The herald., 1896-08-23
Newspapers Excited Over the
Cabinent Crisis
THE EMPEROR IS BLAMED
For Causing the Retirement Of Baron Won
Schellendorff
Fears Lest American Interests In Samoa Will
Lead to the Annexation Of the
South Sea Islands
| $50 ociated rress speciaI wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.-(Copyright, 1850
The Berlin press has rarely been so un-
animous as at the present in condemn
ing the Camarilla, which caused the
downfall of General Bronsart Won
Schellendorff, the former minister for
war. and the present crisis Even the
conservative newspapers. excepting the
Kreuz Zeitung, and the semi official
press. Join in denouncing the emperor's
military cabinet, which exercises over
his majesty influence beyond it's consti.
tutional prerogatives, thus paralyzing
the constitutional rights and functions
of the ordinary ministers.
The civil cabinet emperor Is saddled
with share of the blame for similar
reasons. and even the strictly legal con-
servative newspapers, like the Reichs-
bote, as well as the papers inspired by
the imperial chancellory like the Ham,
burger Correspondent, speak derisively
of the auxiliary government run by
Emperor Williams private cabinet and
point out that this means grave in
fraction of the constitution, which is
bound to end in trouble.
The true story Of the retirement of
Gen. Won Schellendorff leaked out this
week. The emperor and his cabinet 1t
appears. believe in q thorough rejuvena-
tion Of the army, as well as the civil ad-
ministration, and it is due to this that
not only the elderly, experienced gener-
ais and officers of the generals staff
have been gradually replaced by new
and untried men, but the courts and all
the civil officers are similarly suffering.
In the imperial court eight Judges have
resigned within a very short time, as the
emperor will not allow any judge to re-
main in office who is older than 65. 1t ap-
pears that before Gen. Won Gossler was
1t had been offered to and refused by
Generals Won Collas hnd Bork, Gen. Won
Gossler has the reputation Of being more
Of courtier than soldier and he Is,
moreover, the author of the unfortunate
half battalion scheme and favors only
mild reform in the military trial proceed
ure. His majesty referred Gen. Won
Schellendorff,s scheme to Gen. Won Goss-
Ter with instructions to modify and in
sert in It as one of the principal features
the imperial right Of confirming the SEN
tence of every military court, a right
which the constitution only gives to-
him as king Of Prussia and not Of Ba-
varia, Saxony and Wurtumburg.
In this connection 1t is interesting
to note that the emperor addressing
the first guard regiment at Potsdam
during the week, said: Never forget
that you have sworn obedience and fidel-
ity unto death to me. your war lord.
Let no othe considerations ever inter-
fere with this, your highest duty"
The same day the aid de camp of the
king of Saxony handed the emperor an
autograph letter from the Saxon mon
arch in which the latter is understood to
have mildly and firmly protested
against the present crisis and to have
exhorted Emperor William to leave
more freedom of action to his constitu-
tional adviserA
1t appears that the emperor's differ
ences with Prince Hohenlohe include the
labor policy of the government, his mai
esty wishing to end the period of concil-
iation. so far as the Socialists are con-
cerned. and the naval program, the en-
peror desiring the passage of bill pro-
viding for an increase Of 10000, 900
marks in the expenditures. The chan
cellor insists that the passage of the
latter measure is impossible if the mill
tary reform bill is shelved. Prince Ho-
henlohe, however. will remain in office
until he has conferred with the czar and
prfnHa ha !, 80, - n,
and the future policy of the empire.
The Hamburger correspondent in an
inspired article, speaks of the Ameri-
can intrigues in Samoa, adding: "There
is strong feeling in the United States
in favor of annexation, and the German
interests demand prompt and decisive
action"
The health Of Prince Bismarck is less
satisfactory than could be wished. He
has growing sense of his physical
weakness, his deafness is increasing
and his eyes have weakened when COM
pared with his condition six months ago
The government physician. DR.. Ur-
banzz. who has been touring east Prus-
sia reports an increase in leprosy, espe-
cially on the Russian frontier, advis-
es the establishment of leprosy hos
pital.
DIR MIGUEL. the minister of finance, has
recently been occupied with the opera
tions of the oil trust in Germany, and he
proposes, in order to cope with the
Standard OIL company. that the govern
ment purchase all existing oil wells in
Prussia and systematically bore new
wells as well as encourage the introduce
ton of new illuminants.
There are enormous crowds Of strang-
ers now in Berlin, and they include
about 1000 Americans
Fi,ur Mills Burned
MODESTO, Aug. 22-The Modesto flour
mill, owned by W. r. Wood and leased by
A. d. Willard, was destroyed by fire today,
with 1000 sacks of barley. The barley was