The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
VON BUELOW
 IS STRICKEN Paints on Floor of the
 Reichstag. DUE TO RECENT HARD WORK German Chancellor Worried Over
 Moroccan Affair. Before the Attack He Declared in Speech that His Government Did
 Not Wish . Foothoid in
 Sultan's Domain.

the Reichstag today, tainted and was | carried in a committee room by some of the members of the House. The Chancellor made q speech on the subject of Morocco and was listening | to the answer by Herr Bebel, the So- | cialist leader, when he was taken Ill. | bending over several times on his left | side. Herr Carl Bachen, member of | the Central Party. supported the Chan cefIor and the Vice-President of the House. Dr. Won Count Stolberg Werni- | gerode. called out. "Is Dr. Mugdan | there?'
 | The. vice-President then adjourned | the sitting for a quarter of an hour. during which deep silence prevailed | throughout the House. Dr. Mugdan and pr. Becker had in the meantime gone l to the assistance of the Chancellor, who appeared to be conversing with them l ana with the members who carried him | from the chamber into the sitting room
 of the President of tho House. and
 placed him in an easy chair and he be- gan to show signs of returning to con- sciousness.
 Painting Spell. | Professor Rudolf Renvers, head of | the Moabite hospital. reached the room | some time later and after examining | the Chancellor said that he was only l suffering from a severe fainting spell, | the result of influenza and that there was no indication of paralysis which b was at first feared. Professor Rem lsxers was assisted by Dr. Mugdan and l Dr. Becker. who are members of the | Reichstag. They cleared the sitting l room of the cabinet ministers and | others and transferred the Chancellor | from an easy chair in which he was | first placed to lounge, only Princess von Buelow. who had joined her hus- band remaining with him.
 Emperor William came to the door | later but was not permitted to enter | as the Chancellor was sleeping. The | Empress also called at the Reichstag | to inquire about the Chanceiior's
 health. TT, ,,,,, ,.,r Prince von Buelow spoke for about | half an hour on the Moroccan question at the opening of the days session in his usual animated style. But 1t was observed that his face was very red
 and that he seemed to have difficulty in drawing his breath. It appears that during a dinner which he gave to small party of friends at his residence April 3, the Chancellor took medicine twice. explaining that he was suffer- ing from a severe cold. He also took | a wineglass of medicine while in the smoking room instead of any liquors. The Chancellor was in high spirits l yesterday, and sent word to Ambassa- | dor Tower that he regrette dbeing un- | able to dine al the embassy that even | ing as he was i'll. Throughout the | evening the Chancellor sat in an arm chair. going through various official | papers, and he went to the reichstaS l today against the suggestions of his | colleagues of the foreign office. Von Buelows breakdown was un- doubtedly caused by overwork dur | ing the Moroccan conference. Owing to the difference in time the despatches
 covering each days proceedings ar | rived 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
 When the session of the Reichstag
 was resumed, Herr Rebel instead of | continuing his speech. ended his re- | marks abruptly. Various members l then expressed their regret at the chan | cellor's Illness.
 Reports ReassurinE. Business was continued because 1t 1 was thought that an adjournment of l the house would alarm the public, which was not advisable as the physi- clans reports of the chancellor's con | dition were reassuring. But the voice | of the speakers who followed Herr Be-
 bel were pitched in low tone as l though they thought they might dis | turb the sleeping chancellor as word | was passed around from time to time that he still slept
 Towards o'clock von Buelow awoke. was supported to his carriage and was driven home On reaching his
 home the chancellor. with the assiS- tance of man on each side, was able to ascend the stairs. Professor Renvers at 30 ?. m. s-
 sued the following bulletin:
 Hi shighnes Prince von Buelow suffered from fainting fit from Which he rhas now recovered.
 Tn the Reichstag today, previous to his collapse. von Buelow said that
 he wished to make a limited expression of the governments Moroccan policy.
 He weighed his words because the con
 ference had not formally completed its
 work and adjourned, and because he
 did not wish disturbing the agreement
 arrived after so long a struggle. Con-
 tinuing the chancellor said:
 There have been weeks when the
 minds of the people were disturbed
 by thoughts of war Why was this
 inc ease? Are our interests In Mo-
 rocco vital enough for us to believe
 that German interests were so menaced
 as to ohlige us to consider the possi-
 hnttv of war? No The government
 Aid not consider the possibility of war.
 w. have no direct political interests
 in Morocco. No political aspirations.
 mo historical rights like France and
 snain. But we have commercial ln-
 terests that have a future.
 we are a partner in the internatlon-
 al convention which held that all pow
 crs are entitled to the most favored
 ,a,,on rights. Ii was question of
 ,he dignity and prestige of the Ger
 man Empire and We could not givo
 way.
 Did Net Want FOOthOId.
 "1t was not our intention to gain a
 footing in Morocco. This would have
 weakened instead of strengthened our
 nositlon We did not want to oppose
 inc old historical and political rights
 of France and Spain so long as the in
 ,erests of German trade were respect
 ed We did not want to irritate Eng
 land because she had drawn closer
 to France.
 .Zra wanted to give Ei1nifIcance to