New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-09

wishes in the way that is indispensable 70. he
smooth running Of the administrative rlachjn-
cry Of the German Empire.
The three other men mentioned as probable
successors of Count Won Bulow Chancellor Of
the empire are Prince Hermann Hohenlohe Lang
enburg, at present Stakeholder and Governor
General Of Alsace-LOrraine: Prince Hermann
hatfield. who is likewise Duke Of Trachenberg
and Grand Cup Bearer to the Crown Of Prussia.
and General Count Charles Wedel. for some
years the Governor Of Berlin. and at the present
moment German Ambassador at Rome. where.
It may be remembered he succeeded Count Won
Bulow. The two first named candidates
namely, Prince Hermann Hohenlohe and Prince
Hermann HatzfeIdt-would present in the En-
peror's eyes the advantage that the appointment
Of either rs Chancellor would tend 70 propirate
the great feudal mobiles ana diminish the op-
position of the latter 70 his pet projects. The
big territorial magnates, who at present are
among the most powerful opponents of the gov
eminent and who have for some time past stood
in the way Of nearly all of the Kaiser's schemes.
look upon Count Won BuIow as a mere bureau
crat or diplouIat-in fact. as a who has
viii but that OF the Emperor. without any
independence Obedient only 70 his sOvereiSns
whims and little more than a sort OF record
ing clerk Prince Hermann Hohenlohe and
Prince Hermann Hatzfeldt on the other hand.
/ they consider as members OF their own class,
as men who have big stake in the empire as
themselves. and who, by reason of their birth,
rank and fortune. are more likely to show indie
pendence Of character in dealing with the mon
arch and in acting as his adviser than a mere
official like Count Bulow. for il is as such
that they regard the present Chancellor.
Prince Hermann Hohenlohe is the head Of the
mediatzed or formerly regning house of that
name which stiIi enjoys sovereign rank. He is
nephew OF Queen Victoria. who held him iii high
regard; a brother-in-law of the Grand Duke Of
Baden a native and a great land owner of the
kingdom of Wurtembers and uncle of The
German Empress. and, consequently, also OF the
Kaiser. In 1870 he contributed more perhaps
than any else To smooth away the cppoS.-
ton of the people of his native WurtemberS and
of Baden (of whose army he was one Of The
commanding generals) TO the union of the vari-
Gus sovereign States of Germany into the fed-
Grafton now known as the German Empire,
while his administra ton of Alsace-Lorraine has
been so great success-and he has done
50 much in the direction Of reconcilng The peo-
pie of the two provinces TO German ruIe-fn,t Il
few months ago it was found possible TO repeal
all the exceptional laws that had been ~>t1u-
lished shortly after the war of 1870 for the
purpose of suppressins French Nationalist seu,l-
ment in the so-called "ReiehsIand.'
Prince Hohenlohe is seventy years old. tuf no
is still physically and mentally vigorous ana
considerably younger than his cousin, Prince
Clovis H0henlohe when the latter assumed the
office of Chancellor Of the empire. His aFpcjut-
ment would please not only the great mobiles IF
Prussia and tend 10 diminish their persistent
opposition to the Emperor'S projects, but VouiG
likewise give profound sdtisfdct in all the non
Prussian States of the German Empire. ,spe-
ciaIIy in those southern States where there has
been of late a marked revival of parti, uIirist
feeling against Prussia. In theory the chan
cellOr is responsible for what he does erialIy
in foreign matters. net only To tn k~js.r. -: