The San Francisco call., 1908-11-18
KAISER YIELDS TO
PEOPLES DEMAND
Emperor Promises to Curb His
Speech on Germany's
Foreign Policies
Concession Is Followed by In
vestigatiOn of a Dyna-
mite Story

that Or attempt had been mode TO blow
IN the train on which Emperor Will
Liam iourneyed from Donaueschingen
tc Berlin. The royal railway admins
irative Office here makes public a
statement in connection with the Incl
dent. According 10 the statement, on
both Saturday and sunday dyna-
mite cartridge was found on the tracks
near the station at MuehIeim, near
Frankfort and Hanau. The cartridges
were not found on the tracks over
which the imperial train was to pass,
but on the tracks paraIlelinE these.
As this occurred in Hessian territory.
the states attorney at Darmstadt has
instituted an investigation
Yields to Angry Tide
BERLIN. Nov. 17.-Forced by the
angry tide Of popular feeling, Emperor
William today yielded TO the nation
and promised henceforth to conform
himself to the constitutional methods
OF conducting the policies of Germany.
The climax TO the public utterances
Of the emperor was reached in an in
terview which he gave to an English
man and which was published in the
London Daily Telegraph October IS.
As the outcome OF this, the whole
country was aroused; the reichstag
Endorsed the attitude of many of its
prominent members when they de-
nounced the sovereign. and Chancellor
Won Bulow. while he attempted to
smooth away the affair. undertook,tol |
communicate TO his majesty straight 1
forward and unvarnished statement of
how the German people viewed his in /
tervention in affairs of state.
MAKES FORMAL PROMISE
The interview between the emperor
and the imperial chancellor took place |
~ the new palace in Potsdam this /
morning, and at its conclusion the
emperor made formal promise TO his |
people that in the future he would not /
act except through the chancellor and /
his associate ministers. This promise |
was made public in The Reichszan- /
zeiger, the official gazette of the en-
pire. 1t was in the form of a note
printed on the front page. where de- /
crees. the texts of treaties and the
pronulgation OF new laws usually ap-
pear II was as follows:
During today's audience granted to 4
the imperial chancellor his MAJ jesty the /
emperor and king listened for several /
hours TO a report by Prince Won Bu- /
low The imperial chancellor described |
the feeling and its causes among the |
German people in connection with the
article published in the Daily Tele- /
graph. He also explained the position /
he had taken during the course of the /
debates and interpretations on this sub /
Jet IN the reichstag His ma jesty the /
emperor received the statements and I
explanations with great earnestness, /
TIM expressed his viii as follows
Needless of the exaggerations of /
public criticism, which are regarded by /
him as incorrect. his majesty perceives 1
"a u1
insure the stability Of the policies of
the empire, under the guardianship Of
constitutional responsibilities In con-
formity Herewith his majesty the en-
peror approves the chanceilor's utter
autes il the reichstag and assures
Prince Won Bulow of his continued con-
hdence.'
PACIFIEs Won BULOW
Prince Won Bulow had determined
upon handing his resignation in if the
emperor had not met the countrv's de-
mand. but as such a situation did nor
develop the audience ended with the
emperor saying TO the imperial chan
cellor that he reposed full confidence
in his wisdom
The whole nation had awaited with T
breathless suspense the word from the
palace which would decide whether
Prince Won BulOw would quit his Of
continue, or whether the chancellor
would remain and the desire of the
people be fulhlled-that the nation. as
wen as the emperor. would have a
word in directing the policies of the
country
MEANS FREE SPEECH
The least this declaration of the en-
perOr can mean is that he pror,ises n
limit his freedom of speech and OBJ
serve carefully the constitutional forms
in taking no initiative without the ad-
vice and consent of the premier This
narrower Interpretation is strictly a
Bureaucratic view. A wider view as
voiced by the local press is that Ger
many enters upon new era of govern
ment responsible TO the people. with
the crown and the nation acting to-
gether.
The chancellor had caused an intima
tion TO be conveyed to Emperor VIII
liam that 1t would be wiser if he re-
turned TO the capital and granted an
audience to the chancellor at Potsdam
rather than aboard a battleship at
kiel. which, in the sensitive state of
public feeling. might be misconstrued.
and that as most important results
might follow, the capital was the most
suitable place. The emperor appointed
the new palace at Potsdam for the
meeting
Mutual good will prevailed at the
audience and the emperor displayed a
marked degree of condescension.
Prince Won Bulow bore. he said
the mandate of the rulers at Bavaria
Wurttemberg. Sa&ony and Baden. the
four most powerful states in the en-
pire, outside Of Prussia, to communi
cate TO his majesty their collective
hope that he would be more retfcent in
the future. The chancellor submitted |
authorization from the whole Prussfan
cabinet TO express their agreement with
him, as minister president. in his
counsel He represented also thar
members Of the Feichstag. without dis
tinction Of party, had since their dis
cGssion in the chamber. received an i'm
nense quantity Of correspondence from
their leading supporters in the prov
inces in approval Of the parliament's
position and resolutions from numer
Gus organizations IN their constituency
couched in similar terms The feel
ing Of the country. he said, appeared
well nigh unanimous.
No Money for Suppression
NEW YORK. Nov. I7-Frank II