The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-16
H|NDENBURC MAY
TAkETHEPLACE
LEFT BY H0LLWEC
If Conservatives Force
Chancellor Out Warrior
Will Succeed Him

London, May 16.-Every newspaper
in Holland is printing extensive re-
ports upon the position occupied by
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
repeating the rumors that Field Mar
shall Won Eindenburg will be asked to
accept the CHARACTERISTIC.
The general feeling seems to be that
the Chancellor has failed to take a
sufficiently vigorous attitude toward
internal affairs, and. that If he out
lines the German peace plans to sat
isfy the many demands of the Social
lists he will incur automatically the
rage Of the Conservatives and junk
ers., Dutch opinion tends strongly to
the belief that Won Bethmann-Ho 1lweg
will postpone any peace proposals
which would open a channel for nego-
tiations with the other bel1igerents.
The anger of the Junkers against
the Austrian attitude is increased by
their conviction that the Chancellor
has gone over to the moderate par
ty, with its programme of peace
without annexation or = indemnity.
There seems little doubt that the de-
| mand for peace is steadily growing
| in volume in Germany, and the hys-
terra of the Junkers, as displayed
| through the utterances of their lead
| ers, is significant.
| Advices from Holland say that the
German food situation is not nearly
as bad as it is pictured in the news
papers Of the Allies, thus bearing
out Ambassador Gerard's. statement
that Germany never will be beaten
by starvation.
| The reiterated statements in the
allied press that Germany is on the
verge of starvation are really foster
ed by German propogandists, these
advices say who hope that such ex-
4 aggerated accounts will make the AL
| lies take the war easily, believing
the Central Powers are sabout to COL
lapse.
These, accounts of starvation con-
ditions are used as propaganda in
il neutral countries as well as for their
weakening effect upon Germany's en-
enaies. The Germans can thus point
out to the neutrals that "Great Bri-
ttain is not only waging war by her
blockade against neutral merchants
Ebut is starving helpless children
| Semi-official statements reaching
Holland from Germany show that the
I Central Powers have finally abandon
& ed the policy of making false state
ments regarding food conditions. The
--latest statement from Herr Michaelis,
1.-THE PGussian Food Controller, gives
y an optimistic view of food prospects.
II He says. a. completed stock taking OF
1.-THE grain and potato supplies gives
assurance that there will be no. diff
ficulties with the food supply until the
next Harvest. =,
Shipping has been operating on the
| To -iy hi,
Eplies from Rumania., whose grain har-
vest up to next July is forecast al
25c. 900 TONS Reports that Germany'e
next harvest Will be poor because OF
lack Of fertilizer and labor are de-
MED. -
The fact of the matter is that sol.
diers back from the front are utilized
on the farms, and the scarcity of salt
petre has been overcome by the manu-
facture of large quantities Of nitro
Egen. Besides the cultivation Of the
Rumanian plains great tracts Of land
in Poland are expected to yield more
than is necessary for the maintenance
Of the population giving large sur
plus for Germany.
The shortage Of fuel in Germany
which is causing great Inconvenience
necessitated the suspension on Satur-
day Of service in Hamburg and the
adjoining city of Altoona by the Ham.
burg elevated railway.
The Berlin police are reported b,
the Amsterdam correspondent Of tn,
Central News to have: discovered tn,
printers Of "a pamphlet which wa
published at the time Of the strike o
German workmen in April. A mem
| Der Of a committee of Arbeitsgemein
[schaft has been arrested. The cores
/ ipondent reports that a sensational tria
on the charge of high treason is ex
pected. .: