GERMAN CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3137, 16 July 1917, Page 5

GERMAN CRISIS

RESIGNATION OF THE CHANCELLOR

ACCEPTED BY THE KAISER

DR. MICHAELIS APPOINTED

Tho High Commissioner reports:— London, July 11, 10.20 p.m. German official: "The "Kaiser has accepted the resignation of Herr von BethmannHollwog, and has apopinted Dr. Miohaelis, Undor-Secretary of Finanoo and Prussian Commissioner of Food Con- \ trol, as his successor." RUMOURED ABDICATION OF KAISER CROWN PRINCE MEETS PARTT ' LEADERS. London, July 13. Tho "Berliner Tageblatt" reports that the meeting of Iho Crown Council on. Monday lasted three I\our3. Tho Kaiser presided, and asked all present to give their opinion on tho question of the Prussian suffrage. Von Bethmann-Hollweg advocated immediate reform, and his speech made a deep impression. After the Council the Kaiser and the Ministers remained at the palace till after midnight. Messages from Berne express astonishment at the activity of the Crown Prince, wlio received in succession tho leaders of all the parties in tho Reichtag except the Minority Socialists and discussed the situation. This is the moro remarkable as tho Kaiser has hitherto jealously excluded the Crown Prince from alt politics, and there are some rumours that tho Kaiser's abdication is pending.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KAISER PROMISESILECIORAL REFORM CONSTERNATION OF PAN-GERMANS AND CONSERVATIVES. Amsterdam, .Tuly 13. Telegrams from Berlin indicate that it is still doubtful whether Herr von Bethmann-Hollwog has been dismissed. The majority in the Reichstag does not object to Herr Hollweg remaining in office if their claims are fully satisfied. Thus far Herr Hollweg has only capitulated on the subject of suffrage. The Kaiser has issued a rescript, promising Prussia electoral reform, to the consternation of the pan-Germans and Conservatives, who believed that the recall of the Crown Prince would result in an aggressivo pan-German Conservative being installed in the Chancellorship. It is now evident that tho Kiiiesr and tho Crown Prince were forced to surrender to popular opinion. There are many protests in the newspapers that the political reforms must not be considered as being the result of Mr. Lloyd George's recent speeches. Tho majority in the Beichstag brought pressure to bear on the Government, threatening to refuse to pass the war credits for .£750,000,000 until the reforms were granted—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesii.