Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-18
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speech and observe carefully the con-
| stitutional forms in taking the initia-
tive without the advice and consent of
his ministers. This narrower interpre-
| tation is strictly a bureaucra tical view.
A wider view as voiced by the Liberal
press is that Germany enters upon a
new area of government responsible to
the people, with the Crown and the ma
ton acting together.
The imperial promise may be better
understood through Prince Won Bue-
| lows representations to the Emperor
as they have been supplied to The As
! sociated Press by one of the chancel-
| lor's associates. The chancellor has
| caused an intimatiOn to be given to
| Emperor William that it would be
| wiser if he returned to the capital and
| granted an audience to the chaEc ellOr
at Potsdam rather than aboard a bat
| tleship at Kiel, which, in the sensitive
state of public feeling might be mis-
construed. and that, as rGost import
ant results might follow. the capital
was the most suitable place. The En-
reror appointed the new palace at
Potsdam for the meeting.
| 1t is now learned that apart from
this notification the chancellor had
received no word from the Emperor
since Nov. {, the day on which the
| latter arrived at Donaueschingen from
Austria. Rumors had reached the pub
| lie of the existence in the Emperor's
suite of a group unfavorable to Prince
| Won Buelow, who were seeking to in
| f1uence the Emperor against yielding
| to what they regarded as AN infrng-
| ment upon the prerogative. of the
crown. The chancellor did not know
| until he met the Emperor what His
| Majesty's attitude might be. He found.
however, that the Emperor's mood was
governed by the cordial regard that
had existed for 10 years between His
| Majesty and himself.
Mutual good will prevailed at the
audience and the Emperor displayed
a marked degree of condescension and
| unquestionably had been greatly NOV
| ed by the occurrence of recent days.
| TIE chancellor declared that his gen.
| erdl position was contained in the man
| ifesto of the Conservative party which
represents the most Loyal section of
| the German people, issued OH Novem-
| ber s. His declaration expressed seri-
| Gus concern that not intreQuently
| the utterance of His Majesty brings our
| foreign politics into q difficult situa
| tion," and added: In order that the
Emperor's reputation may be preserv
| ed from criticism and discussion and
| the German empire and people from
| complications and harm we express
| the reverential wish that greater re-
| serve be displayed in future in max
| ing such uttcrances."
Prince Won Buelow bore. he said,
! the mandate of the rulers of Bavaria,
| Wuerttenberg. Saxonia 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 reticent
| in the future. The chancellor submit
| ted authorization from the whole Pr1ls-
| sian cabinet to express their agree
| nient with him as minister president
| i'll his council. He represented also,
| that members of the Reichstag. withou;
| distinction of party have, since their
| discussion in the Chamber. received
an immense amount of correspondence
from their leading supporters in the
provinces in approval of the Parlia-
ment's position and resolutions from
numerous organizations in their con-
( stituencies cOuched in similar terms
The feeling of the country. he said,
appeared well-nigh unanimous.
| The Emperor frequently interrupted
Prince Won BuelOw with questions,
supplementing the information he had
received from other sources by the
chancellor's replies. His Majesty was
surprised. even astonished, by the as
semblage Of facts indicating the as
| plratlOns and demands of the people
The chancellor alluded to the convic-
ton long held by the advisors of the
| Crown and steadily growing among
| the people, that the Sovereign ought
invariably to rule through his chief
councillors, who could be held respon-
sible in a different manner from the
Emperor, and that independent ac-
| ton should end
| The Emperor accepted Prince Won
Buelow's view fully and agreed to the
publication of assurances to this eff
feet. The chancellor did not ask that
the Emperor should issue a decree, or
any formally signed statement, but
desired him to approve the text of the
Relchsanzeiger note, which the EN-
peror did.
With the exception of the Tageblatt,
which closely confines it's remarks few
of the evening papers in Berlin COM
ment upon the audience and its re-
suit. The National Zeitung. however,
proclaims the event a new era of rep
resentative institutions 1t says:
May this fresh epoch of German
imperial history, whose natal days are
Nov. 10 and Nov. II, continue to pro-
gress quietly and perfectly without
upheavais."
The Freisinnigen Zeitung says:
Chancellor Won Buelow has fulfilled
only one part of the task which the
nation demanded from him. Full and
lasting satisfaction will reign only
when the monarch and government
pursue seriously the carrying out and
realization of the constitutional idea.
We shall be able to see from the next
steps the chancellor takes whether the