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Show PLAIN THING IN IBM Unblushing Criticisms and Demand for Parliamentary Reforms Being Made. LIBERAL PRESS FRANK Chancellor Michaelis Twice Takes Floor to Explain His New Council. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 27. If Frank discussian and unblushing criticism criti-cism aro capable of bringing on parliamentary parlia-mentary reforms, It may be said that Saturday's proceedings in the reich-stag reich-stag main committee have given increased in-creased momentum to the movement. To this must be added the volume of plain spoken editorial comment by the Liberal press which states frankly that it will not be satisfied with half measures meas-ures or substitute makeshifts. Tho discussion of national politics was continued by the committeo yesterday. yes-terday. Chancellor Michaelis twice took the floor for the purpose of explaining ex-plaining his newly created council, made up of seven roichstag deputies and seven mombors of the bundesrat, over which he Is to preside. The new council will hold its first meeting on Tuesday for the purpose of discussing tho r-ovcrnment's reply to the papal peace note.' The Social Democrats, Centrists, National Liberals and Tro-grf8hiver. Tro-grf8hiver. have agreed to co-operate with the government on this issue. The various factions, however, have Informed In-formed tho chancellor thoy have accepted ac-cepted the newly organized body as a provislonary device and consider it the harbingor of more substantial and permanent per-manent measures which will secure to tho relchstag constitutional prerogatives preroga-tives and greater responsibility. Among other demands, the coalition will urge nullification of paragraph nine of the imperial constitutiop which prohibits reichstag deputies from becoming be-coming members of the federal council. coun-cil. Elimination of this restriction would facilitate appointment of members mem-bers of parliament to secretaryships which carry with them membership In tho bundesrat. Chancellor Attentative Auditor. Detailed reports of yesterday's eos-sion eos-sion of the main committee at which the various factions apparently strove to outdo each other in the candor of their criticism indicate that tho chancellor chan-cellor was nn attentative auditor and showed no inclination to oppose some of the more emphatic demands. In -a statement supplementing his speech In the forenoon he said he would consent con-sent to consider the seven reichstag deputies in the new council as representatives repre-sentatives of their political factions. The sessions afforded the party representatives rep-resentatives ample opportunity to bring up their grievances. Among them was the statement of Mathlas Erzber-ger, Erzber-ger, leader of the Centrists, that his party had not received proper recognition recogni-tion in the distribution of government honors. The session gave the impression that advocates of parliamentary reforms aro Inclined to support the chancellor in his opinion that reorganization cannot can-not be undertaken hastily. It is plain at this date, however, that the coalition coali-tion which has beon augmented im-measureably im-measureably by tho adhesion of the Liberals now constitutes an invincible reichstag majority with which tho chancellor must reckon which will enter en-ter the new session next month with a definitely outlined program. New Council Not Permanent. That the majority parties are not incuaea to uive ine newiy creaieu council permanent importance is indicated indi-cated by press comment. The following follow-ing deputies have been elected by their parties to membership in the new council: Socialist Democrats, Phillpp Scheld-mann Scheld-mann and Friedrich Ebert; Centrists, Mathias Erzberger and Herr Fehr.en-mach; Fehr.en-mach; Progressives, Friedrich Von Payer; National Liberals, Dr. Gustav Strescmann; Conservatives, Count von Westarp. More Flare-ups Expected. While a slip of the tongue by the chancellor arid a bungled report of Wednesday's session were directly responsible re-sponsible for the tension of the past week, thfe existence of much combustible combus-tible material of a political and parliamentary par-liamentary nature Is likely to call forth other flare-ups, on account of tho present pres-ent mood and temper of the reichstag majority. Wednesday's ruction Is sympathetic sym-pathetic of tho majority's growing demand de-mand for increased authority and responsibility re-sponsibility and further conflicts In the attempt to appease that appetite are hardly avoidable. It is now becoming known that Chancellor Chan-cellor Michaelis made his second statement state-ment of Wednesday, definitely fixing his attitude toward the reichstag's peace resolution, before the introduction introduc-tion of the majority's declaration regarding re-garding the establishment of full concordance con-cordance between It and tho statement of the chancellor on July 19. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing the chancellor's revised statement, state-ment, which made this protest superfluous, super-fluous, the declaration was read. The mischief was thus done and the outside out-side world received the impression that another crisis had come. For this tho mismanagement of the censorship censor-ship ovor reports of the committee's deliberations must bo blamed. Over this boiling cauldron thore presides pre-sides a new chancellor who made his record as a capablo official and organizer organ-izer In governmental departments. He is admittedly a tyro in the handling of practical politics. Powerful Conservative Opposition. Opposing the reichstag majority is the numerically small, but powerful Conservative and Pan-German faction which Just now Is not standing idly by whilo liberalism Is threatening to re-shape political and parliamentary Institutions. In-stitutions. These -reactionary forces for the most part represent" the nation's na-tion's finance, big business and landed land-ed interests. If the chancellor today feels that the wind temporarily is being tempered temper-ed to the shorn lamb, it is duo to his conviction that German eyes aro riveted rivet-ed on the various fronts" and the resistance re-sistance being offered there by these German troops and that tho nation at largo is quite willing to await a more auspicious time for rearrangement of Its political household furniture. An attempt to draw the man In the street into a discussion of tho new orientation orienta-tion la likely to be met with an expression ex-pression of his satisfaction over the arrival of new potatoes and ths fact that the bread ration has been Increased. In-creased. oo |