New Britain herald., 1917-07-18
new CHANCELLOR
TO outline PEACE
'MichaeIS Will Back Up Party Of
Left, Says Swiss Report
REICHSTAG SU M M ON ED

REICHSTAG SU M0NED
Members Hear Call to Be Prepared
for Communication from Govern
ment-Country Split Over Appoint
ment of Foreign Secretary.
Basel Switzerland, July 1S.-The
Neuste Nachrichten of Munich says
that the declaration Of the new Ger
man chancellor, DR.. Michaefs before
the Reichstag tomorrow will be for
peace, having the same general trend
as the resolution prepared by the par
ties of the Left.
London. July 1S.-A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Berlin via Amsterdam, an
nounces that Chancellor Michaelis
has asked the president of the Reich
stag to summon Thursday afternoons $
session for Communication from
the government"
Amsterdam, July 1S.-According to
news brought by arrivals from Berlin
belief in liberal circles there is that
Chancellor Michaelis is merely a
stopgap who will prepare the way
for something in the way of a dicta-
torship with Gen. Ludendorff in su-
preme control.
Copenhagen, July 18.-Chancellor
Michaelis as a Danish editor re-
marked, is preserving the silence OF a
sphinx on the German peace program
and the questions of internal reform
.but the liberal press and politicians
In Germany manifest an increasing
apprehension that when the sphinx
finally breaks silence he will speak
with a decided pro-German accent
Herr Michaelis' putting forward OF
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
Gen. Ludendorff to discuss German
peace conditions with members of the
Reichstag, his failure to consult par
liamentary leaders on prospective
new appointments to the cabinet, his
antecedents, previous environment
and openly avowed satisfaction Of the
conservative national liberal party
men with the change in chancellors,
contribute, as Tuesdays German
newspapers show. to the marked un-
easy feeling in liberaT and socialist
circles on what the chancellors maid
en- speech Thursday will show.
Will Ask For Time.
The speech Is not expected to go
exhaustively into questions of reform
or peace as the time is too short for
Chancellor Michaelis to elaborate a.
definite program. The socialist agen-
;v, oil hQ fyy
will ask six weeks grace to inform
( himself and work out detailed pol
lev. The agency undoubtedly speak
ing for Herr Scheidemann. the social
list leader, demands, however that
Herr Michaelis Immediately and un-
euuivocably make clear his attitude
on the Prussian franchise reform and
the peace formula.
The Lokal Anzeiger also reckons
with a deferred presentation of the
chancelor's program and instances
the question of parliamentizlng the
government as one of the problems
Herr Michaelis will avoid because 1T
cannot be approached until after ex-,
haustive discussion by the federated
governments.
Have Peace Majority?
The papers manifest some uncer-
tainty regarding the fate of the
Reichstag's peace resolution. The
clerical and radical organs insist 1t
will have a big majority although they
evidently are counting on some decid-
edly uncertain votes.
Copenhagen. July ia successor
to Foreign Secretary Zimmerman
had not been selected up to today. &C
cording to advices from Berlin. Lead
ing German papers continued their
campaign for or against various cam
didates The danger of the candidacy
of Admiral Won Hintze, minister to
Norway as victory for the pam
German, navy and junker elements Is
stea div clear to the socialist organs,
which concentrate an attack on Won
Hintze's record in the Russian revolu-
Ation of 1905. They claim he encour-
aged Nicholas reactionary counsel
and later offered the emperor refuge
on a German warship. Count Won
Reventlow, military writer for the
Tages Zeitung, says that Count Won
Bernstorff is impossible because he Is
now. as from the outset, an advocate
of a peace of remuneration and an op-