New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
Leader Despairs
Of Land Victory
Sees No Hope of Fore
ing u. S. Into Peace
or of Getting
Indemnity

AMSTERDAM, Oct. S.-Owing to the
various parties having convoked meet
ings for this morning to consioer Vhe
.ituation arising from Saturdays SIT
ting Of the Reichstag, says Berlin ois-
notch the debate which was planned
tor to-dav has been postponed until
Tuesday. The chief subject OF discus
sion will be war aims, but, according
% tb;, dispatch, the Imperial Chancei-
,or DR. Michaelis, has gone to mead
quarters.
corran newspapers which support
IN. Reich.tag majority severely CEN
.urs Dr. Helferich, the Minister OF 'ne
Interior. for hi, incapacity TO respo"u
TO the feelings of the Reichstag' and
.xnect decisive happenings at the ae-
hot. this week. They are OF the op'"-
ion that the future of the government.
NAV depend on the debate IN vie" -
.ho motion Of the Independent Socia'-
;at. that "the Reichstag is of the op'h-
ion that the reply of the government "
The Interpolation did not meet 'he !"
.ortiona Of the Reichstag." -,
Tn. Reichstag has decided to ho'u
Nm the salary appropriation lot Df'
Karl Helfferich's new post OF Si'e
chancellor, and to return the measure
20 committee. In addition to TINS "a"
nr.ssion of Dissatisfaction over sa'uf'
s.,. debate the "vorwarts" declares
,bsre is a steadily growing disposition
hv the majority parties in the Ke'chs-
.ar ~ accent vote of lack of conn
dence. as proposed by the Radicai 90
cialists last Saturday.
The "Voss:sche Zeitung" declares
This motion is a vote of censure for-
nally directed against DR.. Michaens'
hut really against DR.. Helherich.
"Worwarts" says that if the motion
g .donted Chancellor Michaelis and
b;s colleagues must resign or the
p.icbstay must force them to do so.
other newspapers demand a clear
s.o.ement from the government on
.ho reoce resolution Of the Reichstag
majority.
George Gothien. progressive mem
h.r ~ the Reichstag. is quoted IN
Berlin dispatcn as having said al q
osst;ng Of the central committee OF
bis marty that. although the military
a;trat;on was satisfactory, there WAS
No hone of crusning Germanys enc
mics on land. As ter the supmarine
camnaign. 100000 tons OF snlpp'ns
had been sunk. he asserted ouV ~
Jienos,tion toward peace on the par.
ot Fngland was discernible. A ration
.ys.em for foodstuffs had not oeeh
eyen introduced. and no one was ap.e
- cav when the U-boat would MAKE
Eroland more inclined for peace
"imerica cannot BE- forced TO maze MAKE
zee" Herr Gothien continued. We
pot force America to pay war IN
Jamni,v There remains only Eng
I'D But should we. in order 70 do 90,
.aH on indemnity of 10,0OO,OO0,oVo
nLs .a.n " sacrifice $4,000 900, 900 marks
and another half million men
Germany's allies, Herr Gothlen con,
,inued. were not inclined to continue
.ba tn'vu var for pan-German plans OF con- con-
onest s"e but were striving for peace, by
H1udsr.tanding Hud and conciliation. while
,he Ima' nan.Gernan clamor for annexa-
.;ors .me was already in bad repute among
them o" He asserted that the long work.
VIC ." hours and insufficient feeding at
homc lpS increased the desire for peace
nUnng nUnu The workers, and that strikes
mirbt n,,Jrs be expected if the war should
he continued for aims OF conquest