Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01
Ru1cEN Non bULow

publish full explanation, SO as to meet
the unjustifiable attacks that have been
| made upon his majesty.
! Prince Won Buelow's explanation in the
Nord Deutsche Allgemeipe Zeitung is as
| follows:
"a great portion of the foreign and in
| ternal press publishes criticisms directed
against his majesty relative to the article
in the London Daily Telegraph. These
criticisms are founded on the assumption
that the emperor permitted the pubiica-
| ton of the article without the previous
knowledge of the government authorities
responsible for the imperial policy. This
assumption is unfounded.
Forwarded by Emperor.
His majesty received from a private
Englishman, with a request that he be
permitted to publish it, the manuscript
of an article In which a series Of CONVEX
sations between the emperor and several
English personalities, held at various
dates, were put together. The reason
given for the request was In order to make
known his majestys utterances 10 the
largest possible number of English read
ers, thus serving OF improve Angio-Ger-
man relations.
1.-The emperor forwarded this manu-
script to the chancellor. who, in turn,
sent it to the foreign office with note
requesting careful scrutiny. The foreign
office did not report anything objection
able In the contents, and publication
thereupon followed.
Not Read by Chancellor.
when the chancellor, as result of
the publication in the Daily Telegraph, be-
came aware of the contents of this manu-
script he explained to the emperor that
| nd hnf
had he done so he would have hesitated
and advised against it's publication.
He holds himself alone responsible and
he desires to protect the officials under
him. AT the same time he offered to
resign but the emperor would not accept
his resignation On the request OF the
chancellor however, his majesty permit
ted the publication Of this explanation so
that Prince Won Buelow would be in q
position to meet unjustitiable attacks on
the person of the emperor.
1t was announced conclusively at the
foreign office tonight that the chancellor
would remain in office.
Criticism of Kaiser Quieted.
Prince Won Buelows explanation of the
circumstances under which the imperial
interview was published in London is not
considered as likely to calm public feel
ing The severe criticisms aimed at the
emperor, who, it has been assumed up to
the present time acted entirely on his
own initiative, are now regarded as un-
warranted, and the admission of the
chancellor that he did not read the con-
| tents of the interview before publication,
but that he still takes entire responsibility
therefor, is regarded as placing the high
| officials of the foreign office In I'M
| favorable light: they were fully cognizant
| of the contents of the manuscript and
| their approval made Its publicatlon a
governmental act.
| Emperor William had tea this afternoon
with Chancellor Won Buelow at the
| princes residence and remained in con-
ference with the prince from a quarter
past until twenty minutes of g.
Lokal Anzeiger's Account.
| In an inspired statement the L1kal An
zeiger gives the following explanation of
the circumstances of the publication OF
| the interview:
when Chancellor Won Buelow received
the manuscript from the emperor, asking
| if he regarded 1t as suitable for publica-
| ton, the chancellor forwarded the article
| to the foreign, Office with instructions
that it be given a careful reading and re-
| turned to him with a report as to whether
| it properly could be published. Both
Herr Won Schoen, secretary for foreign
| affairs, and the head of the press bureau
were absent. The manuscript was then
handed to a diplomat who supposed that
publication had already been decided upon
and that his function was only to exam
! Inc into the historical accuracy of the
data contained therein.
He returned the manuscript to Norder-
ney where the chancellor was staying but
| the latter's secretaries failed to draw his
attention to the serious character of the
matter. AS consequence the article
came back into the hands of the English.
man with the remark that the emperor
did not object to its publication. The
| chancellor was greatly astonished, how
| ever, when he read the article as pub
lished in the London Daily Telegraph
Kaiser Displays Friendship.
The Lokal Anzeiger adds that during the
visit of the emperor to Prince Won Buelow
| this afternoon. he was particularly
friendly to the chancellor: hence nc
doubt can exist that the incident has in
no wise disturbed the relations between
his majesty and the chancellor
| According to a dispatch sent to the
| Koinische Zeitung by its Berlin CORE
| spondent the proffered resignation oil
| Chancellor Won Buelow was due entirely
| to plumbers made by his subordinates in
| handling an important communication
| from the emperor. The dispatch says
that the chancellor was most painfully
impressed when he read the article and
Immediately decided that it was his duty
| to make full explanation to his majesty
as to how the mistake occurred, and at
! the same time hand in his resignation. 1t
appears, however. that the subject-mat-
ter of the published interview had nothing
| to do with the resignation.