Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-19
BERLIN STIRRED Up
Kaiser Postpones Trip, Then
Changes His Mind.
WAR TALK IS EXCITED
Carrying Out of Original Plan al
lays Misgivings.
WILL MEET TWO MONARCHS
Decision to Delay Departure Is
Ascribed to Churchill's Speech
in House of Commons.


was made this morning that Emperor
William had postponed his departure for
vienna, Venice and Corfr, which was
scheduled for March % This was fol-
lowed in the afternoon by the announce
ment that the trip would not be post
poned. The reason officially assigned
Tor the postponement was difficulties
IN the sphere of internal politics. .
rms explanation was so indefinite
that it might refer either to the coal strike
or as is more probable, to the conflict
now going on in connection with the
provision of finances to cover the in
creases in the army and navy recently
decided upon and which caused the resig-
nation of Adolf Wermuth, formerly sec
retary of the imperial treasury.
Winston Churchill's Speech.
There was strong disposition here, how
ever, TO connect the emperors action with
the speech delivered Yesterday by Win
ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, in the British house of COM
mons. Ihls view was strengthened by the
1act that the emperor in the course of the
morning paid long visit to Admiral AL
bert +. Won Tirpftz secretary of the i'm
perlal navy, Immediately after which
leading officers Of the admiralty staff as
sembled in conference:
Trip Not to Be Postponed.
M1sg1vings aroused by the announcement
Oh the change in the emperor's plans were
quickly allayed this afternoon nv an.
other notification issued by the Office of
the court marshal, which now states that
the old arrangements for the emperor's q
departure Friday will be carried out.
The emperor, after visiting Admira,
Won Tirpitz with the ostensible object ,f
Offering him congratulations on his birth
DAY anniversary. which occurs today, con-
ferred with DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollwee.
the imperial chancellor, for three-quarters
of an hour
Inc German empress leaves for Bad
Nauheim Apr1 Q. to undergo an eight
week cure.
The reason impelling the emperor to
cnanse the plans of his foreign trip would
have to be important as 1t would involve
the embarrassment of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria and King Victor Em-
manuel Of Italy, whose arrangements for
the meeting have all been made
Highly Inopportune Speech.
Public opinion Of the speech Of Win
ston Spencer Churchill has not vet crvs-
tallized, but his references to GERMANY
are regarded in many quarters as highly
inopportune in view of the attempts be-
ing made to reach an understanding be-
tween the two countries The nepotia.
tons which followed on the trip to Ber-
lin OF Viscount Haldane, British secre-
tary of state for war; are being contin-
ued, but any big hopes Of their success
which may have been entertained are
gradually failing. The negotiators
would now be satisfied, in all probability
If they could achieve no more than a
simple removal of the sources of misun-
derstandlng which have hitherto ex-
listed
regarding Mr.. Churchilrs speech as tn a
certain extent unfriendly to Germany. and
the announced postponement of the
kaiser's trip giving birth to many rumors
In regard to the internal and foreign sit
uation. Government stocks were gener-
ally lower.
Replies Sharply to Churchill.
COLOGNE, Germany, March 19.-In re-
plying to the speech made yesterday by
Winston Spencer Churchill. first lord of
the admiralty, in the British house of
commons. the Cologne Gazette adopts an
unusually sharp tone. 1t says, in SUBJ
stance, that Great Britain must decide
from the standpoint of her own interests
what increase of her fleet is necessary.
and that Germany must do the same
thing. 1t continues:
Germany will hardly ever have a navy
equal to that of Great Britain, but if
Germany's navy is to be destroyed the
victory must cost the enemy SO heavily
that England will hardly have any re-
sources left to defend its great interna-
tional interests