Show MS MICHAELIS P POLICY CY REMAINS m UNKNOWN NEW GERMAN chancellor HAS GIVEN NO indication OF HIS PEACE POLICY receives representatives of two divergent groups and permits them to explain respective standpoints without comment copenhagen dr von bethmann successor dr george Is Germ germanas germanys anys first common chancellor a bureaucrat without even it noble von before ills his name naine dr lias has as yet given no indication of ills his policy regarding reform it and nd pence peace neither the conservatives nor liberals have ventured to call liim him their own whether or not germany Is closer to peace aith ith the allies as a result of tile the resignation of dr von hollweg is still a question n to be decided by future events tile the new flow chancellors first step ITh which leli might be interpreted as an indication di ion of 0 f fin au 0 open P ell mind 1 was Is 1 t to 0 receive representatives of 0 the two divergent groups in the find and permit all L the them in to explain n their respective standpoints the chancellor playing the role of listener to the conversations conducted by the vice chancellor dr karl and the reichstag representatives the german papers unite finite in characterization teriza tion of his energy and fair mind edness but are arc most reserved in their predictions of liis his probable policy the papers aligned for the alie so called german peace are perhaps a shade more enthusiastic about the political possibilities bili bill ties under the new regime than the radical and socialist organ the ap appointment of dr undoubtedly means a new deal ot of the card 4 j berlin papers which were pi published ab before the appointment of dr MIch aclis was known throw further light on the circumstances of von bethmann retirement they show that the emperor was confronted by tile the necessity of dropping the imperial chancellor or virtually the entire prussian cabinet the members of which including the war minister general central von ion stein a soldier not a politician Iti it submitted their res resignations gnat ions declaring that they could not relli alif if von was re tallied r the cologne tun the catholic organ ot of pan sympathies says dr Mich aclis urt undoubtedly stands nearer the right than the left parties tiie the line of the comment evidently emanating from the Is that the new chancellor regards as his ulIs mission FIon the restoration of the hie internal harmony of the nation loii whatever polley policy may be adopted no matter what else may result the ta change will undoubtedly mean the dU disappearance appearance of tile von peace program gra 0 fit dr von policy regarding the ultimate aims of the war had from the beginning been a personal one lit in bilich the chancellor above the parties had formed a program above parliamentary part leSt the tha military authorities and the emperor alike and he endeavored by gentle steady pressure and to impose it |