Show MICHAELIS' MICHAELIS POLICY f REMAINS UNKNOWN NEW gEw GERMAN CHA CHANCELLOR HAS 1 GIVEN NO INDICATION OPHIS OF- OF HIS PEACE POLICY I C Receives Represent Representatives of Two c 40 4 Groups Group's and Permits Them g. t to Explain Respective St Standpoints Stand Stand- nd points ponts Without Comment i Copenhagen D r. r von yon suc successor Dr Geor George c l Is Germanys Germany's first HIst common commons s- s cl chancellor ance lOl a bureaucrat without e ea c a n noble nohle von on before his n ll name 11 C. C Dr Dl has hus as yet et given no In i. i lion Oon of oC his policy regarding reform and peace pence Neither It m the thc conservatives nort nor z t the the liberals h have ventured to call him their own Whether or not Germany German t J. J Is closer closel to peace pence with the allies as us n a n result of the resignation of Dr Dl von on Bethmann eg is still a que question to be hc hed decided e b by future events e The new chancellors chancellor's first step I which might be l Interpreted us as uS an In- In n of oC an nn open mind was fo io o reI receive ref re- re I f representatives of the two divergent diver l J gent groups in iii the unil permit per per- mit them them to explain their theil respective st standpoints the chancellor playing ing the therole c role Iole ro of li listener ta tu the conversations cOll conducted by the vice chancellor Dr l Karl arl nn and the tile reichstag rep- rep The German pa papers aers erS unite In characterization charac charac- of his energy an and mind fair e edness ness but butare are me most reserved Jn In their predictions of f his probable policy The ll papers aligned for the so called German Ger Ger- man pence peace are perhaps a shade more f enthusiastic about the political possibilities under the new regime than the radical and socialist organ The he appointment of Dr Dri Dr Michaelis i undoubtedly means mean a u new deal eal of the cards curds Berlin papers which were published pub pub- d before the appointment of Dr Michaelis s was known know throw further light on the circumstances of Von on Bethmann retirement Th They how that the emperor was vas confronted by the necessity of dropping the Imperial Im Im- im- im penal chancellor or virtually the entire en eu- tire the PI Prussian cabinet the 1 members 1 mbel's of which including Ing the war var minister General von yon Stein a soldier not a polItician politician pol pol- Hician submitted their resignations declaring that the they could coul not remain emaIn if if Yon Von I was re- re The Cologne s the Cath- Cath olle oUe of G German vaIl s sympathies says Fays s 's Dr Dl Michaelis undoubtedly stan stands s nearer 1 the right than the th left parties The he Ihie or comment evidently em em- from the is that the new chancellor regards ls as his J the restoration n of tIle the internal harmony of the nation whatever policy pol pal icy may be adopted N No matter what else ma may result the change will undoubtedly undoubtedly un- un mean the disappearance of 0 Jh y- y yon yi i fl ll Bethmann pea peace f pro- pro gram D DJ Di I. I Von on Bethmann policy regarding ing the ultimate aims of the war ha had from Ironi the beginning been a personal one in which the flie chancellor above the parties had formed ormed a program program pro pro- gium gram above parliamentary parties the military a authorities and the ei emperor alike and he endeavored h by gentle stead steady and ion Impose impose im Im- un- un pressure bogge lon to pose It |