The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-09
PEACE OF EUROPE MENACED
BISlLdRCK'S REVELATION OF STATE
 SECRETS MAY CAUSE VAR.

SEChEIS MAY CA USE WARs
 Prince Hohenlohe Made III by the Affair
 Emperor William Disposed to Meet the
 x-Chance1lor's Statements-Gcrman Is
 Agitated Over the Gravity of the Situa-
 tion-Views of the Press.
 Berlin, Nov S.-A report, which ob- tained general credence, was in circula- tion last evening that the emperor had demanded that Prince Bismarck come to Berlin for the purpose of engaging in conference with himself and the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, in regard to the disclosures of state secrets which Prince Bismarck has been making and continues to utter through the medium of his personal organ, the Hamburger Nachrichten.
 Prince Hohenlohe, who is personally placed in a position which is very dis dressing to him and is desirous of hav- ing quiet official life, has suggested that both the emperor and Prince Bis marck take some means to bring about an immediate cessation of their pole mics, which are endangering the peace of Europe.
 Among the staunch adherents of Prince Bismarck the opinion prevails that things have already gone too far and they are agreed that the contro- versy must cease, but none of them ventures to suggest any plan whereby this object can be accomplished. From Munich, Carlsruhe and other places where Prince Bismarck is strong in the possession of friends of influence and high station it is known positively tha applications have been addressed to him to discontinue the course he is pur- suing as the only means of ayerting serious trouble.
 Apart from the responsibility of the ex-chancellor for the revelations of the Russo German neutrality treaty and the other disclosures which have been made, the question has been discussed in Berlin whether Dr. Hoffman, the chief editor of the Hamburger Mach richten, ought not to be indicted; but as a result of the discussion it was decided that the indictment of Dr. Hoffman would be impossible as a bad move; in fact it would be to prose- cute Prince Bismarck himself under the articles of the penal code by which Count von Arnim and Professor Geff- cken were tried, convicted and impris- oned, and under no circumstances would the emperor permit such a pro- ceeding as this.
 The controversy has now reached an acute stage and is seriously affecting the health of Prince Hohenlohe, who is essentially of a pacific temperament and accustomed to quiet diplomatic combats. The feverish and implacable fight which Is being waged by Prince Bismarck is causing the chancellor to pass many sleepless nights and for this reason the emperor is desirous of putting an end to the whole matter as speedily as possible; otherwise the kaiser is understood to be willing to all low Prince Bismarck to expand his ut most limit, meeting each of the devel- opments of his warfare with explana- tions making prominent the present honest policy of Germany as contrast ed with the shifty diplomacy of the old chancellor. Tn the meantime Prince Hohenlohe is standing between the em- peror and Prince Bismarck in the atti- tude of peacemaker, anxious to con- ciiate both sides and at least to obtain cessation of the duel without the pre- cipitation of 8 national scandal.
 Meanwhile it is undeniable that the effect of the controversy, coupled with the articles thereon published in the official press, has been to weaken the ties of the dreibund. Apropos of the Russo German neutrality treaty, the Cologne Gazette in its comments asks:
 Tn event of war between Russia and Austria would Germany side with Aus tria in view of the fact that France would then attack Germany"
 In answer to it's own question the Gazette argues that Austria must face Russia alone, as Italy would not inter- vene The Tageblatt this morning publishes a report of an interview with leading diplomat upon the question, "Who will benefit by Prince Bismarck S elations?" in which the diplomat ex- ] presses the opinion that the disclosures will have no direct practical conse- | auences, but that they are certain to produce a deep-seated feeling of suspi- cion and discomfort in Austria and It. aly The Vossische Zeitung says that England will now be able to decry the policy of Germany as untrustworthy.