The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-08
GERMANY FACES
INTERNAL CLASH
Few Cabinet Oisappoints the
Liberal Press.
JUhkERS STILL IN SADDLE
The Rivalry of Won kuehimann and
Or. Aeiferich For Control of Foreign
Policy Forseen.

Copenhagen. Aug. S.-The hber1lI
press of Germany i Outspoken In us
disappointment owe" the selectlohs
which the new chancellor. De. Mlcnae'
lis, has made OF :is colleagues in the
new imperial and Pru~ sian ministries.
They are held 10 low that the
change effected is one OF names and
not OF system.
The changes involve four imperial
secretaries o. stare and Ave members
of the Pr!ss an ministry. Most con-
spicuous % the imperial mini ters who
step out are Or. Alfred I mmermann,
foreign secretary, and AdOlph Won Ba-
tocki. president Of the food regulation
board
Zimmerman is succeeded by Dr..
Richard K~ehlmann. recently ambas,
sador 10 Turkey.
Will DR. Won kuehlmann or D.. Karl
He'Ferich vice chancellor, he the real
director OF foreign policy under the.
administration OF DR. Nichahs? This
is the politica, problem o. the hour.
1t is known the versatile DR.. He'll
ferich desires to have a hand in steer
ing Germany's new course in world
politics after the war. and II is ru-
mored that the new chancellor. unac'
ouainted as he is with international
affairs. desires to retain the former
bank director (Dr Helfferich) as his
specia! adviser aud mouthpjece, par.
ticularly for this field
in fact. one of the ay0wed reasons
for DR. Helfferich'S retention, despite
his present unrOpular;ty in the reich
stag. was that his services are indlS-
pensable in peace negotiations. Inc
Berlin Taeeblatt the Lokal Anzelger
and the Vossicne Zeitung all refer to
the possibility Of conflict. as DR.. Won
Kueh,mann. il is understood. IS d1sin'
clined to permit himself to be rele-
gated to a subordinate place.
A second feature of the shake-up Is
the considera ION shown the Catholic
center party whose demand for repre-.
sentation In the imperial and Prus.
sian cabinet was recognized hv the APP
pointment OF three Catholics. SPAIN,
waldow and Keuhlmann. With re-
vocation OF the anti-Jesuit and Polsn
appropriation laws, also part OF the
centrlst program. that party g con-
sidered to have done very well as
result Of the parliamentary crisis.
The new ministers have been recruit
ed largely from the conservative ranks,
the Prussian under secretaries and
heads OF the provincial bur aaucracy
being EXCEPTIONALLY of that political per
suasiOn
Exceptions are the parliamentarians
ron KTause. nationalist vice president
Of the Prnssian diet. and De- Peter
spahn. the aged Catholic reichstag
leader. He is not in health AID Il is
stand the strain OF ministerial labors,
He collapsed and tainted az ] reich
stag committee meeting recently. He
has not vet fully recovered.
DR.. Zimmerman. the former foreign
secretary. In an article in the Lokal
Anzeiger. scolds DR. Michaelis for Jet
tisoning tried and trustv officials In
favor OF political novices of untried
worth.
The Lokal AnZeiger advises firm
policy and holds out as an enticement
the glittering opportunity OF leading
the premier military power Of the
world to that just and permanent peace
which will be as great victory for
Germany on the diplomatic field as
that OF Won Hindenburg on the field
of war. The Anzeiger's adoption OF the
phrase. Peace by understanding
does not imply any change of heart in
the paper which is committed abso-
1utely to a powerful pan-German peace.
+ The Vossische Zeitung severely crfti-
cises the appointments OF DR.. Helf-
ferich and DR. Won Kueh!mann on the
ground that both favor Impeachment
to England and not TO Russia as
basis OF post bellum policy. 1t says
Or. Helfferich was DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollwegs evil genius In foreign af
fairs who first delayed unrestricted
submarine by getting out statistics,
and then discredited it by impossible
predictions