Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-20
SILENCE ABOUT KAISER.
Won BueIoW Asks Reichstag
Members to Go Easy.
To QUIET PUBLIC FEELING
Puts Off His Own Speech Until End
of the Month.
IS VERY TIRED OF OFFICE
Believed Chancellor Will Seize Upon
First Opportunity to Resign.
Private Opinions.

BERLIN. November 2o-Acting upon
the advice of Chancellor Won Buelow
Count Won Stolberg, the president of the
reichstag, will endeavor to prevent all ref
erence to Emperor William for the pres
ent in the reichstag discussions This
course has been decided upon in order to
quiet public feeling and to lessen the op-
portunities for agitation. The chancellor
will speak at the end of the month on
the question of his responsibility and the
meaning of his recent audience with the
emperor.
Prince Won RuclCW is reported today to
be nervously depressed and more than
ever disposed TO resign from office when
"a good opportunity arises. He is more
| easily tired now than before his recent
illness Princess Won Buelow. on the &C.
casion of the reception to the women of
the diplomatic corps few days ago, re-
marked several times that she hoped that
she and her husband would soon be able
to go away. The prince laments that his
official duties allow him no time for In
duging his personal tastes. He has no
opportunity for reading. for art or for
the pleasures of unofficial social life. lie
is always in the position of having to hold
back his personal opinion of events and
individuals: he longs for retirement, and
vate life in good company and the culti-
walton of his personal tastes.
Personal Opinions of Members.
\ number of the members of the reich
stag expressed their opinions the en-
! perors pledge. Herr Matthias Erzberger,
| leader of the more liberal section of the
clerical party, giving his personal opin-
ion. said
NI,h
not give guarantees for the future; the
emperors desire is to settl enothing. If
| there had been an intention to introduce
an enactment making the ministers re-
spOnSibe TO the nation, it would have
been acceptable
Heinrich Ernst Mueller the leader of
the moderate radical faction, said:
Our point of view is that the declara
ton does not give a guarantee for the
near future that the So-called personal
| element in politics will be suppressed. The
emperor will take counsel of his chief
| adviser. namely the chancellor, in every
thing that he undertakes and says. We
have full confidence in Prince Won Buzz
low. but must, Notwithstanding that, de-
mand the enactment of law providing
for responsible ministers, because we do
not know what the present chancellor's
successors may do. Possibly our support
of the finance bill will depend upon the
introduction of a measure providing for
| the responsibility of the ministers to the
country.
Conservatives Satisfied.
Baron Camp. leader of the free con-
servatives said:
We are satisfied with the solution OF
the crisis. We had not expected and we
did not desire any other. We agree that
Prince Won Buelow should continue as
chancellor When the Official Gazette
| mentions constitutional responsibility it
| does not mean that change in the con-
stitution will occur, but that the emperor
| will not cause the chancellor difficulty by
| taking the entire responsibility for all
government proceedings.
What has been gained in the last few
days is that the emperor in the future will
| not discuss politics so freely with persons
| who. while declaring friendship for Ger
| many, really only do us harm, because
they interpret the emperor's view and in
| tentons in their own way.
Herr Neumann. leader of the radical
| faction. said
The imperial declaration shows plainly
| d disapproval of parliament and a certain
disdain for the reichstag. The chancel-
| lor has not felt bound, to repeat the
scanty explanation with reference to con-
stitutional responsibility before the house
| itself. Apart from the fact that the empty
promises in the declaration do not
| satisfy us. the reichstaS, if it does not
wish to lose Sef-reSpect, must neither
accept the imperial criticism relative to
exaggerations nor the gross neglect which
| it suffered. With the solution of the
| crisis | personally am disconnected for
| two reasons-first, because ! am entirely
| diSSa tiSfied with Prince Won BueloW'S
method of government and the way he
allows himself to be governed, and. sec
| ond because, in my opinion, nothing has
| been changed at all; everything remains
! as it was before, and parliament in the
| future will have little influence with
| the present chancellor. or new chancel-
| lOr, as before.
Want Won Buelow to Stay.
Herr Bassermann, leader of the national
| liberals, said:
We regard the solution of the crisis
| favorably. We did not wish Prince Won
Buelow to leave his Office in consequence
of the great error of the foreign office.
which we regretted. We certainly desire
that parliament shall have stronger in
| huence in the affairs of the government.
Is this solution not parliamentary vic
tory over the mOnarch'S personal policy?
The whole parliament. excepting the
cialsts desired Prince Won Bueow to re-
main as chancellor. If he had left this
office it would have been a defeat for us.
Parliament has had its way
IF the emperor finds that parliamentary
criticism has been exaggerated. he must
refer only to certain portions of the criti-
cism, which went too far altogether. The
| emperor recognized the reichstag's de-
mand. and he has given his bounded
promise to restrain himself.
Count Won kanitz, the leader of the con-
ServativeS, said:
| I'VE do not wish the retirement of
! Chancellor Won Buelow ANY other soIu-
| ton of the crisis would have been unsat-
! isfactory to us The whole parliament
| should be pleased that Chancellor Won