The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-23
KAISER SEEKS
TO UNITY NATION
Wants Government, People
and Reichstag to Work
in Common.

COPENHAGEN, July 22.-Emperor Will
iam's conference with the Parliamentary
leaders Friday evening is treated by the
German newspapers received here as an
earnest OF his determination to maintain
and cultivate closer relations with the
Reichstag. perhaps as the beginning Of
a new era of common work of the people
and the Reichstag and the Government
and the Crown, although the warning Is
uttered against attaching any excessive
weight to the meeting
The proceedings took the line Of in
formal conversations between the En-
peror and the members of the Reichstag,
the Emperor, as usual, prescribing the
subject for conversation. The Emperor
evidently aimed to impress his auditors
with the great success of the submarine
warfare, which, according to the Vos-
sische Zeitun0, he described as working
beyond all expectations and bringing
closer England's certain destruction.
The exhaustive details related by the
Emperor perhaps may have affected the
representatives of the Left. When DR..
Michaelis in his Reichstag speech Thurs
day referred to false prophets who had
done the fatherland a disservice by set
ting a definite date for Great Britain's
end, members of the Left maliciously
shouted in chorus. "Helfferlch !" refer
ring to DR.. Karl Helfferich, Vice-Chan-
cellor.
StiI EvadInE Reform.
Emperor William seems to have paid
less attention to the question OF reform.
The TGpe6ldtt says he avoided politics.
while another account says Philip
Scheidemann. the Socialist leader. re-
Trained from pressing him concerning
political conditions.
Chancellor Michaelis and other Minis
ters and Secretaries of State were pres
ent at the conference, but they seemed
to have been successful in concealing
from the members of the Relchstag and
the newspapers the Governments inten-
tions regarding the injection of new
blood into the executive branch of the
Government.
Some optimistic political reporters say
that DR.. Michaelis desired an adjourn
ment of the Relchstag only to take up
with Individual parties the selection OF
favored individuals who are to represent
the people in the reformed Government
The LokaldnzeiOer assures Its readers
that II has been decided to invest Par
lIamentary representatives with execu-
but also the Prussan Ministry.
May Create New Council.
The Td0ebIdtts version Is that a war
and peace council is to be created and
will he composed of parliamentarians
and representatives of the Imperial Gov
ernment and the federated States. The
Chancellor is TO be chairman of the
council, to exercise an influence in an
unspecihed manner and save the ma
tion from unpleasant surprises on the
conclusion OF peace.
VortOdertS, discussing the LokdI-
ansei0er's report, says the creation OF
| a Prussian ministry composed of advo-
Gates OF franchise reform would be a
great step in advance, because nobody
believes the promised electoral reforms
can be put through by the present
Cabinet The newspaper is sceptical as
| TO the truth Of the report.
The VoSsische Zeitun0 OF Berlin re-
ports that Germany's dispute with Ar
gentina is in a fair way to be settled
| peacefully.
A strike agitation has begun among
workmen In the shipbuilding industry
particularly metal workers. at Hamburg
They demand a reduction OF working
hours TO fifty-two "A week and an in
crease In wages of 30 per cent Women
workers also have formulated demands