Реферат: By 1914 Imperial Germany Was In A

revolutionary force, possible solution? Integration into govt. at this

point.? Conservative monarchy reluctant

to give up power. (?Compromise?is stronger than the revolution scheme? Eduard

Bernstein SPD leader 1899.) showing willingness of less extreme socialists to

compromise. –

Hohenlohe ? tried to win support of middle classes and

suppress ?revolutionary socialist threat?. Navy program ? hoped to decrease

influence of socialism by non-violent means ? would provide secure jobs for

many socialist workers, hence build govt. support ? Hohenlohe too cautious and

sacked in 1900. –

Bernard von BÜlow ? popular with conservatives as reintroduced

higher tariffs ? further increased socialist forces as price of living

rose.? Sacked over failure to support

Kaiser on comments made to the British press. –

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg ? little to combat growing

socialism ? 1912 largest party in the Reichstag ? stability of empire

threatened. –

The accumulation of the socialist problem was important to

state of empire in 1914.? By 1914

socialism had grown into as powerful force that threatened the authority of the

Kaiser, a solution must be found.? This

was the view held by the conservatives, the Kaiser and his advisors.? However, socialism by no means a united

force ? disagreement e.g. –

Extremists ? revolution (?I want to remain the deadly enemy of

the bourgeois society and ? to eliminate in entirely!? August Bebel SPD leader

1903.) –

Revisionists ? legitimate inclusion into govt. (?compromise?is

stronger than the revolution scheme? Eduard Bernstein SPD leader 1899.) –

Disagreements meant Kaiser overestimated ability of socialists