The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-08
HELFFERICH IS
seen AS power
BEHIND THRONE
Unpopular Minister May
Usurp Won Kuehlman's
Duties, 'Tis Feared.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. Twill DR..
Won Kuehlmann or DR.. Karl Helffer-
ich, vice chancellor. be he real direct
or of foreign policy under the ad-
ministration of DR.. Michaelis, the I'M
perial German chancellor?
This is the political problem Of the
hour in connection with the shakeup
of cabinets in Germany. 1t Is known
the versatile DR.. Helfferich desires
to have a hand in steering Germany's
new course in world politics after the
war, and it is rumored that the new
chancellor, unacquainted as he Is with
international affairs, desires to re-
tain the ex-bank director (Dr. Heller
ich as his special adviser and mouth
piece, particularly for this field.
Needed at Peace Board
In fact, one of the avowed reasons
for Dr. Helfferich's retention, despite
his present unpopularity in the Reich
stag was that his services are indis-
pensable in peace negotiations. The
Berlin Tageblatt, the Local Anzetger
and the Vossische Zeitung all refer to
the possibility Of conflict as DR..
Won Kuehlmann, 1t is understood, Is
disinclined to permit himself to be
relegated to subordinate place.
A round feature OF the shakeup is
the consideration shown the Catho-
lie center party, whose demand for
representation in the imperial and
Prussian cabinets for the Roman
Catholic population was recognized
by the appointment of three Roman
Catholics. SPAIN, Waldow and Kuehl-
mann. With a revocation of the anti
Jesuit and Polish appropriation laws.
also part of the centrist program,
that party is considered to have done
very we'll as a result of the parlia-
mentary crisis.
Newspapers Aggrieved
While the radical and socialist press
is dissatisfied at the absence of any
marked concession to parliamentary
ism in the new cabinets and at the
failure to consult the Reichstag in
any way on the appointments, news
papers OF the opposite camp are ag-
grieved at the shelving OF DIR. Bese-
ler Prussian minister OF justice;
Count Loebell, Prussian minister OF
agriculture, and other stand-patters
on Prussian franchise reform.
The Tages Zeitung shows its dissat-
isfaction in a short cool non-committ-
al paragraph of greeting to the new
administration and by giving far more
space to sketches OF the departing
statesmen than by principles OF the
new appointees.
Herr Zimmerman, ex-foreign secre-
tary, in an article In the Lokal An
zeiger, scolds DR.. Michaelis for jettis-
oning those tried and trusty officials
in favor of political novices OF untried
worth.
Both Are Criticized.
The Vossische Zeitung severely crit
icizes the appointments of Dr. Helf-
ferich and Dr. Won Kuehlmarn on the
ground that both favor the reapproch-
ment of England and not Of Russia as
a basis Of post bellum policy.
1t says DR.. Helfferich was Do. Won
Bethmann-Hollweg's evil genius in for
eign affairs, who first delayed unre-
stricted submarine operations by get
ting out statistics and then discredited
it by impossible predictions.
Theodor Wolff, editor of the Tage-
blatt SCOTS at all the appointments
except that of DR.. Won Kuehlmann,
whom he advises to use his elbows
vigorously to gain room to run his own
department and prevent intrusion by
DR.. Helfferich.
The Lokal Anzeiger also advises a
firm policy and holds out as an en-
ticement 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 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 absolutely
to a powerful pan-German peace.