Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 36 | German Crisis Looms Nearer

GENHI unsT LDOMSJEARER Majority of Parties Bent on Government Not Under Headquarters. Socialists Are Willing to Join Movement on Certain Cer-tain Terms. AMSTERDAM, Sept.. 21. The government gov-ernment crisis in Germany is approach-in;; approach-in;; a decisive stage, according to the Leipzig Tageblatt, and a majority of the parties are firmly resolved to form a parliamentary government without delay a government which, in entire independence of main headquarters, will pursue a policy made necessary by the seriousness of the hour. The Socialists have declared their readiness to enter the new government under the following conditions: . First, the abolition of certain paragraphs para-graphs in the constitution; second, the entry of at least two or three Social-Kemocrats Social-Kemocrats in the government., and, third, the occupation of one important political post, presumably the ministry of the interior, bv a Socialist, for which Friedrich Ebert, president of the main committee of the reichstacr and vice president of the Social-Democratic party, par-ty, is the foremost candidate. The Center party definitely decided on its attitude as to the chancellorship at a meeting on Monday. A meeting of the party is following the lead of Herr Geeroeber. one of its reichstag representatives, repre-sentatives, in a desire to retain Count von Hertling. The majority of the party, however, demands the retirement of the chancellor. Count Erockdorff-Eantzoa, Erockdorff-Eantzoa, German minister at Copenhagen, Copen-hagen, is chiefly mentioned as the chancellor chan-cellor 's successor. Police Halt Meeting. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 21. A meeting meet-ing of the Independent Socialists in the first Berlin district was dissolved by I the police, according to the Berlin Vor-waerts, Vor-waerts, a copy of which has been received. re-ceived. Hugo Haase, leader of the Socialist So-cialist minority, was refused permission to speak, and the police arrested Adolf Hoffman, the chairman of the meeting.