Arizona republican., 1917-08-20
GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST
 DRASTIC STEPS IN CAMPAIGN
 AGAINST LABOR ACITAT0RS
MAIN RE|CHSTAG COMMITTEE WILL
 MEET NEXT TUESDAY
Republican A. P. Leased Wlre1


 BERLIN (via London), August 1s. The main committee of the reichs- tag will meet next Tuesday to deal with the military and economic situ- be considerably improved over con- ditions existing six weeks ago, when the political crisis occurred At that time the Russians were penetrating further into Galicia while the U- boat figures threatened to show a falling off in sunken tonnage.
 The food situation in Germany was then anything but confidence inspir- ing, due to q shortage of potatoes and absence of new vegetables and fruit and to reduced bread rations Today the food situation has been eased by the arrival of a new potato crop, added bread rations and an inn provement in the supply of vege- tables, while the military situation on the eastern front, according to the official leaders, has been converted into an overwhelming rout of the Russians and Rumanians and re- demption of Austrian soil from the | invaders.
 The outstanding military feature since the quieting of the recent po- 1 litical storm. however. is found on the western front where the offens- | i've of the entente in Flanders, in | the German view, is again halted and |, the Grman U-boat base on the Bel gian coast has been successfully de- fended.
 The new chancellor and his newt, appointed staff of secretaries, there 1 fore are permitted to enter into the i initial conferences with the reichstag main committee at a moment when the central powers are declared again to be in military ascendancy and the domestic situation is shorn of feat. ures which embarrassed the govern ment on the eve of the crisis.
 In view of the unparalleled. eco homie and military situation the ! opirion prevails in many quarters 1 that the re;chstag, unmindful of lno i clamors of the pan-Germans should i unequivocally reiterate the principles of it's peace resolution as adopted by twO-thirds majority at the close of the recent stormy session It is not unlikely that the papal peace note will be informally dis cussed early in the session of the main committee which will further i occupy itself not only with an active review of military and economic af- fairs, but with new legislation relat- ! ing to the reorganization of the food l bureau and the division of the de- partment of the interior This de- partment will have a subdivision devoted to legislation respecting com merce, labor and social questions, in which fields far-reaching reforms and l innOVat ions are f0recaS st
 In connection with the main com mittee of the reichstag, August q, l there is the prospect of a social democratic interpolation calling on the government to reiterate it's war aims.
 The Norddeutsehe Allgemeine Zeit- ung announces that Dr. Michaelis. the imperial chancellor, will take the floor at Tuesdays meeting for the purpose of participating in the gen ral discussion and he also will make reference to the papal peace note
 The reichstag main committee has all the functions of a parliamentary body and it is likely that some of the loose threads which were left dangling when the chancellor crisis set in will be picked up again. While the political atmosphere shows mild indications of being sur charged with the customary amount of uncoufirmed rumors it is believed the forthcoming session will resolve itself into a frank discussion of out standing political, military and eco- Honic questions.