Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-05
Suddenly Becomes Unconscious
While Listening to Debate
In the Reichstag.
PARALYSIS FEARED AT FIRST.
Was Carried TO Presidents Room
Where Emperor Could Not
See Him. Being Asleep.
Breakdown Due to Overvork, Having
Worked sixteen Hours n Day
For Last Three Months.

Berlin, April 8. 2.l0 .. m.--Chan-
cellor Won Buelow. while attending ths
debate In the reichstag today tainted
and was carried TO a COMMITTEES room
by some Of the members of the house.
The chancellor made a speech on
the subject OF Morocco and was listen
ing to the answer OF Herr Bebel. the
Socialist leader. when he was taken Ill.
bending over several times on his LEFT
side Herr Carl Baohem, member
OF the Center party, supported the
chancellor and the vice president or
The house, DR.. Count Won Stolberg
Wernigerode. called out, rs DIR. Mug
dan there"
The vice president then adjourned
the sitting for "A quarter of an hour
during which deep silence prevailed
throughout the house. Doctors Mug
dan and Brecker had in the meantime
gone to the assistance of the chanoel-
lor who appeared TO be conyersing
with them and with the members who
carried him from the chamber to the
sitting room OF the president of the
house and placed him IN an easy chair,
and he began TO show signs OF return
ing TO consciousness. Prof. Rudolph
Renvers, head OF the Moabite hospital,
reached the room some time later and
after examining the chancellor said
that he was only suffering from Sc
we're fainting spell, the result OF infiu-
enza, and that there were no indica-
tons OF paralysis which was al first
feared. Prof Renvers was assisted by
Drs. Mugdan and Becker. who are
members OF the reichstag, They clear
ed the sitting room OF the cabinet min
listers and others and transferred the
chancellor from the easy chair to q
lounge, only Princess Won Buelow, who
had joined her husband. remaining
with him. Emperor William came
to the door later but was not permit
ted to enter az the chancellor was
sleeping.
The empress also called at the reich
stag TO inquire about the chancellor's
health.
Prince Won Buelow spoke for about
half an hour on the Moroccan ques-
ton at the opening of the days ses-
sion IN his usual animated style. But
II was observed that his face was very
red, and that he seemed to have diff
Guilty i'm drawing his breath. It APP
pears that during dinner which he
gave 10 a small party of friends at his
residence April 3, the chancellor took
medicine twice, explaining that he was
suffering from a severe cold He also
took wine glass of medicine while
in the smoking room instead II any
liquors The chancellor was In high
spirits yesterday but sent word TO Ann
bassador Tower that he regretted be-
ing unable to dine at the American
embassy that evening as he was Ill.
Throughout the evening the chan
cellor sat In an arm chair, going
through various official papers and he
went to the reichstag today against
the suggestions OF his colleagues of the
foreign office.
Won Buelow's break down was un-
doubtedly due 10 over work during the
Moroccan conference. Owing TO the
difference in time, the dispatches COW
ering each days proceedings arrived
late and the chancellor often had TO go
TO the palace at late hour. He had
been working from In the morning TO
midnight for three months past