THE GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7204, 30 October 1894, Page 3

THE GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

COUNT YON CAPEIVI'S EESIGMTION.

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(Received Ootober 30, 11 a m.)

Bbbljn, Ootober 29,

Prince Hohenlohe has decided to re-unite the offices of Imperial Chanoellor and Premier of Prussia, as was done in Prince Bismarck's timo. Herr Koeller takes the portfolio of Minister of the Interior in succession to GeunS yon Eulenberg.

After the interview on Tuesday between the Emperor and Count yon Caprivi, the latter inspired an artiole in the Cologne Gazette, making a vigorous onslaught on Count yon Eulenberg. The artiole described Count yon Eulenberg'e defeat, and asserted that the Empe>or and Count yon Caprivi were in perfect aooord. Count yon Eulenbtrg, who had already deoided to retire from the Government, oomplained to the Emperor of the offensive attack, and the latter demanded that Count yon Oaprivi should at once disavow all responsibility fox the artiole or withdraw it. This Count yon Caprivi refused to do, and immediately sent in his resignation.

The European newspapers, in commenting on the situation, express great regard for Count yon Oaprivi, and manifest keen regret at his retirement.

[The Prince oi: Hohenlohe-Sohitlingefurst is tho second son of Francis Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingefurst (of the line of Waldenbnrg). He was bora ia 1819. In 1845, on the death of bis brother, he succeeded to the old family feat of Sohillingsfnrat, and, forsaking the Prussian strvioo, took up hie permanent residence in Bavaria. Thus, at twenty-seven years of age, he became an hereditary member of the Bavarian Parliament. The Ministry, meanwhile, in Frankfort, sent him as Ambassador to Athens, Florence, and Borne. In 1849 he returned to Frankfort. Hating married the Prinoeas of Sayn-Witgenstein, he retired for some ten years into private life, paying frequent visits to England, France, and Italy. In 1860 the prince again entered npon Parliamentary life, and favored throughout an allianoe with Prumt. Towards the end of 1866 the youthful Ring requested him to prepare and. lay before him a programme of the principles which were to serve eventually aa a Ministerial polioy. Prinoe Hohenlohe fulfilled his commission to the satisfaction of the King, and on January Ist, 1867, succeeded Pforden as Bavarian Minister. The whole of Germany at last adopted the Hohenlohe programme. In 1868 and 1869, the Prince was elected Vice-President of the Customs Parliament of the German Federation. Upon the suooeseful termination of the war in 1871 he waa elected member of the first German Parliament, and in recognition of his patriotism, immediately became VicePresident thereof. In May, 1874, after the deplorable exit of Count Arnim, he was chosen German Ambassador in Paris. After the death of Marshall Manteuffal, he was appointed Governor of Alsaoe-Lorraine.]