exception of the Chancel-
lor. But the three chief spokesman, DIR.
Schonstedt, Minister of Justice; General
Bronzart Won Schellendorf, Minister OF
War, and Herr Won Koeller, Minister OF
the Interior, adopted a tone completely at
variance with Chancellor Won Hohenlohe
and which contributed in no small degree
to the final failure of the measure.
sit will not be surprising to learn that
the defeat of the anti-revolution bill Gre
ates vacancy in the Prussian Council of
Ministers. No one is inclined to believe
that either the Kaiser who, it is reported,
had good opinion of Won Koeller, or
Chancellor Hohenlohe, is edited at the
performance of the Minister of the Inter
ior, who, the Vorwaerts says, deserves
an honorary membership in the socialist
party of the interior. That no result was
obtained is, in the first place, owing TO the
fact that the champions of religion, NOR
ality and social order have been unable to
subordinate their own wishes to the gen.
eral good. Attention must also be drawn
to the breach in the Government Center,
which doubtless exercised an influence in
the development of the situation. 1t may
be taken for granted that the failure of the
attempt to combat the subversive tenden-
cies in the basis of common law will be
followed by renewed demands for excep-
tional legislation. There is scarcely a
word of disappointment in the press.
The Radical and Socialist organs are
highly delighted.
The Times in leader this morning
says: 1.-THE decision is serious one, and
perhaps the most serious feature is that it
seems to be thoroughly popular with some
i of the most important classes of the State.
It is an unmistakable rebuff to the policy
proclaimed by the Kaiser himself in his
famous speech at Koenigsberg last Sep
TENDER. That result will be welcomed by
a large number of his subjects. That is
not very satisfactory end to several
months parliamentary warfare. United,
the forces of religion, morality and social
order could have carried the day; but the
one thing which, in Germany, these forces
cannot do, is TO unite. They did not care
| for one part of the bills, the Center did not
care for the other. They could have car
ried the bills as whole had they come to
terms, but apparently they did not trust
each other well enough to make al eff
fective bargain"
The Standard, in leader, says: 1t is
| the impression abroad that the bill was
| framed and introduced without sufficient
| forethought and defended with inadequate
vigor. Taunts, rather than arguments,
| seem to have been the weapons employed.
The crown is visibly worsted in struggle
of its own choosing with the country's
representatives. The German Emperor
has more than once appealed to his people
| to trust him. May not the Germans say
| in turn that they deserve to be trusted by
| the Emperor With this or that Reich
| stag ruler can afford to differ, but he cam
| not safely quarrel with the sentiments and
| ideas of the nation at large.