The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-06
VIA
HERTLING?
Teutons See Good Omen in
New Chancellor's Aus
trian Connections
RELIGIOUS BELIEF RE-
GARDED SIGNIFICANT
Kaiser Ignored Hindenburg
in Making the APP
pointment

Berne, Nov. 6.--The appointment OF
Count Hertling as imperial German chan
cellor is looked upon here as a revolution
in the political life of Germany. In high
official quarters the appointment is said
to shift the center of the peace fight
away from the Prussian military circles
towards Munich and Vienna, and conse-
quently it is considered tremendously
significant for the rest of the world.
| A majority of the South German and
Austrian newspapers reflect the general
standpoint of the Republican Germans
of Switzerland, who undisguisedly are
happy over the appointment of Count
Won Hertling which they regard, not as
a Bavarian victory over the Prussians,
but as a far-reaching good omen for a
peace understanding.
Count Won Hertling is expected by
them through his close Austrian connee
tions to be able to enhance the peace
ideas of Count Czernin Won Chudenitz,
the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister,
in the German council, instead of discard
ing them, as another chancellor might.
The appointment of Count Won Hert-
ling is considered the more remarkable
as the military party or Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Won Luen
dorff, first quartermaster general were
not consulted, whereas they were spon
sors for DR.. Michaeis.
On the other hand, while Emperor
William and the Conservatives are known
to have been satisfied with Dr. Michaelis,
the emperor none the less had made up
his mind not to risk a CHARACTERISTIC
crisis in few weeks and took recourse
in the nearest approach to parliamentar
ism Germany ever has known. II is
stated that DR.. Karl Helfferich, vice
is certain to give up his post,
and that he probably will be replaced by
Herr Friedberg, National Liberal lead
err, or Herr Won Payer, Progressive, DIR.
August Mueller, Social Democrat, the
under secretary of the war food |
will remain in office, though |
other Socialists have declined actively to
support Won Hertiin by accepting posts
offered them
Satisfaction of the Liberal elements of
The German population and press with
.he new administrator in Germany |
seems mixed and halfway. 1t is based I
-ather upon the assumption that Count
Won Hertling, the imperial chancellor, Is
,nterng office as the representative of
he majority of Parliament than upon
von Hertling's personality, and he evil
lently will last only so long as he con-
lucts his administration as the represen-
alive of the majority party, this land
n future be no longer the object"
The Pant German movement has an
wered the appointment of Won Hertling
With straight declaration of war, based
IN his known and suspected attitude on
,eace terms and the belief that he is in
lined to make peace on basis which
will permit later an approachment with
he western powers. They were phrased
Wholly in words that settlement of the
,elgian problem probably would be OBJ
ainable under an 'offer to guarantee
hat this land in the future be no longer
he object.
The new chancellor conferred on Sat
rdav with General Won Ludendorff, chief
f the general staff, and Field Marshal
on Hindenburg in the presence of sew
raj leading parliamentarians according
D an Exchange Telegraph dispatch.