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Show COUNT HERIUNG-' FORCIBLE MAN Guiding Influence of Catholic Center in the German Reichstag. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 31. Count Georg von Hertling, who hns been appointed to succeed Dr. Georg Mich-aelis Mich-aelis as German imperial chancellor, was for years the leader of the Catholic Catho-lic center in tho reichstag. He was one of the few forcible and first grade personalities among the non-Socialist group. Even after his retirement from tho reichstag to become premier of Bavaria tho count remained one of the fruldine influences nf tho Cat hollo party and as head of the government of the second largest federal stato ho has played an important role in Im-porial Im-porial affairs during tho war. Ho supported sup-ported Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl-weg against the Conservative program for a long time and when ho withdrew his support von Bethmann-Hollweg fell. Count Hertling may havo asked tune In which to consider tho appointment appoint-ment in order to consult with reichstag reichs-tag leaders, according to their expressed ex-pressed wish. In this caso ho would hear nothing favorable from tho Socialists and part of the radicals who already had expressed themselves as being opposed to his candidacy. To tho Catholic Center ho would, of course, bo highly acceptable and probably the National Liberals also would be willing will-ing to "work with him, Tho now chancellor's name has been an anathema to the pan-Germans of the Count von Rovenllow stripe, owjng to the belief that he is not their man aa far aa tho annexation program Is concornod. Von Hertling and Foreign, Minister von Kuehlmann havo been coupled in the pan-German abuse but von Hertling's conservative orthodoxy concerning parliamentary reform may be sufficient to overcome this prejudice. preju-dice. Much will depend on his attitude on Prussian franchise reform concerning concern-ing which ho has been silent on tho ground that this is Prussia's own affair. |