Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-31
Council of State Dissolved
Because of Ultimatum
to Berlin.
TEUTON COMMITTEE
FOR INDEPENDENCE
Favors establishment Of Really Rep
ressntative Assembly, Whersin Ger
man Junkers Foresee Loss Of In
fluenee-kaissr Openly Criticized by
Members Of Reiehstag Main Com
mittse-Warnins ls Put Forth.

lische Rundschau, Of Berlin, gives a
new version Of the reason for the re-
tirement Of the Polish council Of state.
saying that instead Of resigning 1t was
dissolved because it ventured to pre-
sent an ultimatum to the German gov
ernment on military questions.
The retirement Of the council has
brought out the fact that at the con-
1dentia1 session Of the reichstag main
committee on Monday the majority
parties demanded the establishment Of
representative assembly and a
responsible ministry in Poland. q step
which the Rundschau- says would lead
to an immediate demand for the with
drawal Of Germans from Poland.
Kaiser 10 Criticized. y
Dr.. Heine, the socialist, gave the'gov-
ernment four weeks until the assem-
bling Of the .reichstag to mend its
ways. Otherwise, he said, the reich
stag majority would be forced to take
steps. The government had received
some half dozen earlier warnings Of a
similar nature, and It's response in the
present instance will not be an unfair
test Of the influence Of the present
majority in the reichstag.
Speeches and pronouncements Of
Emperor William we're criticized in the
tiebate. Mattheis ErzbeFger, centfdst
leader, and Drs Heine called attention
to the erect caused by the enperor's
inpulsive statements which sometimes
run counter TO the ostensible policy Of
the government
Altho no such mention Is made in the
censured accounts Of the committees
proceedings, the emperor's critics prob
ably had particularly in mind his rc-
cent utterances in regard to England,
which he pointed out as Germany's s
arch enemy which must be defeated" !"
DR.. Heine appears to have demanded
freedom for the press to discuss such
utterances Of the emperor.
Chancellor Assumes Responsibility.
Herr Erzberger asked whether Chan
cellor Michaelis assumed responsibility
for what was said by the emperor.
Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann replied
that the representative at great head
quarters of the foreign office was in
formed concerning the speeches and
that the chancellor assumed responsi-
bfiity.
AZ had been expected, the "mislead-
ing denials" by the foreign Office of
Premier Kerensky's statement that a
separate peace offer had been made
recently to Russia and Of the message
said by Former Ambassador Gerard to
have been sent to President Wilson by
the emperor at the outbreak Of the
war were brought up for criticism.
Herr Erzberger said official COM
munications were coming into wide dis
creditaa abroad.
German Reformers Talk Out.
A. warning that unless the German
government heeds demands Of ths
reichstag for reforms the majority
parties will take measures to secure
them was given before the reichstag
main committee on Wednesday.
Resolutions Of the majority. intro
duced by socialist, demand for the
fourth or fifth time abolition Of the
political censorship and elimination OF
the military censorship to facts con-
,nected with the conduct OF the war
and criticism thereof.