The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-16
New German Chancellor, DR..
George Michaelis, to Make
Speech Before Reichstag
is NOW CONFERRING
WITH PARTY LEADERS
His Evident Fair-Minded-
ness Appeals to the Ger
man Newspapers

Copenhagen, July l6.--Dr. George Mi
chaehs, the new chancellor, will deliver
his maiden speech in the Reichstsp
Thursday. His address is expected to
contain an announcement of his forth.
coming program and is awaited with in.
terest. Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
and General Won Ludendorff are contin-
uing conferences with party leaders, in
which DIR. Michaehs is participating.
The chancellor's first step, which might
be interpreted as an indication of an
open mind, was to receive representatives
of the two divergent groups in the Reich.
stag and permit them to explain their
respective standpoints, the chancellor play.
ing the role of listener to the converse
tions conducted by the ice-chancellor,
DR.. Karl Helfferich, and the Reichstag
representatives. The German papers
unite in characterizations OF his energy
and fair mindedness, but are most re-
served in their predictions of his probable
policy. The papers aligned for the So
called German peace are perhaps a shade
more enthusiastic about the political
possibilities under the new regime than
the radical and socialist organs.
The Cologne Volkszitung, the Catholic
organ of an-German sympathies, saws
that DR.. Michaelis undoubtedly stands
nearer the right than the left parties. The
line of the comment evidently emanat.
ing from Wilhelmstrasse is that the new
chancellor regards as his mission the re-
storation of the internal harmony of the
nation, whatever policy may be adopted
No matter what else may result, the
change will undoubtedly mean the dis.
appearance of the Won Bethmann peace
program.
The appointment OF DIR. Michaelis un-
doubtedly means a new deal OF the cards |
Berlin papers which were published be-
fore the appointment of DIR. Michaelis
was known, throw further light upon the
of Won Bethmann HolI-
weg's retirement. They show that the
emperor was confronted by the necessity
of dropping the imperial chancellor or
the entire Prussian cabinet,
the members of which, including the war
General Won Stein, a soldier, ,
not politician, submitted their resig-
nations, declaring that they could not
remain if Won Bethmann. Hollweg was
retained.
The Bavarian premier, Count Won
I1ertling, who favored moderate peace
but refused fatty to accept
the idea of parliamentary ministry, 4.
which would diminish Bavarias special
influence upon the government, seems /
10 have thrown himself into the struggle !
against Won Bethmann at the last min {
lte. The Bavarian eentrist members of I
he Reichstag started an anti-Von Beth I
mann revolt within the party, and the Y
rown prince made valid his long stand
ng objections TO the imperial chancel. I
or.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
General Ludendorff were again sum. s
noned to Berlin, not TO interfere, accord. h
ng to the unanimous accounts in the I
Berlin papers, in the political side of Il
he situation, but to sdetrack the pro- \
'osed peace resolution by encouraging :
eports of the ministry situation and to T.
inspire the members of the Reichstag
ftth beliefs in possibility of obtaining
nat German peace worthy of the sacri-
ce made" to which Won Hindenburg U
yer and over again had comitted .him
elf in his published replies to the me-
lorials of pan-German organizations.