(2)The advent of Weltpolitik

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(2)The advent of Weltpolitik
  1. Hohenloe's appointment
    1. He was an 80 year old Bavarian aristocrat, with a reputation for indecision and long windedness
    2. Hohenlhe was appointed Chancellor in 1894 and held the office for six years, the government was dominated by men who supported the policies of the Kaiser. Talk of a coup, nothing came of it.
      1. The aging Hohenlohe could not counter the intrigue at court and government
        1. By 1897, a group of key political figures emerged and embarked on the Kaiser wishes for "personal rule". In that year there were three new important appointment:
          1. Most importantly Bulow, as Foreign Secretary
            1. Admiral von Tirpitz, as Navy Secretary
              1. Count Posadowsky-Wehner, as Interior Secretary
              2. In addition, two-serving figures began to assume even greater prominence
                1. Fredrich von Holstein, a senior offical in the Foreign Office
                  1. Johannes von Miquel, Prussian Finance Minister (and the leader of the National Liberals).
                  2. The creation of this new government team in 1897 as a turning point in history since it coincided with the drive to achieve world power status for Germany or Weltpolitik.
                  3. The Motive of Weltpolitik
                    1. The German Navy
                      1. Of greater importance to Weltpolitik was the decision to expand the German navy.
                        1. The appointment of Tirpitz meant that there was a man prepared to do this, for he not onlly enjoyed the full confidence of Wilhelm II, but also recognised the importance of gaining parliamentary support and popular backing for such plans.
                          1. In 1898, he established the Navy League in order to further these aims
                            1. The Navy League argued that naval expansion was a patriotic national symbol of Germany's new status in the world.
                            2. With the backing of leading industrialists, it was able to gain a membership of over a million and this large-scale public support strengthened Tirpitz's position in his handling of the Reichstag
                              1. When he presented the Naval Bills of 1898 and 1900 they were both passed with substantial majorities, largely because they were supported by the Centre Party.
                            3. The political impact of Weltpolitik
                              1. The introduction of Weltolitik succeeded where Caprivi's "new course" had run into difficulties because it achieved a greater acceptance from the various political parties.
                                1. It successfully rallied both the middle and upper class and their political representatives in the Reichstag behind the Kaiser and the Government.
                                  1. The support of the Centre Party represented an important step forward, since it helped to secure an effective majority for the government in the Reichstag.
                                    1. Weltpolitik even won the support of many of the ordinary people by playing on their feelings of patriotism and loyalty to the crown.
                                      1. Finally, the policy closely coincided with the aspiration of the Kaiser, who convinced himself that Weltpolitik must be under his personal rule. However, in the coming years it was shown that Weltpolitik did not prove to be the complete cure for the problems of government
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