THE PEACE ISSUES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 12, 9 October 1917, Page 5

THE PEACE ISSUES

DISORDERLY SCENES IN THE • REICHSTAG j -—- wjstwtj ! ATTACK ON THE PAN- 1 GERMANS ■■-.] ilMfltasfifili'' Amsterdam, OetoWSMS. ! There wore scenes of disorder JSirthe •"; German Reichstag, when a debaj£'&a» ..; interrupted by an interpellation o 'Jsj a j Socialist deputy, Herr Landsberg, con- . i cerning von Tirpitz's now "Fatkoriand •;■ i Party. Be declared that the newJuMly j was a pan-German institution, whoso J leaders had .used war profits to buy ..! newspapers for the inirpose of influencing ■: public opinion, with the object of segVKff j •mg bigger dividends- The speakeradtpcused tho Minister of War (General yon. • ■ ■', Stein) of supporting the party's asitaj. -.! tion against tho Reichstag's peace resoia* • -j tion, and called upon tho Chancellor to j repudiate the pan-German agitation. ; Landsberg described how olergymen and • ; officials had intimidated civilians. and. •; how officers had carried on p'ropasaoda 1 ' I work in the Army on behalf of the ; iuthorland Party. General von Stein replied that political ■. agitation in tho Army was prohibited. Tito Army hungered for intellectual • nutriment, and the soldiers must be en- ! lightened regarding the lies of the , i enemy and the difficulties at home. The Array Command had therefore provided ' lectures, play's, and newspapers, because tho "will to victory" roust bo main-, tained. ' • '• ; Herr Helllerich (es-Minister of the In- ~; terior, and now spokesman for Dr. Michaelis, Imperial Chancellor) eiplain--ed that-Dr: Michaelis was absent because he was burdened with work. In? Socialists wanted the Chancellor to ex- . . ; communicate the party. : This remark led to interruptions, and , Herr Heifferioh exclaimed: "If that is not truo I will waste no furtfier words. If you have not confidence in the leaders j of the Army and the Government —' ■ Shouts of "No!" drowned the remain- , der'of the sentence. . ! .Herr Helfferich, after a pause said: ■ -, "There is no object in my continuing to; ~ speak," and resumed his seat. j Tho debate was' adjourned. ! SOCIALIST PEACE MEETINGS. j Amsterdam, October 7. j The "Vorwaerts" states that Socialist .! meetings have been held throughout Germany in favour of peace hy negotiaCable Assn. ! , BULGARIA'S PEACE" MANOEUVRES j '6VEII.TUB.ES TO KUMANIA. I London, October 7. ■' The "Morning Posfs" .Tassy correspond dent states that. Bulgarian emissaries in i Switzerland have made proposals for a .-, ; separate peace ivith Eumania, offerinE ..: to restore the Dobrudja and guarantee- ; ing not to make demands at Rumania « ; ' expense at tho final peace sortlement. BuWib, is also, making overtures in other directions.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ■