At this point, he was just trying to stave off a revolution, he didn't do it out of any sense of commitment to parliamentary rule, or fondness of Zentrum. Herling was closest thing to compromise there could be, being centrist aristocrat.
Germany was in no immediate danger of revolution in 1917 - or even in 1918 until she started losing on the battlefield.
I thought Hertling was appointed simply because he could be taken more seriously than the absurd Michaelis whom Wilhelm had allowed the High Command to impose on him three months earlier.
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