Leo von Caprivi known as Skórzyn, Poland). Leo von Caprivi Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli (, born Georg Leo von Caprivi; 24 February 1831 – 6 February 1899) was a German general and statesman who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany. Caprivi served as German Chancellor from March 1890 to October 1894. Caprivi promoted industrial and commercial development, and concluded numerous bilateral treaties for reduction of tariff barriers. However, this movement toward free trade angered the conservative agrarian interests, especially the Junkers. He promised the Catholic Center party educational reforms that would increase their influence, but failed
Statesman Journal Statesman Journal The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851 as the "Oregon Statesman", it later merged with the "Capital Journal" to form the current newspaper, the second-oldest in Oregon. The "Statesman Journal" is distributed in Salem, Keizer, and portions of the mid-Willamette Valley. The average weekday circulation is 27,859, with Sunday's readership listed at 36,323. It is owned, along with the neighboring "Stayton Mail" and "Silverton Appeal Tribune", by the national Gannett Company. The "Oregon Statesman" was founded on March 28, 1851, by Asahel Bush, a Democrat, in response to