Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-10
KAISER Will LOSE
DOOMED To DEFEAT IN HIS FIGHT
WITH AGRARIANS.
ADOPTS RADICAL MEASURES
OUSTING FROM OFFICE ALL WITH
AGRARIAN sYMPATHIEs.
Kaiser Will Make Another Attempt to
Force His Pet Canal Bill
Through-Large Section of
the Press Is Fight-
ing Him.
ADOPTS RADICAL MEASURES
OUSTING FROM OFFICE ALL WITH
AGRARIAN SYMPATHIES.
(copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press.)

Copyright 1899. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, Sept. 9.-The situation in in
ternal politics has been somewhat intensi-
fed this week The dismissal of several
cabinet members and a number of higher
Prussian officials is merely q symptom of
this. The emperor, as king Of Prussia, be-
fore starting for the manoeuvers, had
lengthy conversations with Prince Won
Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor and
president of the Prussian council of minis
ters. and DR.. Miguel, vice president of the
council and minister of finance, in which
the difficulties of the situation were thor
oughly discussed. The emperor hopes to
see the canal bill. when it is reintroduced,
with notifications, at the next session,
pass, notwithstanding the opposition of the
Agrarians. In this he will probably be dis
appointed despite the methods employed
in disciplining the Agrarians and the gov
ernment officials serving as delegates to
the diet. The emperor is resolved to go
to the length of forcing the resignation of
every official, be he high or low, who ac-
lively sympathiZes with the powerful Ag-
rarian society, the Bund Der Landwirthe.
This will strike many.
At a secret meeting of Agrarian leaders
this week it was resolved to try to check
mate tie emperor by playing off the canal
bill against the anti-strike measure, and
thus render impossible the immediate disso-
luton of the diet, for 1t Is argued that the
emperor cannot rely on the Agrarians and
Conservatives to father his pet anti-strike
bill, and at the same time dissolve the diet
because the same members do not sanction
another of his pet measures.
The Agrarian leaders will do their ut
most to impress this upon the emperor's $
| ability of the dissolution of the reichstag
| on the rejection of the anti-strike bill. of
which there is hardly doubt, as the Cen
| measure ANONYMOUSLY.
Besides, the Agrarians believe they have
a chance OF defeating the renewal of the
| with Russia, or of considerably modifying
| them, so as to render them unacceptable
to the other governments. They viii in
| eals, which Russia will not stand. They
| also strongly hope that the commercial
| treaty with the United States will not be
| ready for presentation to the reichstag at
| its next session. and that the failure of
| the other treaties will involve that with
| the United States.
| In the meantime 1t is reported that the
emperor is furious with the Agrarians; and
| the Associated Press representative here
Learns learns u that s,in5 ms majesty has pronounced in
| aration) between the Agrarians and the
government, saying that such a party
1
every government for generations has been
solicitious for the countrys agricultural
interests; and that this class of politics
has gone about far enough. He is particu-
larly .wroth at the, way in which the
Agrarian press has handled him and the
and many Conservative organs have been
very outspoken.
The Deutsche Agrar Correspondent even
advised putting the members of the cabin
net submitting to the wishes of the emperor
| under nj ha n
until his majesty should be unable to find
mere creatures to do his will, and should
then be obliged to take men for ministers.
The official organ of the Conservatives
condemns the disciplining of officials.
The Deutsche zeitung, under the caption,
Continued in Our Next" says: THE exc
cutions under the present cabinet, have
come in sections, like serial novel;
The Liberal papers comment variously.
Herr Eugene Richter. the Radical leader,
condemns the government, and announces
that his party, the Freissinige Volkspartei,
will introduce some sensational bills in the
reichstag and diet.
An amusing feature of the press cam
Saign against the emperor and the gov
ernment is that the Conservatives who,
while enjoying the favor of the govern
ment We're opposed to the constitution and
parliamentarism, have now become great
friends of them One of the main organs
This is necessary in order to convince
the monarch that we are no longer his
vassals. 1t has become one of the duties
of the Conservatives to defend the con-
fr tb6se as ES" SrnRe Of s
The attitude of the rural population
shows no approval of the government
disciplinary measures. One dismissed Off
cial. Herr Won Breckhausan, was hon.
ored by a torchlight procession In the
Dramburg district in which the whole To-
cal population participated. A number OF
officials intend to show their sympathy
, with the Agrarians by resigning. These
include President Won Puttkamer. OF
Pomerania. and President Won Tischowa
| of Koenigsburg.
| The situation, as wole. is that of q
drawn battle between his majesty and the
Agrarians, the latter meaning to demon
strate the paramouncy of Prussia, even
when the emperor, as king, opposes them
All well informed persons. irrespective ol
party expect that the emperor will be de-
feated in the end.
Il Dead of Alcoholism.
| SPRINGFIELD, MO, Sept. 9.-(Special.)
Charles CLAYTON of Leo Howell county