The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-16

Copenhagen, July 516.-Dr. George
Michaelis, the new chancellor, will de-
liver his maiden speech in the reich
stag Thursday. The address is ex-
pected to contain his announcement
of his forthcoming program, and is
awaited with great interest. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg and General
Ludendorff, who were summoned to
Berlin by Emperor William, are con-
tinuing the conferences with party
leaders, Dr. Michaelis is participat-
ing in them. sE., -, C.,
Representatives. of the Berlin press
were received Saturday by General
Ludendorff, i who said the situation on
all fronts was favorable. tsa..
The Pan-German Independence
league adopted resolutions against the
proposed peace action of the reich
stag, declaring the adoption Of the ma
jority's pros am would result itls the
indefinite contifua arce Of the war and
the political and economic ruin Of the
Germans. K & ;Es !
Still Insist on Terms. f
Amsterdam, July 16.-According to
the BerlinefiTageblat reichstag party
leaders, after theyl had been received
by MarshAtNoif Fiji fndenbufg and Gen
eral Ludehdorff, decided to- maintain
the terms Of peace resolutions agreed
on before the interview. "'.
1t is reported from Vienna
that Germans and Bohemian
members of the upper and low
er houses of the Austrian parlia-
ment have adopted jointly a resolu-
tion setting forth their desire for
peace within the country and of the
possibility of living side by side with
the czechs without abridgement of the
national self-determination of both
elements" The resolution says, how.
ever, that a separate Bohemian con-
stitution would not be recognized.
The adoption of the resolution evil
IDENTIFY was prompted by, the increas-
ing unrest among the ,czechs, an i'm
portant element ,n.of Austria's popula,
ton. They are reported to be in sym
pathy with the militaristic policy of
the Germans in Austria.
Germany's first commoner chancel-
lor DR.. Georg Michaelis, bureau
crat without even a noble "von' be-
fore his name, has as yet given no
indication of his policy regarding re-
form and peace. Neither the conserv-
atives nor the liberals have ventured
to call him their own.
The chancellor's first step was to
receive representatives of the two
divergent groups in the reichstag and
permit then. to explain their respect.
i've standpoints,
The German papers unite in charac-
terizations of his energy and fair
mindedness, but are most reserved in
their predictions of his probable pol
icy.
Kills Peace Program.
The Cologne Vblkezeitung, the
Catholic organ of the pan-German
sympathizers, says DR.. Michaelis un-
doubtedly stands nearer the Right
than the Left parties. The line OF
comment evidently emanating from
Wilhelmstrasse is that the new chan
cellor regards as his mission the res.
toration of the internal harmony of
the nation, wb(teyer policy may be
adopted No matter what else rf-y
result, the change will undoubtedly
mean the disappearance of the Won
Bethmann-H Hollwegg peace program,
Dr. Won Bethmann- Hollweggs pol
icy regarding the ultimate aims of
the war had from the beginning been
a personal one. in which 1.-The chan
cellor, above the parties" had formed
a program above parliamentary par
ties, the military authorities and the
emperor alike, and he endeavored to
impose it upon a changeful sovereign
oscillating between vistas Of brilliant
ambition and realizations of cold
facts. Upon the puissant military
caste represented by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Luden-
dorff. and a laundering, unbrilliant
parliament.
New Deal of Cards.
The appointment of DR.. Michaelis
undoubtedly means a new deal OF
cards. Eerlin papers which were pub
Ijshed before the appointment of DR..
Michaelis was known, show that the
emperor was confronted by the neces-
sity Of dropping the imperial chancel-
- x,;,x,,o111, tho onfipo prr asion