Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
HIS ATTITUDE is CHANGED
Determined to Show That He Was Not
Mere Instrument.
SHOWED A DEGREE OF PASSION
Breach With the Clerical Party Said
to Have Been Planned
Long Time.

BERLIN. December 15.-The political for
tunes of the imperial chancellor. Prince Won
Buelow. are regarded both among states
men and other persons about the court as
having been placed in jeopardy .by his adj
vice to Emperor William to dissolve the
reichstag. Politicians are already saying
that If an adverse majority is returned to
the reichstag Won Buelow's CHARACTERISTIC
will be ended. 1t may be said that he took
his political life in his hands December Is,
and he evidently was under the inspiration
that comes of taking great risks, for he
spoke as one transformed. his manner being
wholly different from anything the reichstag
had ever seen in him.
The chancellor's smooth. diplomatic bear
ing. born of the desire to please as many
parties possible in a house divided into
fourteen groups. was dropped. and he spoke
with such recklessness of the consequences
that he created the impression that a new
Won Buelow was speaking.
Deals With Center Party.
To understand his psychological transfer
nation it must be recalled that Won Bueiow,
during his CHARACTERISTIC. had been COM
PEELED to construct his majorities as the &C.
cason required, and that he only succeeded
In doing by making disagreeable COM
promises at every step with the center
party. But he has feit that he mad long
been misusing this peculiar situation in Or
der to enable him to carry out the govern
ment program. Moreover the chancellor is
known to have smarted under the idea that
has gained ground in the public mind that
he was mere instrument for carrying out
the emperors will. Every one in the reich
stag December IL noticed with what extra
ordinary animus he repealed this view.
Won Buelow's Future.
Won Buelow appears to feel that he will
remain in Office few years longer and he
has determined to do something to secure
the reputation of being a bold, independent
statesman. The chancellor Thursday
showed degree of passion in his speech
that no one supposed he was capable of.
His face Redeemed and he spoke with such
energy during one part of his address that
a deputy of the Prussian diet sitting in the
gallery remarked aloud:
Bismarck could not have done better
Chancellor Sanctioned Attack.
The chancellor evidently felt that he was
for the first time in his parliamentary
career freeing himself of all trammes. His
courage was the occasion for outbreaks
Of spontaneous enthusiasm. His breach with
the clerical party was planned before
hand. conditional upon lis continued oppo-
sition to the governments measures.
Colonial Director Dernberg attack on Herr
Roeren. the clerical leader, in the rechstag,
December 3. was made, according to trust
worthy authority, with the express sanction
of the chancellor. who fully expected the
party to use the first opportunity to re-
taliate The fact that il is not certain that
the government viii secure ajority al
the coming elections and the uncertainty
regarding its composition if secured throws
favorable light on the chancellors cour
age.