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How successful was Bulow as Chancellor in achieving his aims?

How successful was Bulow as Chancellor in achieving his aims?. Add as many points as you can and reach an overall judgement so far. What did his success rely on? (personality, give reasons). Unsuccessful. Successful.

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How successful was Bulow as Chancellor in achieving his aims?

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  1. How successful was Bulow as Chancellor in achieving his aims? • Add as many points as you can and reach an overall judgement so far. • What did his success rely on? (personality, give reasons) Unsuccessful Successful

  2. In 1907, during the Harden-Moltke scandals, Adolf Brand, the founding editor of the homosexual periodical Der Eigene, printed a pamphlet alleging that Bülow had been blackmailed for engaging in homosexual practices and was morally obligated to oppose Paragraph 175 of the German penal code, which outlawed homosexuality. Sued for slander and brought to trial on 7 November 1907, Brand asserted that the Chancellor had embraced and kissed his private secretary, Privy Councilor Max Scheefer, at all-male gatherings hosted byPhilipp zu Eulenburg. Testifying in his own defense, Bülow denied any such act but remarked that he had heard unsavory rumors about Eulenburg. Taking the stand, Eulenburg defended himself against Brand's charge by denying that he had ever held such events, and against Bülow's insinuation by claiming that he had never engaged in same-sex acts, which subsequently led to a perjury trial. Despite concluding testimony by the chief of the Berlin police that Bülow may indeed have been the victim of a homosexual blackmailer, he easily prevailed in court, and Brand was sentenced to prison Cartoon satirising Bulow published October 1907 in Kladderadatsch titled 'On the maligning of Bülow', caption 'Good Mohrchen, you would never be such a bad dog!'.

  3. Homework • What happened in the Daily Telegraph Affair? • Why was this affair significant for Wilhemine Germany? • How far did Bulow achieve his aims of Sammlungspolitik, reducing the threat of Socialism and maintaining a good relationship with the Kaiser, in this affair?

  4. How significant was the Daily Telegraph Affair? C/B aim – to explain why the Daily Telegraph Affair was significant and how significant it was B/A aim – to explain the impact of the Daily Telegraph Affair • "You English, are mad, mad, mad as March hares." • Kaiser Wilhelm II as published in the London Daily Telegraph 8-Oct-1908.  • How did this quote come to be published in the Daily Telegraph? • Was it fair that they published the quote like this? • Why did they publish this quote? • How would the British public have interpreted this? • What does this show you about the Kaiser?

  5. What happened in the Daily Telegraph Affair? • In November 1907 Wilhelm made a long-planned state visit to Britain. He attempted to cancel the visit because of the recent scandals, but it went ahead and was so successful that he decided to remain in Britain for a holiday. He rented a house for the purpose from Colonel Edward Montague Stuart-Wortley and spoke freely to its owner while he was there. After he left, Stuart-Wortley wrote an article for the Daily Telegraph about these conversations, and submitted it to Wilhelm, requesting approval for its publication. Wilhelm passed the English manuscript to Bülow asking whether there were any objections to its publication. Wilhelm had asked Bülow not to pass on the article to the Foreign Office, but Bülow did exactly this, sending it unread to State Secretary Schoen with a request to prepare an official translation and add any amendments that might be necessary. • Read the article and highlight... • Where the Kaiser is offending other countries • Where the Kaiser is saying anything else inappropriate

  6. Impacts • Wilhelm thus managed to offend Japanese, French, Russian, and especially British, sensibilities.  Germans were outraged that their Emperor claimed to have helped the British against the Boers, who were perceived to be of German origin. • Read the text and answer.... • How did the Daily Telegraph Affair affect Bulow? • How did the Daily Telegraph Affair affect the Kaiser?

  7. Write a response to publish in a German newspaper just after the publication of the article in the Daily Telegraph.

  8. How successful was Bulow as Chancellor in achieving his aims? • Add a point about the Daily Telegraph Affair Unsuccessful Successful

  9. How significant was the Daily Telegraph Affair? C/B aim – to explain why the Daily Telegraph Affair was significant and how significant it was B/A aim – to explain the impact of the Daily Telegraph Affair • C/B – list all the ways that the Daily Telegraph Affair was significant. Was it more or less significant than the other events we have studied under Bulow? • B/A – explain the impact of the Daily Telegraph Affair, including its significance.

  10. Knowledge test

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SoY040Xeik • How accurate is this clip?

  12. How autocratic was Wilhemine Germany?

  13. Homework – due Monday 6th October • Revise for a knowledge test • ‘Germany was an autocratic country’. • Write a statement which agrees with this • Write a statement which disagrees with this • Include plenty of events and facts as evidence

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