The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-18
RADICALS CLAIM
new CHANCELLOR
The Majority "BIoc" Plans to
Continue Fight.
ROW OVER FOREIGN OFFICE
Reichtae Majority to Demand That
MichaeIis Accept Their Statement OF
Peace Terms.

CopeDhagen. July lS-TAe new
chancellor, Or. Michae'i~. is &, sc"ibed
in special dispatches from Pc in as
working night and day on his Program
speech and the selection of new ma
terial for the Prussian imrer al admin.
istration.
Ia. !.ukaI AnZe'ger SAYS the chang
es have been complete AM the Chan
ceuo~ will appear in tn lHichstag &C
companied by al his NY col'ea%ues
The Tagcbiaft says II r. Michaelis
is reticen' on his policy.
The reirhetag is eXpec ed TO adjourn
on Frtd~y until September first voting
the war credits almost unanimously
ncSra -hes said Dr.. Mchaelis
w0ulr mat" his maiden speech on
Thursd'rD
\ lep4tch from Berlin s@yS the ma
ioritv bloc" D'ans % PIE .ert 'o'Ce
term. in a rest,'ntirn 10 he raich@ tae
on Thrrsdav ana 20 demand from DR.
Micnaels q statement thai he accent
il in pIinciuIa. otherwise co-operatio"
IS impossible. Meanwhile the eXecu
ton of This plan depends upon the
extent to which the no" holds to
geth"r.
A late edition of the Lokal Anzeigel
asserts that the New chancellor is fol
the FOREIGN D,lisv I'D NeHcP '""ms eX
pounded hv Field MARSHA yol Hind n
burg ard TIVE pan-German cam. /
quotes nservntive and national lib
eral members Of the ceichstag who AT
tendeI a conference with Won linden
burg, General Won I.udendorff. frs
Ouartermaster General. and DR.. MI
chaelis A. being most favorahly i'm
pressed with the results.
The I,okal AnZeiger asserts of its
own knowledge that DR.. NiclaHfs al
ready has established relations Of alb
solute unanimtty and co-oper?"on witt
these miIitary-political chie!t iNS. The
newspaper strongly recommends to ID"
Michaelts and parliament the postpone
ment until the end OF III war Of thf
settlement Of all contentious interna
questions. including, naturally, Prus
sian suffrage reform, thereby proper,
rebuking wha Il terms imper'inent in
reference frcm enemy countries in th'
internal German affairs and demon
strating the harmonious unity of the
country.
The selection Of a successor to the
foreign secretary. DR.. Alfred Z'mmer
mann. is still unsettled. Pressure /:
being brought from two directions Il
block the proposed nomination o
Count Rr0ckdorff- Rantzau. the German
minister at Copenhagen. and 10 subSt'
tute Admiral Won Hintze. minister t
Norway. or Count Won Bernstorff, for
mer ambassador 10 Washington.
The present minister to Christiana i:
fSaSttisss-. desired, by pan.Gsrmans an!
autucates OF super-yigorous polio!
not only on account of his high diplo
matte qualifications. but chiefly on &C
count of his antecedents.
Apparently it is felt that a forme
naval officer. particularly one VIII
PLAYED such a prominent role at Ma
MIA in the events Of 1895. will offeI
the necessary guarantee that the Ger
man forgn policy in regard to peace
NEGOTIATIONS will be afterwards con
Quoted along desired energetic lines
/ The emperor is said TO favor Vol
HintZe.
The Tageblatt the Mittags Zeituni
and the Socialist organ Vorwaert
unite in declaring that the candidac
! Of Admiral Won HiRtZe for foreign min
lister is a move of the superannexa
/ tionists.
( The Tageblatt and Vorwaerts war;
/ DR.. Michaelis that he cannot accep
Won Hintze without compromising tn
/ administration with a pan-Germal
faint. The Deutsche Tages Zeitun
! (Reventlow' 5 paper supports vol
Hintze's candidacy.