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Show T0J1CATE Immediate Following of Em- . x peror Exerting Pressure on Him to Save Situation. CALLS FAMILY COUNCIL Chancellor and Ministers Presents Pres-ents Meeting General Opinion Against Ruler. ROME, via Paris, April 24. Tho Corriere d'ltalia, the clerical organ, declares de-clares that it is able to confirm reports, re-ports, published In the Spanish newspapers, news-papers, that the immediate following of the German emperor is exerting pressure on him to abdicate. The paper pa-per says that at a recent meeting of the Hohenzollern family, one member, bolder than tho rest, intimated that the emperor might save the situation by following the example of Emperor Nicholas. The German monarch is reported to have turned pale and, after observing that the general opinion was against him, left the room muttering: "We shah see." The same evening he summoned another an-other family council. The chancellor and some of the ministers were present, pres-ent, but whatever passed remains unknown. un-known. Little importance is attached to this story in Italian political circles. In theso quarters It is thought that the story has a German origin and is put out "with thd Intention of influencing opinion. oo |