The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-07

TTnon nv motion leaders OF the major
itv nartics were summoned for direct
advice H. was my conviction. gentle
men, that unity Of imperial leadership
should be assured not only through mere
ochismatic party allegiance by the Diff
fcrcnt members Of the government.
considered almost still more important
the unity of ideas. l proceeded from
this viewpoint and have. in making my
selections. laid greatest weight on the
fact that the members OF the new I'M
perial government stnnd on busis
Of n just peace IF justice. regardless OF
the war situation. and THAT they have
openly declared this to be their stand
point at the time when VIC stood at the
height OF our military Successes.
81 am convinced that the manner In
which the imperial leadership is now
constituted with cooperation or the
reichs,ag is not something cphcmcraI,
and that when peace terms comes gov
eminent cannot again be formed which
does not find support in the reichstaE
and does not draw its leaders there
from.
Tho war has conducted beyond tho
disrupted life, which made it so diff
iicult TO put into execution u uniform
and decisive political wish. The for
nation Of n majority means the FOR
nation OF political will. and an IN
diSputablc result Of the war mas Deem
that in Germany. for the first time
great parties have Joined together IN
a firm, harmonious program andI have
thus come into position to determine
for themselves the fate Of the people.
This thought will never die. This
development will never be retracted
(applausc). and trust that so long
as Germany's fate is rinGed ahcut by
dangers, those sections of the PEOPLE
outside the majority parties and whose
representatives do not belong TO the
government Will put aside all thut sop
arates and give the fatherland what
is the futhcrland's.
This development ncccsStatcS an
alteration Of our constitutions provision
along the lines OF tho imperial decree
IF September 30. (which shall make
It possible that those members of the
rrichsLag who entered the government
will retain their seats In the rcichstaE.
\ bill to this end has been submitted
to the federal states. and will immc-
diately be made tho object Of their con-
sldcration and decision.
Gentlemen let US remember the
emperor on August 4. 1914. which | per-
mitted myself Ia naraphrasc last Dc
ccn,bcr at Karlsruhe: There are. in
fact. parties but they are all German
part les (ApplauscD
Political developments In Prussia
the principal German federal state. must
proceed in the spirit of these words or
the en- perur. and the message OF the
king of Prussia promising the domo-
cratic franchise must be fulfilled quick
~ and completely. tAppiausc.1 / do
not doubt also that those federal states
which Will lag behind in the develop
mcrt of their constitutional conditions
will rcsolutrly follow FrusSia's exam
pie. tApplausr)
"For tho present. as the example, 0t
all bclligerfnt states demonstrates. the
ext ranrdinary powers which a condition
, of siege Cumprls cannot be dispensed
with but clos" relations between tn,
military and civilian authorities must
be established which will make ii pos
$ihlc that in all not purely military
questions. and hence. especially AZ /"
Tho censorship and right of nSSrmhlage.
the attitude nf the civilian executive au-
thoritics shall make itself heard. and
that final decision shall he plncch UNI
der The chanccllor's responsibility. (3p-
plauSa)
ITO this end tho order of the ON
. pcror Will u" sent Ia the military COM
manderS. With september 80. the day
Of, the decree. began now epoch ~
, Gcrmany'S Internal history. Tho In
tcrnal policy whose basic principles nra
,, therein laid down Is Of deciding I'm
portance of tho question Of peace q:
war.
The striking fnrcs which the gov
crnmcnt has in lis "trivings for pcacH
defends on whether il has behind il
che people. Only when our enemies feel
that tho German people stand united
tho united firm and unshakable will ~
back Of their chosen lenders-thcn only
can words become deeds. tApplause.)
AT the pence negotiations the Ger
man government will use its efforts