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Show I- tnkfer zHEmeHnsn I Also Directs That Courtmar- I tial Proceedings Ordered j Be Accelerated. I ' EXCITEMENT NOW OVER Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hpllweg Refuses to Resign His Office. D0NAUESCIirNGEX.t3cnnnny, Doc. i ;t. Emporor William this afternoon or- j , dored the trannfcr of tho entiro garrv ); son at Zaboxn, ALmeo, owing to -tho 1 f trouble between the soldiers and tho ' citizens there. He also directed that tho court-martial proceedings la connec- tiom with tho recent rioting bo aeeel 5 erated. 2 Tho ktiser's solution of the dlffi- culty is regarded in many quarters aa a two-edgod 6word. Whilo it removes I the danger of furtbor conflicts, the Deo- J plo and merchants of Zabern will euifer j' n sovcro financial blow by the removal I of an important sourco ot revenue ; later the emporor decided that tho ; Zabern garrison should go to camp ! j temporarily on tho army maneuver : grounds at Uagonau, but that tho troops i.j might ultimately return to Zabern if i'j its inhabitants displayed a proper tem- ; I per after tho expected tranafor to an- ' j other regiment ot Lieutenant Uaron von Forstner, the cause of tho trouble, and ! - tho retirement from activo service of j , Colonel Itautor. r The consultation between the cmpor- I or, the imperial chancellor, tho governor I genernl or Alfncc-Lorrnine and the gen- i ernl in command lasted only nbout an I hour. The emperor left shortly after l for Stuttgart and spectators at tho ruil- way station noted that ho was in thor- 1 j oughlv good humor and .apparently un . J troublcu by the situation, f Dr. Von Bcthmanu Jlollweg nnd tho I others did not accompany his majcBty j j to tho station. Tho imperial chancellor J ! will return to Berlin, but will not make j anothur appearance in tho imperial par- j i liamcnt before Tucsdaj'. |