The herald., 1897-04-18
KAISER BEGS
That Hohenlohe Retain
His Office
A CHANGE OF CHANCELl0RS
WOULD BE DANGEROUS AT THIS
CRISIS
A CHANGE OF CHANCELl0RS
Naturalized German Americans VIII
Be Invited to Make Only Short
Visits to the Fatherland
Associated Press Special wire.


BERLIN. April 17.-(Copyrighted.)-
Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancel-
lor, the correspondent Of the Associated
Press understands, in letter dated
from Baden Baden, dated April 18th, for
warded his resignation to the emperor
! A brisk exchange Of telegraph mes
! sages followed. His majesty insisted
upon the chancellor raining office for
Me present in spite Of cogent reasons
| cited In Prince Hohenlohe's letter, urg-
ing that his resignation at this juncture
would most seriously embarrass the en-
peror
Prince Hohen1ohe again and again in
sisted that apart from other serious rea-
sons, his health just now is OF the worst.
Then the prince suddenly went to Parls'
where his wife had preceded him.
AS reasons animating him to resign,
Prince Hohenlohe urges his majesty to
carry out his solemn promise to submit
to the reichstag and to the diet two bills,
one placing the Prusslan law regulating
political meetings upon more nperai
and modern basis and the other REFORM
ing the procedure of military trials.
The princes inability to carry out his
promise is said to be due to the extreme
reactionary attitude of Baron Van der
Horst, Prussian minister for the interior.
At this moment It is impossible to say
how the crisis will end, but in the critical
situation of Europe change of chan
cellors would be dangerous.
The Prussian minister of the interior
has issued a new decree permitting only
a brief stay here of any Germans. nat
uralized in America, who return to this
country. They were formerly allowed
10 remain here permanently provided
no questions of military dereliction on
their part were involved. The Liberal
press points out that this decree amounts
to a notification of the treaty stipula-
tions of 1868, whereby the permanent re-
turn of naturalized German-Americans
was specially guaranteed The Liberal
leaders, Herren Richter and Rickert
and others. will question the government
on the subject in the reichstag and that
body will thoroughly discuss the decree.
clIIded -aNxafl authorities haze lust cnn=
the view of discovering the color pest
sui.ad to render -of-war inconspicu-
ous and have decided to follow the
American example and paint their yes
sells olive green.
The emperor, on Tuesday, purchased
a number of fine American etchings
here. While viewing them his majesty
remarked: "Great fellows, these
Americans. They are the coming great
artists of the world"
Prince Bismarck has completely re-
covered from his recent indisposltlon'
He mas been taking long carriage drives.
The strange death Of the grand duke
of Mecklenburg-S -Schwerin at Cannes on
Saturday last, has caused great dis'
cuselon. DR.. Langfeldt was sent to
Cannes by the minister of justice OF
Mecklenburg with instructions to IN
ouire into the circumstances. he re-
ports there is no doubt the grand dukes
death was due to an accident in falling
over the parapet of a bridge in the
grounds of his residence at Cannes. Ac-
cording to personal reports made TO the
emperor by Baron Won Kapheir, OF the
grand dukes suite, the grand duke sur
fered horribly during the last hours OF
his life. from the fracture to the spine
resulting from the fall. He begged
his physicians to relieve his misery by
administering quick poison to him. HIS
majesty was greatly shocked and order
ed the worst details to be Withheld from
the newspapers.