The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
BUEL0W MAY BE
PUT in power
Former German Chancellor
Is Candidate of Jingoes for
His Old Job.
BY JOHN l.. BALDERsToN.
tCopyright. Isls.l


1ondop July n-At last the enemies
Of Won Bethmann- Hollweg have come out
into the open Their candidate Tor the
cbsnceIlorship Of the German empire Is
Prince Won Buelow. and their platform
calls for the restoration of Won Tlrpltz 10
the admiralty and a more ruthless prose-
cution of the war.
"Psace between the United States and
Germany depends upon whether Buelow
can be kept out Of power" said British
foreign office official to me today. III
Bethnann- Hollweg falls, his successor
will at once recommenCe the submarine
war against everything a1oat, with the
possible exception of American and Dutch
liners. Although the German censorship
keeps discussion on the point out of the
newspapers, it Is the chanCellor's sur
render to America on the submarine issue
that Is the chief weapon against him,
and that will PROBABLY overcome him un-
less the Kaiser intervenes-"
Won Buelows position on the suoma-
rine issue was made clear by hlmselt
when he said, Our whole future now de-
pends on all forces and means" These
words, as is clear to any one who has
followed the crisis in Germany, are in
tended to convey, without violating the
rules OF the censor. condemnation OF
the chancellor for yielding to the United
States.
1t is the plan Of the Junker party and
its supporters, If it can put Buelow n
the saddle. to recommence the subma
ri1e war, notifying the United States
that the pledge not to torpedo merchant-
men without warning is withdrawn be-
cause the United States has failed to
compel England. as Germany demanded,
to relax the illegal starvation war"
Chancellor Called wobbIer.
Francis GribSle. an English historical
writer who recently was permitted to re-
turn to England after spending nearly
two years in Germany. first in an intern
ment camp and later in Berlin, declared
IN discussing the present situation: The
present position Of the chancellor IS that
Of a wObbler in imminent danger OF fall
ing between two stools The Social Dem
ocrats object to him because he does not
openly make overtuTes for peace. while
the Conservatives and National Liberals
reproach him for not throwing his whole
heart into the war.
AT the beginning Of the war, he was
a puppet IN the hands of the latter sec
tions: now he seems to be gravitating.
however slowly, toward the point OF view
Of the former. Consequently, he Is the
target Of a COnverging fire. and it is the
fusiIlade OF the war parties which is the
nOIC furious They have attacked him
in the reichstag and in anonymous
pamphlets, and they are now trying to
attack him In the press.
But these war parties have no ade-
uuats leader. The soldiers among them
obviously have no time for politics at
present and the list of politicians in
CIudes no magnetic names. Count West
arp is Just junker like any other, Bas-
sermann is very ordinary windbag.
What the parties want is a leader whose
record Of distinguished services inspires
confidence. Won BuelOw's record does. II
he commits himself to the popular argu-
ment that because Germany cannot win
without being ruthless therefore she can
depend upon winning II she is ruthless
he will probably win converts to that
view
Covers Much Ground.
II he has not quite committed himself
to the argument. he has very nearly done
so. II what he says about submarines
Is not all that is said by fanatics like
ReventIow It covers a good deal Of the
ground, and Won Buelow has also been
urging the Importance of securing the
future OF Germany by means of terri
toriaI acquisitions. Both these attitudes
bring him into definite opposition to the
chancellor, who considers submarine
atrocities inexpedient and lately au-
thorized Herr SCheidemann, the Socialist
leader, to say on his behalf at Breslau
that he was not and never had been,
an annexation maniac
Evidently, therefore issue IS now join
ed between the chancellor and the ex-
chancellor who wants to be chancellor
again. No doubt, Won Buelow would
have served his country better by wait
ing until a man with clean hands was
wanted TO save something out of the
wreck at the peace conference, but am
bition has tempted him, and he has yield