The Detroit times., 1909-02-27
Won bUEL0W
IS To RETIRE AS
CHANCELLOR
KAISER is ANGRY WITH HIM
COUNT Won WEDEl, vICEROY
OF ALSACE.LORRAlN FAv-
oRED FOR PLACE.

BERLIN. Feb. 26-Prince Bulow.
a desperate fight TOR his political life.
lie Is opposed by q stubborn majority
in Parliament and by personal animos-
ity at court. The chancellor may re-
liGbly be said TO be convinced that his
days are numbered and 20 be direcl-
ing his efforts mainly TO prolonging
them.
From a person who is in position
To- Know IL is learned that Won Bulow
himself nas sci May as the probable
date OF his disappearance from the
public stage. BY tnat time he count s
upon having brought the imperial H.
nance reform scheme safely into har-
Dor, enabling him TO quit Office with
show OF flying colors.
Count Won Wedel, the yiceroy of AL
SAGE. .orraine. is the man the kaiser
lavors for Won Bulow's successor. The
empclOr is described as being bitterly
angry with vor Bulow, and is said to
speak TO him only when absolutely
necessary.
His majesty personally telegraphed
Prince Radolin, the German ambassa.
dor in Paris, this week, congratulating
him on the completion OF the Franco
German Moroccan agreement in terms
hich indicate that the kaiser gives
the chief credit for tha' achievement
to Radolin and the republics ambassa-
dor ia Berlin. NJ. Cambon. At the an
nual banquet of the agriculturalists'
union Chancellor Won Bulow spoke
OF having brought about the agree
ment through his own cooperation
with NJ CambOn. Thus there is an
Obvious difference of opinion between
the chancellor and his imperial master
on the question as To where the laur-
els belong The kaiser's ostentatiou3
omission to shower congratulations
upon Won Bulow is significant of the
strained situation now existing
In the highest German governmental
quarters there are numerous indiCa-
tions that the clique which has Deen
working to convince the kaiser OF ION
Rulow's disloyalty In the November
crisis has gained the ascendancy.
OPINION throughout the country Ia,
gradually been veering around 10 the
kuIsers favor 1t has slowly dawned
upon millions of people that their an
bddled criticism OF the emperor MT
Only went too far, but was in large
measure altogether unjustitied.
book which points OUT this in
graphic fashion has just been pub
nshed from the pen of Government
Councillor Rudolf Martin. Herr Mar
tin charges Won Bulow with mislcad-
ing public opinion into believing that
the kaiser was TO blame for The Lon
don Daily Telegraphs publication
when he, the chancellor. himself was
the cuprit I'm allowing such obviously
nnammable material TO see the light
of day. The chancellor is also accused
of fomenting popular opposition to The
kaiser by organizing press campaign
depicting him In the most unfavorable
colors and representing the chanceilo:
az the savior OF the nation and the
guardian OF the constitutional mon
archy.
Herr Martin asserts that II the en-
percr had dismissed Won Bulow a'tor
the latter's amazing admission that he
had approved The Daily Telegraph ar
ticle without reading it. his majesty
would have checked the storm which
later broke out. and would have fas-
tened the odium for the entire anair
whore IL belonged-upon The unfaithful
premier.
Herr Martin makes another sensa'
tional charge against Won Bulow, TO
the effect that h. deliberately failed
10 acquaint the kaiser with the full de-
tails of Chamberlain Anglo-German
alliance proposal In 1901, which was
rejected mainly on account Of the
opposition OF the chancellor. who
feared counter-pressure from Russia.