The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
STORIES or GERMANY's
NEW CHANCELLOR
From Pearson,s Weekly.

NEW CHANCELLOR
From Pearson's Weekly.
The kaiser has dropped his fourth
pilot. q new one has been taken
on board the German ship of state.
Ever since Punchs famous cartoon,
Dropping the Pilot" it mas been our
hab to speak Of the German imperial
chancellor OF the moment as q pilot"
The cartoon, which was published at
the time of Bismarck's dismissal from
the chancellorship. showed Bismarck.
dressed as a pilot, leaving the ship,
while the youthful kaiser leaned on the
bulwarks with an air of jaunty in
science.
Bismarck had tried his hardest to
bridge over the difficulty, but In vain.
Then I am in your majesty's way?" he
said at last.
Yes was h reply; and Bismarck
went. Afterward the fallen chancellor
said to a confidant: This young man
win be his own chancellor"
/. DR.. Theobald Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, the man on whom he kaiser's
choice has fallen, has had little or no
macy, and this is taken by the Ger
mans to mean that Bisraarck's prophe-
cy is coming true. The new chancellor.
they say, will be left to look after the
the emperor will himself direct the for
eign policy of Germany.
Those who know DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg well are shaking their heads
over this idea. He is far too strong
minded and far too conscientious, they
think, to allow anybody, even the kali
ser, to dictate what he shall and what
he shall not do If the kaiser's ideas do
not happen to be the same as his.
Defied the Authorities.
Illustrating this, there is a story told
Of how he defied the Prussian authors
ffaS while ha waS 1an6rat of Cher.
barnim. A parliamentary election was
taking place. and the government, as
was usual, sent a message to the Ian
drat to the effect that they would take
fuence to get the government candi-
date elected. The request was, Of
course, put in a more vague and tent
alive way, but there was nothing Of
hesitation or about the re-
ply:
Hollweg declared positively. Il am an
administrative official; not an cleo
pioneering agent"
h sort Of independence does not,
unfortunately, always commend itself
ito a mans superiors, but the new
i~chancellor has had the powerful in
fluence Of the kaiser in the background
of his career ever since he left college,
and his independence brought him to
no harm.
His friendship with his majesty COM
menced many years g at Bonn, the
celebrated university town on the
Rhine, where the kaiser, then Prince
William, was sent to study.
Their real intimacy springs from
their membership of the famous Borus-
sia student corps of the university, and
has always been maintained. The
kaiser has a reputation for looking
after his friends, and nan Of the
young men who were his college COM
rades have since risen to high rank
In the state.
It was scarcely surprising, then. that
q new chancellor having to be chosen
from some half dozen candidates, the
kaiser's choice should have fallen on
! his old college "chum."
question:: How will the change eff
feet the relations between Germany
and England2 The many Englishmen
who have received the new chancel-
have brought away very pleasant rec
objections Of their host. He has visited
England and he speaks English very
well. and when Mr.. Lloyd George was
Honweg was his guide, philosopher and
friend. He not only gave a lunch in
homer Of the British statesman, but he
also placed his services and the
machinery Of his department at our
chancellor's disposal.
Most Of the English papers and many
Of the German have had to admit that
they know practically nothing about
his attitude toward England, but 8
very we'll known general, who takes q
keen interest in Germany and things
German, tells us that nothing but good
"a come Of the change in chancellors
Presented to Queen Victoria.
It IS quite a mistake to suppose Che
says) that Prince von Buelow was IL
any way antagonistic to this country;
but his opinion of Or. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, given with the most positive
certainty, is that he is net only well
disposed toward England, but mos,
friendly.
It is interesting to remember that
one of the new chancellors' relatives
was at Bonn university with the future
prince c%onsOrt, and when Queen Vic
toria visited the scenes Of her hus-
bands student life, Herr Won Beth
mann-Hollweg nj a few others were
presented to her. IT felt" the queer
said afterward, "as though / knew
them all, from Albert having told mt
50 much about them"
The new chancellor's name looks like
being as great a trial to journalists q.
was the late Sir Henry Campbell.
Bannerman's. Already 1t has been cu'
down to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, By
the way, 'BateNan."
A Broad Discrimination.
From the Success Magazine.
There is an elder OF a certain church
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