Show YON ION BUELOW IN DEADLY FAINT Chancellor Chan ellor of the German Germa Empire Collapses During a Session of Reichstag g 1 CARRIED TO SITTING ROOM BREAKDOWN ATTRIBUTED TO OVERWORK Berlin April 5 p m Chancel Chancellor lor br Von Buelow while hUe attending the debate in the t le reichstag today toay to aj fainted and was carried d to toa a committee room by some members m of the house 4 The chancellor made a speech on the subject su of Morocco cco and was listening to the answer an of Herr H rr Bebel the tl so socialist so leader when he was w staken taken n ill l i bending over ov r several times on on his his left side Herr Carl Bachem in a member m thu bar barof of the center party parti supported the chancellor and the vice president of if f the house Dr Count Von Yon Stolberg Wernigerode Verni erode called out Is Dr Mug 1 dan here Deep De p Silence Prevailed The Th vice president then adjourned the sitting for a quarter q arter of an hour lioux during which deep silence prevailed throughout the house Doctors Mug dan and Breaker Brecker had in the gone to the assistance as istance of the tle chancel hancel chancellor chancellor lor br who appeared app ared to be conversing with them and with the members who carried him from the chamber to the sitting room of or the th president of the house and placed him in an easy chair and he began beg n to show signs of ret return returning returning ing consciousness Professor Rudolph head of the hospital Ital reached the room some nome time later and aud after atter examining the chancellor said that he was suffering from a severe fainting spell the result of influenza and that there were no Indications of ot paralysis which was wa at first feared Wife Summoned Professor Renver was assisted by Doctors and Becker who are members of the reichstag They cleared the sitting room of the cabi caI cabinet cabinet net ministers and others and trans transferred transferred the chancellor from the easy chair to a lounge only Princess Von Buelow who had joined her husband remaining r with him Simple stimulants were used and an the chancellor soon was able to speak and move his limbs The news spread rap r rapIdly p idly among the members of the reich stag tag s and the sitting was resumed A few f ew minutes after Von Buelow fainted telephone t messages were sent to the Princess Von Buelow and to the em emperor emperor p eror The princess reached her hus band b and as soon as Professor Kaiser Quickly Called The emperor was vas at t luncheon lu heon when the he t nes news was vas conveyed to him and he immediately i arose recalled all his en engagements engagements for the afternoon and or 01 ordered ordered dered a carriage to go to the reich reichstag reichstag stag tag s Vice TIce Chancellor Wehner had previously hurried to the palace and related the circumstances to the emperor and went with him to the reichstag reich tag Emperor William came to the door later ater l but was not permitted to enter enterS as S the chancellor chancel or was sleeping The he empress also called at the reich reichstag stag to inquire about the chancellors health Prince Von Bulow spoke for about half an an hour on the Moroccan question at the opening of f the in his usual animated style st le But It was wa w s observed that his face was very ve red and that he seemed to have difficulty in hi drawing his breath Had Been Taking Medicine Me It appears appears that during a dinner which he gave g ve to a small party of f friends at his residence e April 3 the chancellor took medicine twice ex cx explaining ing that he was suffering from front a no severe cold He also took a wine glass of ot medicine while in the smoking room instead iris t ad of liquors The chancellor r was was In high spirits yesterday but sent word vord to Ambassador Tower that he ne regretted gre ed being unable to dine Line at the American merican embassy that evening as ashe he was vas ilL Throughout the evening the i chancellor sat in an arm chair going through various official papers and he went to the reichstag today against the suggestions of his colleagues of the foreign office Von Yon breakdown was un und d due to overwork during the Moroccan conference Owing to the t e difference in time the dispatches cov coy covering I ering each days proceedings s arrived late and the chancellor often had to togo togo togo go to the palace at a late hour He had been working from 8 In the morn morning mornIng ing 1 1 to midnight for three months past When the session of the reichstag was 1 resumed Herr Bebel instead of ing his speech ended his remarks abruptly Various members then expressed their regret re et at the chancellors illness Business was continued because it was thought that an adjournment of the house would alarm the public But the voices of the speakers kers who followed Herr Be bel bet were pitched pl ch d in a low lov tone as though thou h they thought they might t disturb the sleeping chancellor as word was passed around from time to time that he still slept Toward 4 I Von Buelow awoke was supported to his carriage and was driven home Professor at 5 p pm jn issued the following bulletin His highness Prince Von Buelow Buelo suf ered from a n fainting tainting fit tit from which he has now recovered Von Speech In the rt today previous to hi his collapse Von Buelow said that he wished 1 to t o make a limited expression of or the gov gor governments Moroccan policy He weighed his h is words because the conference had not formally f completed its work and because the question had not been discussed by other ther o parliaments Besides he did not wish to risk disturbing the agreement arrived at after so long a Con inning t the chancellor said There have been weeks when the tho I minds of ot the people were disturbed by thoughts t of war Why h was this the case f fAre Are our interests In Morocco vital enough for f or us to believe that German interests were so menaced as to oblige us to con consider Consider consider sider the possibility of war No Ko The government did not consider the of war We have hae no direct po interests In Morocco co No political aspirations no to historical rights like Uke France and Spain Interests I Are Commercial But we have commercial interests that have a future We Ve were vere a partner in the international i convention which held all of the powers were entitled to the th most favored nation rights It was a question of the dignity and an l prestige of the Ger German German German man empire and we could not give way It t was not our intention to gain a foot ing in Morocco This would have weak weakened weakened ened instead of strengthened strength nc our position tion lion We Ye did not want to oppose the old historical and political rights of ot France and Spain so long as the interests of German trade were respected We Ve did not want to irritate England because she had drawn dran closer to France We le wanted to give significance to the th fact tact that Ger Germany Germar mary many mar was not Ilot a t negligible quantity and that the text and basis of the Interest treaty could ld not be te changed c without the consent of the signatory powers and that the door for free foreign competition must be kept open in Important territories near two of the worlds trade routes Result Iw Satisfactory I An hAn international conference was we wt thought the best means to attain peace ruBy fully these aims So great was our Gur con in our firm basis of right that we entered into IntI the conference en e knowin That hat three great powers were tied tie to France by special l agreements agre ment and that thata a fourth was her ally We had to press our desires against the majority of tile tue great powers and I desire to acknowledge the firmness and tenacity t with which the German delegates held to our just de demands mands France has been as s conciliatory as Germany G In striving to find a n tion of the tle police question and in fu ture turc we can ca now go 0 forward justly as th result of the conference is Js as satis factory to Germany as to France and oil civilized ed lands and Professor has advised Chan lor VOn V n to take a months month rest r t Parliament adjourned today until April 22 |