New Britain herald., 1917-07-11
CRISIS IN GERMANY ANTICIPATED TODAY
Storm Sweeping Over Country Growing More Severe Hourly

w aSnlnStOn, July 1l.-Ihe state Department yesterday received a tel egram saying that "the inner political storm which is now sweeping through Germany seems every hour more se were not disclosed other than ex- Government regarding the situation were not disclosed. oaher than eN- tracts from German newspapers. The Socialist organ Vorwaerts in one of it's issues during the lasts few day asks: quo vadis Germania ?'
 The most interesting of the German press extracts reaching the depart ment today was taken from the Ham burger Fremdenblatt of July s. It says that the crisis is only in it's first stage and that it will not reach it's continuation for several days. Accord ing to this statement which was print ed two days ago, the climax is due to- day. The paper continues:
 We are now living through the greatest crisis in our political life which has arisen since the outbreak of the war. This crisiS ccnterS itself around the fundamental questions of war and peace as we'll as the reorgan- ization of our internal political system It is In the nature of things that every such event crystalizes into a personal contest. Member of Parla- | ment F,rzberger's speech in the Reich stag General Committee was an at tack on the Government. which means against the Chancellor. To void mis- understanding it should be said that the continuation of the submarine war does not come into the question, not even so far as Erzberger is con- cerned. The question is of the revis- fcr To, on the lines demanded by our Social Democrats. Resolutions in the Reich stag will not accomplish this.
 Government and People at Odds. Since May here have been many changes. One thing, however, has not changed, and that is the complete lack of contact between Government and people. The reason for all these happenings? One has only to remem- Der that the speech of a Der of l Parliament who chanced to be called l Erzberger has sutficed to overthrow l the entire structure of both our in ternal and external politics. nor was i the Government able to stop it. That shows the bankruptcy of the system. The Kaiser is today in Berlin and con- ferring with Hndenburg. Ludendorff,
 
 1 that at such a time the party leaders | should not be present and that what they hvc to say should not be also
 considered?
 The state Department was advised
 that the Beriner Taeeblatt of July 1, l commenting cn the meeting of the | Rechstag, said in part:
 "A subject that will also he dis | cussed is the question whether the l Chancellor shall again make one of 1 his peace speeches. If he can say l nothing more than he has said here l tofore, then d further speech will be of very little avail. His previous l statements have, as time has proved,
 not resulted in the conclusion of 1 peace. It is likewise a fact that all
 means which have been applied to at
 tain this end have completely failed "Is it not yet clear to everybody l that it was an error to call out to the | Russian revolutionary GoVernent, If l you are willing to enter into neeotia- l tions for q separate peace we will of l fer you very faVura ble terms, and your 1 stubborn western allies will have to settle the account This may satisfy l certain people for instance, those who l cannot bamsh the Belgian vision from their mind--the same who aisre 1 garded America'S entry into the war l but in the long run d policy cannot be | maintained which is fit for children 1 and narrow minded persons.
 Another telegram to the State De- | partment says that recent issues cf ! the Madgeburische Zeitung report