A MEDDLESOME RULER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 234, 7 October 1904, Page 3

A MEDDLESOME RULER.

THE KAISER UPSETS A STATE ARRANGEMENT. . BERLIN, Oct. Owing to the death of Count Ernst, Regent ol Uppe-lVtinold, curious complications have been created. The Kaiser declined to recognise the assumption ol' the Regency by Coiyxt Leopold of Lippe-Riester-field, eldest son of Count Ernst, .while tfce State Government supports Leopold. THE KAISERS TELEGRAM. ANOTHER SENSATION-MAKING AFFAIR. - (Received Oct. 6, 11.30 p.m.) ( BERLIN, Oct. 6. The Government of is confident that the Federal Council will not allow the to be coerced, and has asked for the appointment of an impartial tribunal tb Settle the question of succession. The Kaiser's telegram forbidding the army to swear allegiance to Count Leopold has caused a flftribn throughout Germany. _ The Berliner Tagebdatt says the Kaiser's "decrees require the Clvanr cellor'e signature. Count von Bulow either disapproves of the UAxygrattt or was not consulted, and he ought in either case -to resign. Lippe is a principality under Prince Karl Alexander, who suceeeded in March, 18U5, and < since 1898 has been governed by a Regent, l Cpunt Ernst, now dead, 'lhe State has ail area of 461) square miles, anc} a population of 138,952. There is a Diet of 21 members.