THE NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 32, 1 November 1917, Page 5

THE NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR

COUNT VON HERTLING

New York, October 30. • Count von Hertling (Premier of Bavaria) has been appointed Germaa Chancellor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, October 30. Count von Hortiing succeeds Dr. Michaelis as Chancellor. Dr. flfichaelie becomes Premier of Prussia—Aus.-N.Z*. Cable Assn. HERTLING'S CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE. (l!cc. November 1, 1.10 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 30. The "Coloßne Gazette" states that Count von Hertling has accented' the ', Chancellorship on condition that Dr. jMichaelis is not retained in aay Govern-. ment post. Dr. llichaolis will retire intor (private life.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (ADVERSE COMMENT IN GERMANY, 1 (Itec. October 31, 8.45 p.m.) Copenhagen, Oofcober 30. The German journal "Vorwaerts" pro-', jounces Count von Hertling an impossible l Chancellor; "a niild-manncted professor yith theoretical views against parliamentary government,"—Renter.

JFrederic W. Wile, in "Who's Who in; Hunland," thus describee the neir Chan.i ctllor: "Tho cultured and courtly Prime Minister of Bavaria is a typo of the 1 German professor in politics. Up tilLj lSp-von Hertljng ivas born in Hesse! Darmstadt in 1843—lie was a professor] of science and political philosophy UK Munich, becoming Bavarian Minister of I Foreign Affairs and Premier in 1912.1 Tho Roman Catholic Centre Party rules, in Bavaria, and von Hertling for manrj yea'rs represented one of its leading con-, stitueilcies in the Reichstag at BerlmJ where ho was looked upon aa one of tnerj few etutesinanlike figures and 6peakeT* in tho world's dullest debating society.* He spelko with considerable authority,; and always with reason and moderation,! on foreign, affairs, though he was a pro-j nounccd apostlo of Germany's ' forward policy. Von Ilcrtling is an accomplished Italian scholar. One of his literary pro" duclions is 'John Locko and the Cambridgo Sahool.'" In February last the "Mtmchoner, Ncuosto Nachrichteu" published an iuj terviow with Baron von Homing, in which ho declared that tho war would boj waged to tho cud .under all circum-J stances, am? by all the means at GeK niany's disposal. General Hindenburg had declared that from the theoretical point of viow tho war could be etui cpnj tiuued for an unlimited time, eince tm German losses wero not as large as the rciuforcomonts that had como into tlift Army. Their frontiers, enst, west, and south, wero intact. The aim of the wrfi was to defend themselves against the Attacks of tho enemy, and this aim hadl been achieved with complote success Yet the enemy, also, was theoretically, capable of carrying on tho war for are unlimited period, provided always tnat ho could Teaeive supplies from If, therefore, they were to put aa ono to tho war once and for all, these eupi plica must U cut off, and thus the sub-|. marine warfare had been etrenrthenecU The last stage of the war would be a) terrible one. They had gained all tnej , , wanted, aiHi eo there wero no longer onj> reasons, from Germany s point of view r ' for continuing the struggle.]