The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-03
Kaiser's Imperial Chan cellor Object of Attack by Conservative Organs Accused of Trucking to the Socialistic Element of the Empire.
Government Now Accused of Weakness in Considera- tion of the Peace Question and of It's Handling of the :. Problem of the Strike of the Munitions Makers.

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 Copenhagen, May 3 Such German newspapers as are now permitted to reach here, although evidently carefully selected for the absence of military news or any informa- ton in regard to the strike movement, indicate that the campaign against Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg is again in full swing. s The conservatives, although insisting as usual that the other parties observe a political truce in the interests of the Fatherland, have adopted and published a set of resolutions sharply attacking the chancel- Tor and censuring the govern ment for weakness and vacilla- ton on the peace question and in dealing with the strike agi- tatiOn.
 The resolutions express grave con- cern at the steadily growing influence of the socialists, whose peacemaking efforts are declared to be leading Germany to the brink of ruin. Ap- parentIy this attack was timed to co. r<4 < %I-<> os,1,- stag and it is significant that the reso. 1utions are endorsed by the free con- servative wing under Baron von Seyd. ntz. Baron von seydlitz hitherto haa been far less of an extremist than Count Westarp and Herr von Heyde- brand, leaders of the regular or junker conservatives
 Among the papers which are direct ing their fight against the chancellor are the conservative organs, the Kreuz Zeitung and the Deutsche Tages Zei- tung They accuse the premier of en- dangering the monarchy and of sail- ing course prescribed by the social fsts- The Berlin correspondent of the Hamburg Fremdenblatt in a. long sur. vey of the situation declares that the political life of Germany is no pass ing through an era of strife and diff ference of opinion on external and internal questions, which daily grow more Hvelier and broader. The cor. respondents says dissatisfaction witt the governments policy is growing 1T all directions and that it's sreticence or peace terms is used to sharpen sus picions and the antagonisms of par. ties.
 The socialist leaders, he continues do not hesitate to explain and justif. the latest strike movement on tn ground of the delay in reforming tn Prussian franchise. On the othe hand the Pan-German reactionarie stop at nothing to prevent the forma fton of a majority party capable o realizing the needed reforms in tn body polite.
 The writer declares that the nationa liberals are conquetting with the con servatives and that the opportunis clerical centre is intent only on preservation of it's own influence. Hi picture of the situation at the. open ing of the reichstag is, in other words one of general strife, in which eac. mans hand is against every other, condition promising an nluminatin parliamentary discussion on all tn questions in dispute. This conditio eff affairs probably explains the de cision of the socialists, whom thei opponents accuse of having capture the chancellor. to postpone the pro posed interpolation on peace and per lIaps put the brakes on discussion ( the problems of political reform.
 The Berlin Vorwaerts. in an ed torial signed by Herr Landsberg, socialist deputy, attempts to convinc the workmen of the necessity of goin easy with reforms until peace is St cured.
 The no-fndemnity plank of the st cia1ist peace platform has been & 1ected by his opponents for the heaviest attack against Phillip Sche demann. The workinen are told r11i for the empire and penury for then selves are certain unless heavy fl demnity is exaeted. Otherwise, the are informed, the war will end wit a German debt of at least 120,OOo 000,0 900 marks, requiring an annu taxation of 5000, 100000 marks for il terest and redemption. In addition three billion for normal expenditure.