New Britain herald., 1917-05-03
FRACTIONAL FIGHTS
 DISTURB GERMANY
Conservatives Issue Resolutions
 Attacking the Chancellor

oucA german newspapers as are now
 permitted to reach here, although evil dently carefully selected for the ab- sence of military news or any infor-
 nation In regard to the strike move- ment, indicate that the campaign against Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg is again in full swing. The conservatives. although insisting, as
 usual, that the other parties observe political truce in the interests of the fatherland. have adopted and pub- lished set of resolutions sharply at- tacking the chancellor and arraigning the government for weakness and va citation on the peace question and in dealing with the strike agitation.
 The resolutions express grave con- cern at the steadily growing influence Of the socialists, whose peace-making efforts are directed to be leading Ger many to the brink of ruin. Apparent ly this attack was timed to coincide with the opening of the Reichstag and 1t is significant that the resolutions are endorsed by the free conservative wing under Baron Won Seydlitz. Hitherto. he has been far less of an extremist than Count Westarp.
 Among the papers which are di- recting their Ire against the ,chancel7 for af6 the consery1ffve organs, the Kreuz Zeitung and the Deutsche Tages Zeitung. They accuse the premier of endangerfng the monarchy and of sailing course prescribed by the so- cialists. The Berlin correspondent of the Hamburg Aftonblad declares that the political life of Germany Is now passing through an era of strife and differences of opinion on external and n iNt, Ae{l more lively and of broader dimensions. The correspondent says that dissatis- faction with the governments policy it's reticence on peace terms Is being used to sharpen mutual suspicious and the antagonism of the parties.
 Socialists Justify Strike.
 The socialist leaders, he continues do not hesitate to explain and justify the latest strike movement on the ground of delay in the reform the Prussian franchise. On the other hand the pan-German reactionaries stop at nothing to prevent the forma- ton of a majority party capable of realizing the needed reforms in the body polite. f
 The writer declares\ that the na- tional liberals are coquetting with the conservatives and that the opportunist clerical center is intent only on a pre- servation of it's own influence. His picture of the situation at the opening of the Reichstag. in other words. one of general strife in which each mans hand is against every other, a condi- ton promising an Illuminating parlia- mentary discussion on all the ques- tions in dispute. This condition prob ably explains the decision of the so- cialists, whom their opponents accuse of having captured the chancellor to postpone the proposed interpolation on peace and perhaps put the brakes on 8 discussion of the problems of political reform.
 The Berlin vorwaerts. in an editor ial signed by Herr LAndsberg, a so- cialist deputy. attempts to. convince the workmen of the necessity of going easy with reforms until peace Is se- cured.
 The no indemnity plank of the so- cialist peace plan has been selected by his opponents for their heaviest at tack against Phillip Scheidemann. The workmen are told that ruin for the. empire and penury for themselves are certain unless heavy indemnity Is exacted. Otherwise, they are informed the war will end with g German debt of at least 12Q, 100000 marks de- manding a taxation of half billion marks for interest and redemption, in addition to three billion for normal 
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