Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-16
Chancellor von RetI1mann- Hollweg Predicts Reor-
 ganiZation of Empire.
AIMS
 AT RULING CLASS
Socialist Member of Lower House Wants Membership in House of Lords Open tO Men Elected by
 the People.

London, March 15.-A political re- organization of the German empire after the war involving greater share by the people in the conduct of imperial affairs, was predicted by Chancellor voj Bethmann-Hollweg in a speech before the Prussian diet, according to Berlin dispatch to Reuters by way of Amsterdam. The chancellor opened his address by protesting against criticism levele1 at the reichstag by the upper house of the diet. Admitting that every parliament in Germany is entitled to discuss imperial policies, he reiter- ated previous assurances that the war must lead to a political reor- ganization and the government would, after the close of hostilities, propose a reform of the 'Prussian franchise.
 "After the war;" said the chancel- Tor, i've shall be confronted with the most gigantic tasks that ever con- fronted a nation They will be so gigantic that the entire people will foreign policy will be necessary, for we shall be surrounded by enemies whom we shall not meet with loud words, but with the internal strength of the nation. We can only pursue such policy if the patriotism which during the war has developed to such marvellous reality is maintained and strengthened"
 The chancellor went on to declare that the maintenance of patriotism could only be achieved by granting the people in general equal co-opera- tion in the administration of the en- pire.
 "Woe to the statesman" he said, "who does not recognize the signs of the times and who, after this catastrophe, the like of which the world has never seen, believes he can take up his work at the same point at which it was interrupted. I will out of this idea of making our peo- pie strong. Only one thought fills me and all of us at present-how to end the war victoriously. As the war can only be won by the eXerti)n of our greatest possible manpower, the truth of which must be admitted, I have freely spoken my thoughts on the internal policies of our people for the future"
 To Abolish Caste in Lords. Berlin, March 15, via London.-The following motion has been introduced in the Prussian lower house by Herr Friedberg, leader of the National So- cialist party:
 "The house resolves to request the royal state government to present a bill by which membership in the house of lords will be changed in such a way that while retaining the royal privilege of appointment, but abolishing all privileges of families and dignitaries which now exist :n | relation to membership in the house of lords, representation by means "t | elections and corresponding to their
 importance be granted to all large l municipalities and to all professions of importance for the economic life and the civilization of our people,"
 The house is expected to discuss the motion shortly.
 The adoption of measure such as that proposed by Herr Friedbere
 would be an important step in the
 political reorganization which has
 been discussed so widely in Germany
 of late. The Herrenhaus (house O.
 lords), is composed of princes of tht
 royal family, chiefs of mediatizet
 princely houses, heads of territoria
 nobility, life peers chosen by tht
 king, titled noblemen elected in cer tain provinces by land owners, rep resentatives of universities, burgo masters of towns with more thar 50,000 inhabitants and members nomi mated by the king for life or for {
 restricted period.