The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-16
Rejection of Won Beth
mann's Peace Policy
Inevitable

Copenhagen. July l5.--Germany's
commoner chancellor, Dr. George
Michaclis, II bureaucrat without even
a noble won" before his name, has as
yet given no indication OF his policy
regarding reform and peace. Neither
the conservatives nor the liberals have
ventured to call him their own.
The chancellor's first step was to
receive representatives of the two di-
permit them to explain their respcc-
tive standpoints.
The German papers unite In char
acterizations Of his energy and fair
mindedness. but are most reserved in
their predictions of his probable policy.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung, the
Catholic organ OF the Pan German
sympathizers, says DR.. Michaelis un-
donbtedly stands nearer the right Than
the left parties. The line of COM
ment evidently emanating from Wn.
helmstrasse is that the new chancellor
regards as his mission the restoration
Of the internal harmony of the nation
whatever policy may be adopted. No
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change will undoubtedly mean ,he dis-
appearance of the Won Eethmann
peace program.
Policy Was Personal One.
DIR. Won Betfmann. Hollwegs policy
regarding the ultimate aims OF the war
had from the beginning been a per-
sonal one, "ln which the chancellor
Ab Al...s So.
gram above parliamentary parties. the
military authorities and the emperor
alike. and he endeavored to impose It
upon n changeful sovereign oscillatinR
between yistas OF brilliant ambition
and realizations OF cold facts. upon the
puissant military caste represented by
Field Marshal Won Hindenberg and
General LudendOrff and laundering,
unbrilliant parliament.
Means Now Deal Of Cards.
The appointment of DIR. Michaelis
undoubtedly means n new deal of
cards. Berlin papers which were pub.
lished before the appointment Of Dr,
Michaelis was known. show that the
emperor was confronted by the neces-
sity of dropping the imperial chancel-
| lor or virtually the entire PrussiaE
| cabinet. the members of which sub
mitted their designations. declaring
that they could not remain II Won
Bethmann- Hollwes was retained.
eavarians Forced Move.
| The Bavarian premier, Count Won
Hertling. who favored moderate peace
proposals but refused flatly to accept
the idea Of a parliamentary ministry
which would have diminished Ba-
varia's special influence on the gov
ernment, seems to have thrown himself
into the struggle against Won Beth.
mann ut the last minute. The Ba-
varian centerist members of thu
reichstag started an anti-Von Beth.
mann revolt within the party and tht
crown prince made valid his lont
standing objection to the impera
chancellor.
General Called to Berlin.
Field Marshal Won Hindenberg ant
General Ludendorff we're again sum
moned to Berlin to sidetrack the pro
posed peace resolution by giving en-
couraging reports of the military situ'
alton and to inspire the reichstag will
a belief in the possibilities of obtain
ing that German peace worthy OF tn
sacrifices made" to which Won Hin
denberg committed himself In his pub
lished replies TO the memorials of Pan
German organizations
Before the selection of DR.. Michaeli
became known. the papers generall
lagreed that Won Bethmann-Hollwcg'
retirement would be accompanied b
sweeping changes In the imperial am
Prussian administrations. The feel
ing was general that large numhe
of the secretaries Of state and minis
ters who had been in office since an
before the war should be replaced b
fresh hands and brains, without an
incumbrances Of the past.
This Is the ultimate analysis prob
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