Review of reviews and world's work . l Pretender. DonJaime has been for some years an officer inthe Russian army, but has lived most of thetime in Paris. Owing to the French law,which imposes perpetual exile upon the rec-ognized head of any family that has been onthe French throne, he will hereafter not bepermitted to live in France. The New ^^ °^ ^^^ most highly signifi-Gerniaii cant and important events in Chancellor r^ ^- i \ l • German national and roreignpolitics is the advent of a new Empire has had in its history so far butfour Chancellors,—Bismarck, Caprivi, Hoh-enlohe,
Review of reviews and world's work . l Pretender. DonJaime has been for some years an officer inthe Russian army, but has lived most of thetime in Paris. Owing to the French law,which imposes perpetual exile upon the rec-ognized head of any family that has been onthe French throne, he will hereafter not bepermitted to live in France. The New ^^ °^ ^^^ most highly signifi-Gerniaii cant and important events in Chancellor r^ ^- i \ l • German national and roreignpolitics is the advent of a new Empire has had in its history so far butfour Chancellors,—Bismarck, Caprivi, Hoh-enlohe, and Billow. The last named, in manyrespects, despite hostile criticism and dis-paragement at home and abroad, quite thematch of the man of blood and iron,stepped aside formally on July 14, andKaiser Wilhelm at once authorized the an-nouncement that his successor would be von Bethmann-HoUweg. Thisstatesman, who was the choice of Prince vonBillow, was, when chosen, Imperial Ministerof the Interior and _ . , For months it has been realized Prince Btilotv 11/^ 1 and the not onlj by Germans themselves,but by political students all overthe world who watch Berlin with particularattention, that, in the event of his failure tosecure sufficient support in the Reichstag topass the Governments long-discussed andmuch-criticised Finance Bill, Chancellor vonBillow would find himself between the hornsof a very serious dilemma. He would haveto bring about another combination of parlia-mentary groups or dissolve the Reichstag andappeal to the country. On June 24 a de-cisive vote against the governments financialscheme was recorded, and it was seen thatthe so-called l^loc, composed of the ImperialConservatives, the National Liberals, theRadicals, and the Socialists, could not longerbe relied upon to force through governmentmeasures. The Opposition, composed of theConservatives proper, the Centrists (Cleri-Tui; i-AST KioE to<;ktiii:u. cals), the Poles, and the
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