The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-11
Traditional Caution of Cham
ber Cast to ForewindS and
Ruler OF Empire Is Bitterly
Arraigned. =
MAY LEAD UP TO CHANGE
IN GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
Conservatives, Radicals, So
ciaIists and National Liber-
ais All Join Together in
Their CenSure.

Berlin, Nov. ia contest which Is
believed to be the forerunner of a long
parliamentary fight. which will nlti-
mately result in extremely radical
changes in the German system of gov
ernment, was begun when the Reich
stag convened TO discuss and debate
the interpretations concerning the con-
versations recently printed in the
London Daily Telegraph in which his
majesty Emperor William IL quoted
as declaring that he furnished the
British government with a plan of
campaign In the Transvaal which re-
suited in the defeat of the Boer repub-
lie
The extreme Liberals regard the de.
bate in the Reichstag as the beginning
of contest between the crown and
Parliament which will result in tho
nation having ministry responsible
to parliament and not TO the crown
alone.
Emperor William seemed to be alb
solutely without defenders, and never
before has he been so severely judged
by his parliament
The criticisms of his majesty's
court, his ministers. and his majesty's
treatment of the constitution, as well
as of his freedom of speech, went to
lengths that astonished observers ac-
quainted with the traditional caution
OF the chamber in dealing with the
personality of the sovereign.
Won 6ueIow Talks.
Chancellor Won Buelow made an adj
dress lasting fifteen minutes. but he
lacked his usual spirit, and a person
high in his confidence is authority for
the statement that he also had told the
emperor that neither himself nor his
successors could remain in office un-
less his majesty was more reserved.
Prince Won Buelow spoke solemnly
and without making use of any dra-
matte effects. The house received his
explanations in icy silence instead OF
giving 1t that cordial applause which
as a general thing follows the chan
celior's fine parliamentary declara-
tions
The conservatives. representing
largely the landed nobility, were al
most as relentless as the socialists, the
radicals and the national liberals, and
the proceedings are regarded by the
extreme liberals as the beginning of a
long contest between the crown and
! parliament that may end in Germany
having a ministry responsible to par
Lament and not to the crown alone
! Herr Bassermann recited the evil ef-
fects of the emperor's utterances He
| said that China, Japan and America
had taken note of the fact that the
German fleet had been authoritative
ly described as designed for action in
the Pacific. The japanese press had
been in an uproar over this declara-
ton, Great Britain had been stirred
to greater naval preparations. and
Germany's relations had become worse
with well-nigh all the principal pow
ers, but especially with France, Rus
sia, Great Britain and Japan.
/ Too Much Interferenee.
There ought to be an end to impe.
rial personal policies and interference
with the responsibilities of the chan
cellor such as had been manifested re-
Gently. in the Tower-Hill and the
Tweedmouth affairs. Practically the
entire German people were of one
mind concerning the ruinous effects
Of direct imperial interference in the
foreign affairs of the empire. Loyal
monarchists could only regret that
damage had been done the monarch
ical principle. especially at a time
, l,.-ha n
grown up. This statement was greet
ed with applause by the socialists
In conclusion Herr Bassermann said
that the nationaLliberals did not de-
mand the resignation of Chancellor
Won BueIow. but they did insist upon
some sort of guarantee that the chan
|, cellor would guard his constitutional
prerogativcs and resist unconstitu-
tional interference from the emperor.
Regrets Hill Incident.
Herr Bassermann was followed by
Herr Weimer. radical, who said in
part: .
We regretted greatly the incident
over the appointment of David Jayne
Hill to the post of American ambassa-
dor in Berlin. tending as it did TO dis
turb the good relations between the
United States and Germany. It was
well said on the other side of the
ocean that our representatives abroad
shall not be check books. but men.
This statement brought out ap-
plause.
: Herr Singer. socialist, declared that
Germany had sunk low in foreign op-
inion through the incapacity and lev