Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-06-22
Labor Minister
Becomes Premier
(By the Associated Press.

Berlin, June PA new German
cabinet has been formed under the
premiership of Herr Bauer, formerly
minister Of labor, with DR.. Mueller,
the majority Socialist leader as minis
ter of foreign affairs.
The other members Of the cabinet
are:
Minister of the interior, Dr.
and vice-premier, Matthias Erzber-
ger; minister of economies, Herr Wis
SELL minister of labor Herr SchIicke;
minister of the treasury, Herr Meyer;
minister of posts and telegraph, Herr
Giesbertz; chief of the colonial Of
flee, Dr. Bell; minister of national
defense, Gustave Noske; minister Of
food, DR.. Schmidt.
No appointment has been made to
the ministry Of justice.
Herr Meyer, the new head of the
treasury department. is a native of
Kaufburn, Bavaria.
Herr Bauer, the new premier, is
socialist and held the post of minis
ter of labor. In the course of his
official duties he has had much to do
with the striking workmen, and re
Gently brought about a settlement, of
the general strike in Berlin.
DR.. Mueller has become one of
the leaders of majority socialists since
the revolution. He was party whip
in the national assembly. In a re-
cent speech DR.. Mueller declared that
the former German emperor was not
wanted in Germany and that he "be-
longs in a pathological ward"
The name of Eduard David has
been linked with that of Philip
Scheidemann as one of the leaders of
the German socialist party in the
Reichstag since before the war. From
1915 to the time of the revolution
last November, DR.. David in his
speeches in the Reichstag opposed a
war of conquest by Germany.
DR.. David was a member of the ori-
ginal German delegation to the peace
conference, but retired in favor of
Herr Landsberg on account of i'll
health
Matthias Erzberger was head of the
German armistice commission and is
one of the leaders of the centrist or
clerical party.
The famous reichstag peace resolu-
ton. adopted in July. 1917, and de-
claring for "peace without anexations
or indemnity" was the work of Err
berger.
Gustave Noske became a leading
figure in German politics under the
republican government set up in
Germany by Friedrich Ebert as
president Herr Noske was a storm
center early in the year because. of
his drastic measures as minister of
defense in putting down the sparta
can uprisings.
He policed the country effectively.
but incurred the criticism of those
who objected to his firm tactics in
dealing with all opposition. Many
summary executions followed an ord
err issued by him that all persons
found fighting government forces
should be shot Immediately. He was
mentioned as probable dictator, if it
should become necessary to appoint
one through the predicted fall of the
government some months ago.
Copenhagen, June 21.-An attempt
by the majority socialists and the
Centrists to reach an agreement on
the peace treaty despatch from Ber-
lin says, has failed because the social
lists refused to accept responsibility
for the note sent to the allied powers
in which it was declared that the
treaty would be accepted only on con-
dition that Germany was not required
to acknowledge sole responsibility for
the war, or to hand over guilty per-