The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-05
Saxon Government Hears
Unpleasant Truths in
Reichstag Debate
RUMBLINGS HEARD
IN GERMANY ALSO
Government Severely Crit
cised for Handling of
Food Problem
(By Associated Press.)

Copenhagen, July 5.-Saxon sold
iers are not fighting out of loyalty
to the king but for love of the faith
erland and monarchicaI principles.
In Saxony, suffering sadly from the
mistakes of an incompetent bureau
rocacy, conditions have reached such
a state that all parties in the Saxon
parliament are forced to warn ser
iously the government Of the dan
ger OF this situation.
Such were the disagreeable de-
clarations which the government
was forced to hear from all parties
except the conservatives in a debate
in the Saxon dietary yesterday,
a report of which has reached here.
The discussion was on necessary
internal reforms. The occasion for
the debate was a Socialist resolution
demanding that the government
make an effort to secure liberal re-
organization of the empire. After
Count VitZthrun, premier of Saxony,
had declared on the contrary that
the Saxon government would fight
any attempt to secure any franchise
reform in individual states through
the reichstag, the Socialist vice
president of the house, himself an
ex-soldier, fatty denied that loyalty
to the king played any role with
the soldiers. He warned Count
reactionary attitude, saying that re-
form would come, il not from the
crown, then from the mob.
Copenhagen, July 5.-Lieut. Gen.
Won Stein, Prussian minister of war
and state, told a committee of the
German reichstag, according to dis
patches reaching here, that furth-
er British offensive was expected
north of Arras.
The ministerial declaration re-
gardfng the working Of the SUBJ
marine campaign about which the
official Woolf news bureau cables
ample reports to the neutral press,
were not the only, matters before
yesterdays meeting. The Socialist
organ, Vorwaerts, in its independent
report of the proceedings in "the
little Reichstag," says Herr Ebert,
the Socialist devoted considerable
attention to the unsatisfactory con-
ditions in the nutrition of the people
and the prospects of an inadequate
supply of fuel for the fourth war
winter which the Serbians probably
will be called on to face.
Herr Erzberger, the clerical lead
er, and Herr Won Payer, radical,
supported in general Herr Ebert's
view of conditions and criticized the
insufficient measures
for dealing with the problem.
Representatives of various parties
expressed divergent views on the
peace question, which was also dis
cussed. Herr Ebert said the gov
ernment could have peace this sum-
mer If it would only offer peace
annexation and indemnities
to all opponents, and abandon sep
arate overtures to Russia.
Herr Erzberger warned the gov
ernment representatives against
false optimism by their
statements.
Herr Won Payer said that further
peace proffers were harmful Sand
tend to defeat the German object.
The only thing to do, he said. was
to hold out, meantime bolstertng
public sentiment by Immediately be-
ginning the work of democratizing
the country.
= such sessions of the little Reich
stag and the debate in the Saxon
diet threatening revolution unless
reform is undertaken, are rather
preliminaries to the
meeting tomorrow.
A measure giving additional rep
to a number OF over
grown urban Industrial reichstag
districts probably will be submitted
10 the reichstag. Party leaders
with Chancellor Won Beth
mann Hollweg obtained from the
an agreement that this
s0-called minor reform program
would be taken up. A committee
yesterday began preparing report
thereon for immediate presentation
10 the reichstag. Other reforms still
ylumber.