The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
KAISER BOWS T0GERMAN WILL
 @---- Yields to Demands of
 People. MEETS WITH HIS CHANCELLOR VIII Conform to Constitutional Government. Astonished When Informed Piainiy by Won Bueiow of Ansry Tide Against Him-Premisr
 .win Not Resign.
 
MEETS WITH HIS CHANCELLOR

tide of popular feeling that swept the Empire from end to end, Emperor Wtl- liam today yielded to the nation and promised henceforth to conform 10 constitutionaI 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 on Oct. 2S. As the outcome of this. the whole country waa aroused; the Heichstag endorsed the attitude of many of It's prom inent members when they de- nounced the sovereign, and Chancellor von Huelow while ne attempted to smooth away the affair. undertook to communicates to his majesty straight forward and uuVafnishsd statement of how the German people viewed his in- tefvention in affairs Of State.
 Tho interview between the Emperor and the Imperial Chancellor took place at the new palaca in Potsdam this morning. and at. it's conclusion the Elm peror made forIhai promise to his peo- pie that in the future he would not aos except through the Chancellor and his associate ministers.
 This promise was made public in the Retchsgan Zeitung, the official ga- zette of the Empire. It was In the form of note as follows:
 During stoday's audience granted to the Imperial Chancel E ; His Ma jesty,l the Emperor and &. aistened for several hours to a ret ft bSa Prince won Buelow. The Imper HChanceitor described the feeling ana It's causes among the German people in conraec- ton with the article published in. The Daily Telegraph. He also explained the petition he had taken during the coursa of the debates and tnterpeiia- tions on this subject in the hetchstaE.
 Words of Wtslaarg.
 sT1iB Majesty, the Emperor. received th8 statements and explanations with great earnestness, and then expressed
 .Heediesg of the exaggerations of public criticism. wl1icA are regarded by him as incorrect His AaajaEty perceives thef his princia Imperial task is to lnsaFs the stability Pr the policies of of constitutioraI responsibilities. h conformity therewith, His Majesty, the Emperor, approves the ChahceIlor's ut- terances In the Reiohstag and assures Prince von Buelow of his continued Gaahdsnces CT Rs
 sprines von BueIow had deterFnined upon handing in iIls resignation if the EmperoF had not met the country's demands, But as such situation did not arise. the audience ended with the Emperor saying to the imperial Chan eellor that he reposes full confidence in his wisdom"
 Within half an hour after the Chan ceilor's return to Berlin, bulletins is- sued by the evening newspapers re- porting favorable issue of the meet ing between the Emperor and Prince won Buelow were eagerly snatehed by an anxious public, who in the first mo- rnent of joyfnt pulse scarcely conceived the inportauce of the announcement sN-a a. certain now In the minds of the Ger man people that a great step has been taken toward freer government.
 So marked has been the change in the last few days of the Germans to- ward their sovereign, that crowd of some 1,So0 that had gathered at the church this afternoon to attend the funeral of the late General Count HueISen- -Haeseler st which the Elm peror and Empress were present, being unaware Of the result of the audience greeted their majesties almost in sl- lence. Only a few hats were removed and there were no cheers when the Emperor and Empress returned to their automobile and started back for Pots- dam.
 Interpreted by the events leading up to 1t, the least this declaration of the Emperor can mean Is that his majesty promises to limit his freedom of speech and observe carefully the constitution al sorms In taking no initiative with out the advice and consent of the Pre- mier This narrower interpretation Is strictly a bureaucratic view. A wider view. as voiced by the Liberal press. is that Germany enters upon a new era of government responsible to the peo- pie, with the crown and nation acting together.
 Emperor and chanseIEor,
 
 audience and the Emperor displayed a marked degree of condescension. Un- Questionably he had been greatly moved by the occurrences of recent days.
 general position was contained In the manifesto of the conservative party whIcR represents the most loyal sec tion q the German people, issued on November, 6. This declaration ex- pressed seEious concern that not in frequently Sthe utterancss of his ma 10sty bring Your foreign politics into q dificuit situation" and addetd, 'in or. der that thh Emperor's reput Etion may be preserve11 from criticism and dis- cuzsfon andI the German empire and people from complications and harm. we express fhe reverential wish that greater resefSe be displayed in future in making such uttsrances.@
 Prince VoD BueloW bore authority hs said, of the rulers of Bavaria Wur. tsn1burg. sa#ony and Baden. to com mnnicate to sts majesty their collect i've hope that$hs would be more reti- cent in the eAlture. The Chancellor submitted aus iFizafion from the whole Prusslan Cabinet to express their agreement wttla him as minister pres ident in hts eouncil. He reported also that members oSAthe Reiohstag without distinction of D. Ety have since thafr dtseuhHion in til #Ihamber received an immense quanGe of correspondence from their leakdN supporters in the provinces in aihtN wal of tre Parlia. ment's positioy A
 The EmpersEatI anently interrupt ed Prince Vom of&A4W with questions supp1ementinas as formation he had received fronacenI sources by the ChaneeIlor's ort
 His majoa urprissd even as-