Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-07
HAS
STIRRED IRE OF
ZIMMERMAN
6 'Jettisoned" Trusted Men to
Put in Office Untried
Novices. s.. u
WHO WILL BE REAL,
BOSS is QUESTION
Won Kuehlnnann and Helf-
frich Both Have Opposi-
ton in Official Ranks.

Copenhagen, Aug. 7.-Whether- DR..
Won Kuehlmann or DR.. Karl Heif-
ferich. vice chancellor, is to be the
real director of the German foreign
policy under the administration of
DR.. Michaelis. the imperial German
chancellor, is the big problem in con-
nection with the cabinet shakeup in
Germany.
1t is known that Dr. Helfferich de-
sires to have a hand in steering Ger
many's new course in world politics
after the war and it is rumored that
the new chancellor, unacquainted as
he is with International affairs, de-
sires to retain DR.. Helfferieh as his
special advisor. sqsstf n 4 &
ts' One of the avowed reasons for DR..
Helfferich's retention, despite his
present unpopularity in the Reichs-
tag, was that his services are indis-
pensible to peace negotiations. 4.
Certain Berlin newspapers referred
to the possibility of conflict as DR..
Won Kuehlmann, it is understood, is
not inclined to permit himself to be
relegated to a subordinate place.
Catholics Recognized.
A second feature of the shakeup is
Centre party, whose demand for rep
iresentation in the imperial and Rrns-s
tsian cabinets for the Rofffadf Gatf1offc
population. was recognized by the
appointment of three Roman CATH
Eolics, S. P. Han. Waldow and Kueili-
mann. With the revocation OF the
anti-Jesuit and Polish. appropriation
laws also part Of the Centrist pro-
gram, that party is considered to have
done we'll.
While the radical and Socialist
press is dissatisfied at, the absence Of
any marked concession to parliament
tarism in the new cabinet and Of the
failure to consult the Reichstag In
any way on the appointment. news
papers of the opposite camp are ag-
grieved at the shelving of DR.. Bese-
Ter. Count Loebell and Baron Won
|Schorlemer, Prussian ministers
known as standpatters on franchise
reform. -s.,s.-s s3sss5ssa
Holweg's Evil Gains. 3
Herr zimmerman. ex-foreign Sec
scolds DR.. Michaelis for jettisoning
those tried and trusty officials in fa-
vor of political novices of untried
worth. #
Another paper severely critizises
the appointment Of DR.. Helfferich and
DR.. Won Kuehlmann on the ground
that both favor the rapprochementso of
EHEldHu diIu llOI VI IsuSSid do q pe%S1S
of post bellum policy 1t says DR..
Helfferich was DR.. Won Bethmann
Holwegs evil genius in foreign aft
fairs, who first delayed unrestricted
submarine warfare by getting out sta
tistics and then discredited it by in-
possible prediction. tss 81. Il. s $se
Ministers Are Conservative.
The new ministers in the German
cabinet have been recruited largely
from the conservative ranks, the
Prussian under secretaries and heads
of the provincial bureaucracy being
traditionally of that political per-
suasion. Exceptions are the parlia-
lmentarians, Won Krause, national vice
president of the Prussian diet, who
belonged to the conservative wing of
that party, and DR.. Peter SPAIN, the
aged Catholic leader, whose health is
$50 poor that it is doubtful whether he
will be able to stand the strain Of min :
isterial labors He collapsed and
tainted in reichstag committee meet
ling recently. He has not yet fully
recovered.
Herr Won Krause's appointment is a.
compliment to the Prussian bar OF
which he is a prominent member.
Herr Won Waldow, head of4the inn.
perial food ministry, is an Agrarian
| conservative representing the interests
which hampered the work of his pre-.
decessor, Herr Won Batocki, in every
| possible way. Herr Won Graevinttz,
who as under-secretary of the in-
perial chancellory, occupies a position
akin to the presidents secretary In
America, also is prominent as a con-
lservative..