11 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 2

The correspondent of the Daily News in describing the effect

of the speech, while praising it very strongly, declares that it was received throughout the Reichstag "in stony silence : at no point was there even a murmur of applause or disapproval. The unbroken silence was indescribably appal- ling." The correspondent goes on to note the behaviour of the Crown Prince, who, in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars, was present in the Royal Box throughout the debate. The demeanour of the Prince, he declares, makes it impossible to doubt "the amazing statement" made on Wednesday evening in the National Zeitung in regard to an Imperial family cabal headed by the Crown Prince against the Chancellor.