THE MAN IN A HURRY

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1908, Page 7

THE MAN IN A HURRY

— — • ) KAISER'S UNWISE TALK. BULOW RESIGNS. A SEMI-OFFICIAL EXPLANATION. By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright. BEELIN. Ist November.

Prince Bulow yesterday resigned the Chancellorship, but it has since been stated officially that he will remain in office. Tho Norddeutsche Allgemaine Zeitung semi-officially explains that the Emperor received from a private English- j man the manuscript of an article in ! which a series of conversations with various English personages at different i times were embodied. The motive of the proposed publication was a desire to circulate the Emperor's utterances widely in' Britain, to serve the cause of good relations with Germany. The Kaiser sent a draft of the article to Prince Bulow, who referred the manuscript to the Foreign Office. The authorities there did not raise any objections, and the article was published. Prince Bulow, on reading it after its | publication, informed the Emperor that he had not read the draft himself, or j he would have raised objections. There- ! fore, considering himself to blame, he tendered his resignation, but the Kaiser refused to accept it. [The Norddeutscho Zeitung is a wellknown semi-official organ, largely used by the German Chancellors.] KAISER AND BULOW. A LENGTHY CONFERENCE. HOW THE PAPER PASSED THE DEPARTMENTAL HEADS. PROBABLE AUTHOR OF INTERVIEW. (Received November 2, 8.20 a.m.) BERLIN, Ist November. After the publication of the official explanation, the Kaiser motored to Prince Bulow's palace, and remained there for two and a half hours. The manuscript of the interview passed under the notice of various secretaries and heads of departments, but none realised its importance, apparently because it consisted of small flimsies in different handwriting. The Foreign Office was under the impression that the publication of the document had been decided upon, and that it merely confirmed the historical accuracy of facts. ' Probably Mr. Sidney Whitman, the writer of Prince Bulow's recent reply to the quarterly articles in tho London Standard, is the author of the interview. [Mr. Sidney Whitman/ F.R.G.S., is a well-known writer on. political subjects. Educated at King's College School (Loridon), in Germany, and at Brussels, he represented the New York Herald at Constantinople during the outbreak of the Armenian conspiracy (1896), and at Moscow during the revolution of 1905-6. He visited Edhem Pascha in the same capacity at Turkish headquarters, Elassona, m 1897, and accompanied the Turkish mission through Kurdistan, Anatolia, and Syria in 1897-8. His publications include : "Imperial Germany," "Story of Ausiria," "My Reminiscences of Prince Bismarck," "Conversations with Prince Bismarck," "Life of the Emperor Frederick," "Teuton Studies," etc. He has also contributed articles to English, German, and American newspapers and' magazines.] MOST UNPOPULAR ACTION OF THE KAISER'S REIGN. ONE PAPER DEFENDS ITji NO SUGGESTION OF TAKING SIDES. LONDON, 31st October The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says it is impossible' to blink the fact that the Kaiser's remarks constitute the most unpopular action of hie reign. The Kolnische Zeihing (a Cologne newspaper often used for semi-official announcement^ by the Imperial Government) is one of the few papers that defend the Kaiser's words. It expresses the belief that they can hardly fail to promote good relations with Britain. Tho retereuces by the Emperor to the Far East, the Zeitung remarks, contained no trace of a suggestion as to taking sides with anyone in any complications that might arise la the future. "THE YELLOW PERIL." REVIVING UNPLEASANT RIECOLiLECTIONS. SUGGESTED' ALTERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION. BERLIN, 31et October. The Frankfurter Zeitung considers the Emperor's roference to tho Pacific will revive unpleasant recollections in China and Japan regarding his 'Majesty's admonitions to Europe to safeguard its sacred possessions from the "yellow peril." Some German newspapers urge that an alteration should bo made m the Constitution so as to prevent the purely personal intervention of the Kaiser in foreign affairs, while the press generally is discussing the possibility tof the resignation of Prince Bulow, Imperial Chancellor. Prince Bernhard Henry Martin Charles von 'Bulow, Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia, has been Gorman Imperial Chancellor and Prussian President of tho Council of 'Ministers since 1900. He was born in 1849, and for a time served in the Prussian Army, later entering the diplomatic service. : He has the reputation of being a clever, far-seeing statesman. In September last it was stated in "several papers that in view of the difficulty of the problems with which the Government would have to deal, the question whether Prince Bulow would find i^te«>si b la to retain fcka , Chancellor-

ship until the time of adjournment of the Reichstag was /being openly discussed in political circles. 'It was recognised that the necessity of enacting financial reforms involving probably drastic forms of taxation must increase still further the difficulty of holding together the Governmental majority, presenting to the Chancellor perhaps the hardest problem which he lias faced since he took office. INCREASED EXCITEMENT AND IRRITATION. . ATTITUDE OF BRITISH PRESS. "UNFAIR AND UNGENTLEMANLIKE." UNCOMFORTABLE INTERPELLATIONS THREATENED. (Receivedc November 2, 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, Ist November. The official explanation, has increased the excitement and ~ irritation in Germany. The apparent purpose of the explanation is to shift the responsibility from the Kaiser, since it contains an emphatic denial that the Kaiser has been following his own initiative in politics without the knowledge of his responsible adviser. Reuter has been specially asked to add that the suggestion of the British prees, that the Kaiser undertook this political move on his own responsibility against foreign Powers, is both unfair and ungentlemanliMk ' The German press threaten uncomfortable interpellations when the Reichstag assembles on Wednesday next.