The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-14
KAISER CLIPS THE WINGS OF HIS NEW CHANCELLOR
 AND IS ABSOLUTE POWER

ity to the waiting ante-chamber nea, the Imperial audience room. In the lante-chamber Won Buelow communi- cated to the First Court Chamberlain the formal message he had received lsummoning him to the private au- dience with the Emperor. Thereupor the formal functionaries formed about the chancellor and ushered him to the
 audience chamber where he was left
 alone while the chamberlains brought | the Emperor. The first chamberlain
 stepped into the audience room and | three times with his official wand, | signalling the approach of the Kaiser.
 The folding doors at the end of the | ante-chamber slowly opened and the | Emperor, brilliant in his gold dec
 orated uniform, entered. The ruler and his fallen adviser made marked contrast as they stood together in
 the brilliantly lighted audience cham | ber- The chancellor wore a silk hat,
 a black coat and a black necktie, his
 sombre appearance standing out be- | side the brilliance of the Emperor's l uniform. Quickly the chancellor greeted his ruler and handed him the copies of the situation and his written resignation. Then he explained that having pledged himself to carry out certain financial reforms he felt un- | able to retain office after the Reich | stag had rejected the main features | of his scheme and substituted other
 measures of taxation which he re- garded as injurious to the Father land.
 The Emperor in a few words ac- cepted the resignation and both Kali
 ser and chancellor stood silent. Af- ter moment Won Buelow, choking
 with emotion, referred to the accusa- tions that had been made against him. explained, 'that I have acted con-
 trary to the Prussian traditions of de- votion to the Empire. That desert
 ed you and the country during the helped to excite public opinion
 against your Majesty at that time. All of these charges are false. I have
 been unswerving in my loyalty to Both Emperor and chancellor were so shaken with emotion that neither could speak. Finally the Emperor, calling Won Buelow by his christian ways be his friend. He then asked the ex-chancellor's advice regarding the appointment of his successor and Won Bue1ow warmly recommended TOT inquired as to what plans Won Buelow had made for the future and the ex-chancellor told him that he ex- pected to divide his yearsp between Italy, his wife's home, and Germany, where he will live as a country gem tleman on his own estate. The Elm peror then grasped Won Buelow's hand as + unwilling to prolong the inter view further Won Ruelow. bending. low. kissed the hand --or the Kaiser as it rested within his own and turned away as the Emperor left the room.
 The ex-chancellor was escorted without ceremony to his carriage in which he returned to his official res- idence to complete arrangements for his removal. Just before Won Buelow's carriage had rolled down Unter Den Linden, Dr. Won Bethmann Hollweg had been summoned. He entered the audience chamber through a different door than that by which Won Buelow left and the fallen chancellor did not meet his successor in the palace. The new chancellor was ushered into the Imperial presence with all the pomp and circumstance that had marked the opening of the Won Buelow inter view but he had scarcely entered when the Kaiser, bored with the ex- let us go into the garden"
 The palace possesses a narrow strip Of garden and the river Spree flows nearby. Thither the Kaiser and the by the almost omnipresent staff of chamber1ains and ushers. In the gar den they paced to and fro under the shadow of the palace walls. Across the river Spree they commanded a fine view of the thousands who were gathered near the palace and who now collected to watch the historical open air conference A stones throw away the Berlin Bourse was deserted few moments after the news was re- ceived that the Kaiser was holding an interview within view of the popu- lace, the people rushing pell mell to Hollweg, tall and thin, lowered above the Kaiser as the mis-mated pair paced up and down. The Kaiser who did most of the talking, gesticulated freely, swinging his arms about and holding his head emphatically. The statesman listened gravely and res pectfully but made little reply
 $ Here, in full view of the crowded street across the river the Kaiser of fered Bethmann-Hollweg the office of Chancellor of the German Empire and the statesman accepted.
 This informal open air procedure and the publicity of the affair-an ventions, - pleased the Kaiser Out but shocked beyond belief the old school bureaucrats who were loud in their complaints. The Emperor immediate ly issued the decree making the ap- pointment of Bethmarin-Hollweg and the new chancellor, carrying the de- cree in his pocket, drove at once to the chancellery and took possession There he met Won Buelow, who con over the seals of the office. Won Buelow also vacated the residence and Bethmann-Hollweg will take up his quarters there at once.
 After concluding the audience with his new chancellor, Emperor William drove to the official residence of the chancellor to bid goodbye to the Prin- cess Won Buelow. He spent some time with the Princess chatting about the future plans of the Von Buelows and left after assuring her of his last ing friendship This visit is looked upon as an unusual mark of favor
 The Emperor then returned to the palace to consider ministerial appoint ments and later motored to Grune- wald Park on the outskirts of the cap itol He took long walk in the park Before starting on his ramble his Ma jesty exclaimed:
 ''Well, I have done good days work" ANTI-NOISE ORDINANCE
 IN EFFECT TO-DAY.