Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-17
RE|CHSTAG REVOLT
STILL UNCHECKED
DESPITE SHAKE-UP
Majority in Favor OF Peace
Terms to Make Demands on
MichaeIis Thursday.
CHANCELLOR MAY o. K.
HINDENBURG POLICIES
Sharp Division Of Opinion Arises as
to New Foreign Minister.
Bernstorf Has Backers.

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Bernstorf Has Backers.
Notwithstanding the change in the
German chancellorship, and before any
declaration of policy has been made by
the new occupant Of the post, DR.. Georg
Michaelis, the -seichstag revolt against
existing conditions appears to be going
on unchecked.
The majority in favor of declaration
Of peace terms, it is declared, will pre-
sent their resolution on Thursday, the
day the new chancellor is scheduled to
speak, and will demand that he accept
the declaration in principle before they
agree to cooperate with him.
Changes Are Completed.
By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, July 17.-Chancellor
Michaelis is described in special dis
patches from Berlin as working night
and day on his program speech and the
sian imperial administration. The Lokal
Anzeiger says the changes have been
completed. and the new chancellor will
appear in the reichstag accompanied by
all his new colleagues.
The Tageblatt says Herr Michaelis is
reticent on his policy. The reichstag Is
expected to adjourn Friday until Sep
tember. first voting the war credits al
most unanimously.
A dispatch from Berlin says the ma
jority block plans to present peace
terms in a resolution to the reichstag
Thursday and to demand from DR..
Michaelis a statement that he accept
it in principle. Unless he does other CO.
operation is impossible. Meanwhile the
execution Of this plan depends upon the
extent to which the block holds to-
gether.
For Hindenburg Policy.
A late edition Of the Lokal Anzeiger
received here claims that Chancellor
Michaelis is for the foreign policy and
peaee terms expounded by Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg and the pan
German camp. 1t quotes conservative
and national liberal members of the
reichstag who attended Sundays con-
ference with Won Hindenburg, Gen. Won
Ludendorff. first quartermaster general,
and Dr. Michaelis as being most favor
ably impressed with the results Of the
conference.
The Lokal Anzeiger asserts Of its
own knowledge that DR.. Michaelis al
ready has established relations of alb
solute unanimity and cooperation with
the militario-political chieftains. The
newspaper strongly recommends to DR..
Michaelis and parliament that postpone
ment until the end Of the war Of tho
settlement of all contentious internal
questions. including. naturally. Prus-
sian suffrage reform. thereby properly
rebuking what it terms impertinent in
reference from enemy countries In the
internal German affairs and demon
stratfnR the harmonious unity of the
country.
The Hamburg Fremdenblatt recon-
mends the tabling of the peace reso-
luton for similar reasons
Won Hintze Opposed.
The Tageblatt. the Mittag Zeitung
and the socialist organ vorwaerts. all
of Berlin. unite in declaring that the
candidacy of Admiral Won Hintze for
foreign minister is a move of tho
super-annexationists. Tho Tageblatt
and Vorwaerts warn Dr. Mchaelis that
he cannot accept Won Hintze without
compromising the administration with
a pan-German taint- Tho Deutsche
Tages Zeitung supports Won Hintze's
candidacy.
The selection of successor to For
eign Secretary Zimmerman was still
unsettled yesterday. Pressure was
being brought from two directions to
block. first, the proposed nomination
Of Count Brickdorff- -Rantzau, the Ger
substitute Admiral Won Hintze, min
lister to Norway. or Count Won Bern
storff. former ambassador to Wash
inRton.
greatly desired by an-Germans and ad-
vocates of super-vigorous policy. not
only on account of his high diplomatic
qualifications. but chiefly on account
Of his antecedents.
Apparently 1t Is felt that a former
naval officer. particularly one who
played such a prominent role at Manila
in the events of 1898. will offer the
necessary guarantee that the German
foreign policy in regard to peace nego-
tiations will be afterward conducted along
desired energetic lines The emperor is
said to favor Won Hintze.
Bernstorff Recommended.
The Bernstorr party. which sprung
up since the return of the ex-ambasaa-
dor. is endeavoring to organize a boom
for HIM.
George Bernhard, the political writ
err enthusiastically recommends Bern
storff to Chancellor Michaelis, not only
as a capable and experienced diplomat,
but as a person of the necessary cali
Der and qualifications whom the chan
cellor will need as coadjutor and ad-
wiser in the coming peace negotiations.
Played Double With q. s., Is Claim.
In their reviews of the administra-
ton of the retiring German chancellor,
DIR. Won Bethmann Hollweg, the Ger
man newspapers comment prominently
and often In an uncomplimentary man.
ner on his treatment of relations with
America. In the Vossische Zeitung
George Bernhard openly accuses Dr..
Won Bethmann Hollweg and his foreign
secretary, DR.. Zimmermann, OF having
played a double game with Washing
ton. making war inevitable by attempfs
to deceive and mislead President viii
SON in regard to the policy and inten-
tions of Germny.
Herr Bernhard intimates that the
submarine policy. II managed skillfni-
Iy. might not have led to war with
the United States had not these dinio-
mats artihcially increased the dan
and destroyed every chance of avoid.
ing a break. He says they encour-
aged the idea of mediation by Presi-
dent Wilson in America, but did moth
ing to make 1t acceptable at home: