Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
HOHENLOHE RESIGNS
Germany's Imperial Chancellor Vacates His
Place in the Cabinet,
SENDS HIS RESIGNATION TO EMPEROR
Opposition by the Minister of the Interior
Cause of the Move.
PROBABLE EFFECT ON GERMAN AFFAIRS
Change of 0hancellors an Unfortunate
Occurrence at Present.
SOME FRICTION WITH EMPEROR WILLIAM
Present Critical situation I'm Europe,
Owing to Eastern Complications,
May Embnrrnss Matters to
Some Degree.

| Copyright 1897, by the Associated Press.)
| BERLIN. April 17.-Prnce Hohenlohe, the
| imperial chancellor, in a letter dated from
| Baden, April 10, forwarded his resignation
! to Emperor William. brisk exchange OF
telegraphic messages followed. His majesty
insisted upor the chancellor retaining office
| for the present, in spite of the cogent rea-
| sons recited in Prince Hohenlohes letter,
| urging that his resignation at this juncture
would most seriously embarrass the en-
peror.
Prince Hohenlohe again and again insisted
| that apart from other serious reasons, his
| health just now is of the worst. Then, the
| prince suddenly went to Paris, where his
| wife had preceded him. AS reasons animat-
! ing him to resign, Prince Hohenlohe urges
| his inability to carry out his solemn promise
| to submit to the Reichstag and to the Diet
| two bills, one placing the Prussian law reg
ulating political meetings upon a more lib
| eral 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 Won Der
Recker Won Derhorst, the Prussian minister
for the interior. At this moment it is i'm
possible to say how the crisis will end; but
in view of the critical situation of Europe
a change of chancellors would now be most
unfortunate. The difficulty of including in
| the associations bill the means of giving
| greater freedom of political meetings and at
| the same time providing measures to sup
press socialism, which the emperor desires
| is believed to be the real crux of the stua.
| tion.
UNITED STATES TARIFF BILL.
The United States tariff bill is just now
| the favorite theme of the German press,
| with the exception of the Agrarian press,
and especially the Kreuz Zeitung and
| Deutsche Tagesh Zeitung. The temper of
these articles, however, has cooled and a
| tariff war is being strongly discouraged by
| the entire liberal and commercial press.
! The Kleins Journal and the Tageblatt say
| that German industries would suffer more
through tariff war than they have already
done. The Boersen Courier contends the
| United States is perfectly right to fix a
| tariff as it pleases, adding, 'the Agrarians
cannot deny this
| The National Zeitung thinks Germany is
not wise to select German sugar interests
| as a handle to exert pressure on America
| as sugar is only a twentieth part of Ger
| man exports to America.
| The National Zeitung also strongly dep
| recates a tariff war. The Socialist Vor-
waerts calls attention to Germany's bad
| faith in the past tariff dealings with
| America and says:
I'VE pretended American products were
| frauds, denounced American pork and oxen
| as diseased and forced American insurance
| nnt Of
while reducing our tariff, we have increased
the duties on American products such as
| cottonseed oil and fats. German workmen
| do not want a tariff war with America"
The United States embassy, contrary to
| the published statements. has received no
instructions from Washington relating to
German and American tariff interests.
NATURALIZED AMERICANS.
The Prussian minister of the interior has
| issued a new decree permitting only brief
stay here Of any Germans, naturaized in
America, who return to this country. They
were formerly allowed to remain here per-
manelty, provided no questions of military
derelction upon their part were involved.
The liberal press points out that this
decree amounts 10 the notification OF the
treaty stipulations of 1868, whereby the per-
lnanent return 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
Tho naval authorities have Just concluded
experiments undertaken with the view OF
discovering the color be 1t suited to render
men-of-war inconspicuous, and have decided
to follow the American example and paint
their vessels olive green.
The emperor ana the imperial family will
remove to the new palace at Potsdam at the
beginning OF May. Great dissatisfaction has
been given to south Germany by the decision
of the empress to spend the summer at
Tegernsee with the children. The emperor on
Tuesday purchased number of fine Amer-
can etchlngs here While viewing them, his
majesty remarked Great fellows, these
Americans. They are the coming great
artists Of the world"
BISMARCK RECEIVERS.
Prince Bismarck has completely recovered
from his recent ndlspoe ,tion. He has been
taking long carriage drives
The strange death of the grand duke of
Mecklenberg- -Schwerin at Cannes on Satur-
day last has caused great discussion. Dr. |
Langfeld was sent TO Cannes by the minis
ter of justice of MeckleEberg with instruc-
tions TO Inquire into the circumstances. He
reports there is no doubt the grand dukes |
death was due TO an accident in falling over
parapet OF bridge. from the grounds of
his residence at Cannes According TO per- |
sonal reports mede to the emperor by Baron
Won kapheir Of the grand dukes suite. th- |
grand duke suffered horribly during the last
hours OF his life from fracture sof the |
spine, resulting from the fail. He begge
his physician to relieve his misery by ad. |
ministerlng quick poison to him. His |
majesty was greatly shocked and ordered |
the worst details 10 be withheld from tho |
newspapers.
The betrothal is announced OF the Princess |
Marie Dorothea OF Saxe-Coburg -Gotha, 10 /
Duke Gunther of SchlsauIg- -HolstaIn