PRINCE BULOW'S FALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 143, 18 June 1910, Page 16

PRINCE BULOW'S FALL.

A GERMAN STORY. Under the short title of "Der Deutsche Machttiaber," 'the ■well-known political writer and ex-GoTcrnment official, Herr Martin, baa (says' the "Telegraph's" 'Berlin correspondent on May 4) published a study o£ the leading personality of contemporary Germany which Trill certainly lead to much angry discussion. The book throws a new light on recent events, supported by a free use of names and references to documentary evidence, and It is remarkable for a fierce attack on Prince Bulow, whose fall Herr .Martin traces to 'the famous "Dally Telegraph" interview. ' Herr Martin accuses the ex-Chancel-lor of betraying ihis Imperial master and of deceiving the Keichstag and the nation by allowing it to be believed that the interview was the Emperor's own act. The interview never took place, but 'the Kaiser repeatedly wTote to Prince Bulow from Highcliffe Castle, giving him particulars of his table-talk with various friends there. These utterances were put together at the Foreign Office, with the full approval of Prince Bulow, in .the form of an interview which reached "The Daily Telegraph." through the agency of a .well-known 'English journalist. .Articles containing substantially the same information appeared shortly afterwards in the "Strand (Magazine" and the "Deutsche Revae," and the whole was A CONCERTED PLAN TO INFLUENCE BRITISH OPINION IN FAVOUR OF GERMANY and against France. WJien, unexpectedly, ■the explosion came, declares Herr Martin, Prince 'Bulow threw the responsibility upon 'the 'Emperor, wlio never Xorgave til-iyi. The point which roused most indignation in Germany was that the Emperor had apparently betrayed a Russian proposal to Intervene in the Boer war to the English Royal Family. Baron yon Eckhardsteln, then ChT.rge d'Affaires in London, now declares that he informed Lord Salisbury of the Russian proposal to intervene by Prince Bulow's order. The nook also declares that the Emperor never wrote THE CELEBRATED LETTER TO QUEEN VICTtmiA containing a strategical plan for the overthrow of -the Boers. During his visit to Windsor in November, ISS9, the Emperor, in the presence of Prince Bulow and Baron yon Eckhardstein, discussed with his British relatives the strategy to be employed in South Africa. For the purposes of the interview it was thought best to make it look as if the Emperor iad spontaneously intervened in both cases, and those in the secret are indignant at Prince Bulow's deserting the Emperor, and especially at his leaving the nation under the, impression that the Emperor interfered irregularly in public nftairs, and .that he formed a league to compass Prince Bulow's downfall, because the Emperor had d-ecided that Prince Bulow's dismissal must come from the Reichstag. The truth about the interview was secretly communicated to the leaders o-f the Centre, Herr Martin being present at the meeting. Later, during crisis over the financial reform negotiations, the truth was communicated to tho Conservatives, and Herr Martin dates tho decision of the two parties to drive the Chancellor from office at ail cests from tills time. When Prince 'Bulow went to Kiel to ask the Emperor for the dissolution of the •Relchsta.s, thinking that all was well between . His Majesty and himself, ho was astonaded. to meet with α-bluut refusal, and an intimation that his resignation would be preferable. The book contains a remarkabJe account of a former interview between the Emperor and Pxlnco Bulow, in which His Majesty taxed, the Chancellor with betraying him over tiho Interview, Prince Bulow denying the charge -with tears In Ms eyes.—Renter. • [Tie statements eontsirred in Herr Martin's article with reference to tne origin or "The Daily Telegraph" interview with the Emperor are entirely, without foundation.]