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Show KnKcs Conservatives, Representing Old Aristocratic Traditions of Russia Oppose Chancellor. Chan-cellor. KNOWS NO PARTY Prussians Resentful Because Submarine Warfare Was Modified in Compliance With U. S. Demands. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Berlin. The Reichstag session just closed was marked by interesting developments de-velopments in the relations between the government and tho various political poli-tical parties. One result was to bring out more sharply than hitherto the opposition of the Conservatives to Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg. The Conservatives represent the old aristocratic traditions of Prussia, and their social and political Influence Is so great that they usually succeeded succeed-ed under previous chancellors in shaping shap-ing the course of the government. They have ever taken the lead in op- ; posing iH socialist jand democratic tendencies In tho state; and before : the war oneN of their chief lines of j policy was war upon the Socialists as ; l an element dangerous to the mon i archy and the present order of so ciety. Since the war has been in , progress, however, the governmenl . has quite changed its attitude toward , the Socialists. Tho chancellor has steadily acted in the spirit of the emperor's em-peror's declaration, made just as the war was about to begin, that henceforth hence-forth he knew no parties, but only Germans. Socialists' Loyalty Praised. The loyalty with which the Socialists Social-ists have stood by the government and helped to fight the country's battles bat-tles has been more than once recognized recog-nized by Bethmann Hollweg in his speeches In the Reichstag, and he has clearly admitted this fact must lead to some political readjustment after tho war is over. This has never pleased the Conservatives. But the chancellor has gone on his way making mak-ing friends with the Socialists and inviting their support for government measures. The Conservatives looked on coldly at all this, for they saw that their best argument for keeping the government rigidly conservative was being wrested from their hands. Besides this, the Conservatives have taken offense at the government's govern-ment's taxation policy. They are fully committed to the view that the empire must collect Its revenue taxes through direct taxation, like customs duties, and internal revenue taxes of various kinds. Especially do they urgently insist that direct taxes income, in-come, general property, and inheritance inheri-tance taxes should be reserved for tho federal states. The huge problem, prob-lem, however, of raising revenues to pay interest on the war debt, to pay pensions, and meet other expenses growing out of the war, cannot be solved without resorting to direct taxation there are not enough Indirect Indi-rect taxes In reach to meet the requirements re-quirements of -the situation. Hence iilong twlth the various indirect taxes - proposed this spring by the govern- ment was a direct tax on war profits. l In working out the details of col-L col-L looting this tax, however, it was found I by the budget committee that it s would be practically Impossible to distinguish between profits due to the : war and profits not due to iU Hence an all-round property tax of one mill on the dollar was proposed by the committee and accepted by the government. Some of the Conservatives Conserva-tives finally voted for the tax; but their two leaders, Count We'starp and von Haydebraud, voted against it to the bitter end. In this, curiously curious-ly enough, they found themselves alone with the small group of Socialists Social-ists who split off from the main body of the Socialists last March. Tax Measures Criticized. In the debates on these tax measures meas-ures and on the press censorship the Conservatives were verv severe in their criticisms of the " government and of the chancellor. They resent it in particular that their newspapers were not permitted to sav what they pleased about the United States In the height of the submarine controversy contro-versy between Washington and Berlin; Ber-lin; neither can they forgive the chancellor having yielded in modifying modify-ing the form of submarine warfaro. Several days ago the chancellor spoke with unsual passion In . exposing tho false statements put forth In an anonymous pamphlet written to attack at-tack him, a pamphlet evidently emanating ema-nating from Conservative quarters; .and he also had some sharp things to say in replying to another pamphlet by Herr Kapp, an influential conservative con-servative politician. These pamphlets made the impression upon the country coun-try that the Conservatives were beginning be-ginning a systematic campaign for tho overthrow of Bethmnnn Hollweg. Some of the National Liberals arc also dissatisfied with the, chancellor, and are known to sympathize with 4 these attack upon him. In propor t $ tion, however, as the ultra-natlonai I ja1 elements turn away from the chancel lor ho is finding all the warmer sup f y$ port from the other parties in th lS Reichstag, Including the old Socialisl f party. It was a curious unwonted speo : jfj lacle, during the chancellor's speed of June 0, to see the Conservative! j' 4& listening with mute dissent, aloitf : with the seceding Socialists, whIU I l a 1 the other parties in the house ap- . plauded him to the echo. It |