Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-03
FRENCH PITY WEARER
OF HERTLTNG'S SHOES
New Chancellor Won't Be
Able to Endure Many
Months. Paris Feels

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Paris, oct. 3.--If there is any com
miseration in France today for any
body in Germany. it is for the two men
who will he called to take the jobs just
vacated by IIertling and Won Hintze.
The only thing the new incumhents can
be thankful for IL that probably they.
will not last till the collapse Of Ger
many. so the final downfall of defeat
will not he associated in history with.
their names. This Is based on the as
sumption that under conditions In Ger
many. bad enough now and steadily
growing worse. no chancellor will be
able to stand the strain more than three
or four months and will probably take
longer than that to convince the Kaiser.
Hindenburg, and Ludendorff that they
have got TO quit no matter what people
may think
In his letter of regret, accepting Hert-
ling's resignation. the Kaiser gives the
key to the fact that Germany is now
playing the democratic camoufage game
harder than ever. That is the signii-
canoe of the kaiser's phrase. IT de-
sire that the German people cooperate
in n more effectual manner than hither-
to in the task of deciding the destiny OF
the country. 1t is consequently my
wish that men possessing the confidence
of the, people should take in a large
measure their part in the right and
duties of the government" .
In other words, the newcomers must
pretend to strive for the electoral re-
form which Hertling failed five times
- rnt aud fnr ,thap Y,aaEnrag tn nlnaE GO
the people, and at the same time must
mot 70 far enough to displease the mill
~tarists, This all for the triple purpose
of leading on the German people with
false hopes to continue the fight for the
HohenZollern dynasty, to support the
theory announced in the recent Won
Payer slogan. keen what we've got
and 10 furnish democratic camoulage
for future moves in the peace offensive.
Three German so-lalled Socialists
considered in France as most likely to
be put in the new German government
are Ebert. David and Schiedemann In
reality they ore as imperialistic as Hin
denburg himself. but the German people
are supposed not to think so.
One sentence in the Kaiser's note to
IIertling is considered in Paris as not
quite accurate. He wrote: YOU ac-
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difficult times
As a matter of fact HertlinE was
picked eleven months ago as a victory
chancellor. when everything seemed most
hopeful for Berlin. : This is even more
true of Won Hintze. who succeeded
Kuehlmann on July Is, the very day
the last German offensive began and
when. the German troops were more
hopefully confident h AT any time
since the first battle of the Marine.
They were headed straight for Paris and
victory. But Won Hin,ze had only three
days of ease before the beginning OF
the Allied victory IN July IS. which con-
tinued ever since without a single set
back. As Chancellor and Foreign Sec-
rotary Hertling and Won Hintze have
failed completely.
Paris speculation as to their success
sors pick Solf for the chancellorship and
~Brockdorff- Rantzan. German Minister in
Copenhagen. as foreign secretary.