The morning times., 1896-02-02
CRISIS ONLY POSTPONED
Berlin Rumors Insist the Min
istry Is DOcmsd. =
NAVAL CREDIT THE CAUSE
Emperor Is Determined to Have It
ana Has Attacked the Unterhaus
First-If Hohenlohe Stands In the
Way He Must GO-Sops ThrowH
to the Agrarians.

Berlin Feb. 1.-The rumors which have
been in circulation here OF the impendSAG
resignation OF Prince Won HohenlOhe, the
imperial chancellor; Herr Won BOetticher,
minister of the imperial home office and
representative OF the chancellor, and Herr
Holman, the head OF tie imperial ad-
miraity, have been traced To journalists who
CLAIM connection win high official sources
of information.
These ruInurs, Of COURSE, created a great
stir until they were semi-officialIy denied,
when the interest they mad awakened sub
sided. III there is nothing behind these
reports the government have had themselves
to blame for their circulation in choosing
as mediums of spreading Information upon
previous occasions men whom they are now
obliged To repudiate.
In spite of those officially inspired
denials however, some responsible news
papers persist in the assertion that a
ministerial crisis is merely postponed.
IN LIGHT OF HISTORY.
In support of the contention the Neueste
Nachrichtenrecallsth the hecircumstancethatth the
late chancellor, Gen. Won. Caprivi, upon the
eve of his dismissal from office, received
orders from the emperor 10 assure the
ministers OF the several federal states that
the then current stories of a ministerial
crisis were positively without foundation.
Nevertheless, Gen. Caprivi was relieved
within a very few days thereafter. The
Hanover Courier insists that a crisis is
latent the emperor persisting i'll his notion
OF asking the Reichstag for a large increase
Of naval credits, for the construction OF
additional warships, etc, which Prince
Hohenlone has declared 1t to be impossible
to obtain.
Within the ministerial circles Prince
I;chenich" is credited with having taken
a more hopeful view regarding the voting
OF Increased naval credits 10y the Reichstag,
assuming that be is able to manage
coalition OF the Conservatives and Agrar-
ians or the National Liberals and Agrar
ians.
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY.
The chief difficulty in the way OF such
a combination. however, is the fact that
since the defeat OF the Kanitz grain
monopoly proposal the majority in the
Reichstag is bitterly hostile to the min
listers.
The government is now endeavorlng to
reconcile the situation, and has chosen
the Unterhaus as the scene OF Its first
approaches TO an entente.
Herren Heydebrandt and Strachwttz,
Agrarian members OF the Unterhaus, hav.
ing declared that Count KanitZ's proposal
had taken second place, the monetary
question coming first, Herren Won Putt
kamer and Plauth, Conservatives, next
declared that such decision in regard TO
legislative program ought in no wise 70
separate a party from the government.
ROOT OF THE SCHEME
Then Baron Won Hammerstein-Loxten,
minister OF agriculture, following his
cue. assured the Agrarians that the gov
eminent was in no respect hostile to them.
Chancellor Hohen lohe watched his best
chance for a deal in furtherance or the
governments monetary scheme Tor naval
purposes. and seized his opportunity TO
say that he had always regarded the
Agrarians as the proper representatives
OF the agricultural interests or the country
and more in the same vein. "A further
exchange OF courtesies OF this character
followed. and the whole proceeding is
held IN ministerial circles TO corroborate
their contention that n project is ou foot
locking to a coalition with a view 70
securing the desired navy credits