People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1894 — CAPRIVI’S FALL. [ARTICLE]

CAPRIVI’S FALL.

Resignation of the German Chancellor Accepted. Prince Hohenlohe la Chosen to Succeed Him and Is Also Selected as Premier of Prussia—Explanation of the Situation. Berlin, Oct. 29.—The report that Chancellor von Caprivi has handed his resignation to the emperor is confirmed. Count Zu Eulenburg, president of the ministerial council, has also resigned. Dr. Miquel, Prussian finance minister, has been appointed president of the council. Berlin, Oct. 80. —Prince Hohenlohe ▼on Schillingfuerst, who was called by Emperor William to succeed Caprivi as chancellor, at first declined, but at 9 o’clock Saturday evening it was announced that he had accepted the position. He will fill also the ofiice of Prussian premier, made vacant by Eulenberg’s retirement. The emperor’s choice of Hohenlohe for chancellor is taken as evidence that his majesty does not intend to adopt the extreme view of the measures required to arrest the spread of socialism. Hohenlohe. although 73 ■years old, is very active physically and mentally. Divided on Socialist Repression. Ex-Chancellor Caprivi in an interview says the leading question upon which he found it impossible to recon-

cile his own views with those of the emperor and Count Botho Zu Eulenburg was the anti-revolutionary measure. The second bone of contention between the same parties, he added, was the proposed treatment of the Polish question. "The Fatal Newspaper Article, \ Berlin, Oct. 80.—The article which annoyed the emperor more than all others in the Caprivi-Eulenburg press feud was published by the Koelniscne Zeitung to remove the impression produced by the emperor’s reception of the East Prussian agrarians. This article said: “Chancellor von Caprivi won a complete victory over Count Botho Zu Eulenburg, and as the emperor stood behind Caprivi nothing is left for Eulenburg but aoumetire ou demettre.” Eulenburg, who had already decided to resign, regarded this as an offensive notice to quit, and showed it the emperor. Disavowal Demanded and Refused. The emperor sent Herr von Lucanus, chief of the civil cabinet, to ask Count von Caprivi whether he had inspired the article in the Gazette. Count von 'Caprivi replied in the negative, but ■expressed his sympathy with that paper’s views. The emperor then 'summoned Count von Caprivi and demanded a public disavowal of the 'article. Count von Caprivi repeated that he had not inspired the ■article and would not publish a disclaimer, because he agreed with its views. He now had no alternative but to resign, which he did. It is now known as a fact that the emperor tried to reconcile the personal differences between the two men, but failed. Says Caprivi’s Polley Will Continue. In summoning the federal envoys to another conference the emperor said that Caprivi’s policy would be continued. This statement is taken with a grain of salt, as the emperor made a ■similar statement immediately after fall. The envoys expressed their satisfaction with the choice of Prince Hohenlohe. The South Germans were especially complimentary to the new chancellor who, they said, enjoyed the full confidence of their governments.