The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-27
LABOR LEADERS
HOLD WHIP HAND
IN CABINET CRISIS
Demand Complete Con-
troll In Formation of
Government.
RADICAL SWING
IN THIRTY DAYS
Ask That German Mill
tary Forces Be Organ
lied Outside the Gov
ernment's Jurisdiction.
Copyright, 1920. by Universal Service
by KARL III. vow w1EGAND.

tCopyrfght, 1870, by Universal Servfce.l
BY KARL H vow w5EGAND.
Berlin, March 26.-Germany's or
ganized labor. insisting upon its veto
night promised it in return for calling
off the general strike. definitely
wrecked the Bauer government today.
The crash came when the Bauer min
tstry openly showed that it had no in
tantion of following the trades union
leaders in all demands the fulhllmcn:
Of which means a far-reachtng step to-
wards the rehabilitation" of Germany.
Labor's opposition conferred on DIR
Fisher Cuno as finance minister on
The ground that he>-had little IN COM
mon with the workin Gmen. and Vice
Chancellor Eugen Schiller. the strong
est man in the cabinet after the retire
ment OF Erzberger and Noske.
Hermann Mueller. the foreign min
tster, was requested by President Ebert
20 form a new government. but up to
late today he had made little Roadway
In accomplishing that task
The Eausr cabinet resigned twice
within forty-elght hours
First. IL placed It's resignation In
the hands of President Ebert Wed
hesday. when Chancellor Bauer was
asked to reconstruct the ministry.
Last night the Unofficial Wolf
Telegraph Agency announced the com
nletion OF the reconstructed cabinet
giving the names.
At noon today. that new ministry,
formed largely without regard to tho
promises made to organized labor.
@sht to pieces upon the rocks OF those
broken promises.
STORMY CONFERENCE.
After stormy conferences Bauer told
Ebert it was Impossible for him to re-
main. He rendered his resignation
along with those OF ait other minis
tera.
The new cabinet lived less than
twenty foar hours. dying even before
II was officially born. Herr Legion.
head of the German trades union ism.
virtually the Samuel Gompera of Ger
many. suddenly doomed UP a powerful
igure as a result of the success OF the
general stxike,
With the labor organization more
radical than their leaders. and declar-
ing that those leaders betrayed them.
Legion IL now compelled to Insist
upon the strict fulhiiment OF the nine
points conceded in the bargain that re-
sulted in the general strike being
salied OF,
One Of the most radical Of those nine
points is that no minister shall be APP
pointed to the cabinet whom labor does
aot want.
Another, no less radical, Is that
Germany'S military forces shall be
organized by an organization quite
outside the governments Jurisdiction
known as the Republican leaders
league"
1t was 10 be foreseen that the
Democrats and centrists would strong
~ oppose this demand because in
practical effect it would substitute
the labor organizations for parlia-
ment in control of the government,
n proposition to which the national
assembly tretchstag) would not agree.
LABOR OPPOSITION
The workingmen's opposition TO
Schiller resulted in an announce
ment by the Democrats OF their with
drawal from the cabinet and this in
turn caused the three-party coalition
government 10 collapse.
The Democrats contend that TO
grant labor the right TO veto the APP
pointment of ministers is in effect but
thinly camouflaged soviet system.
Now Herr Mueller Is endeavorine
to form coalition government out
of the same parties that constituted
the last, but even II he succeeds II
IL extremely doubtful whether such
cabinet will exist long If the trades
unions maintain their present stand
point. especially since they are al
ready threatening a renewal or tns
general strike.
The labor organizations proposed
4 today to Chancellor Bauer that the
cabinet be made up OF independent
socialists. social democrats, and Cen
trists. This was turned down by
Bauer.
Count Won Brockdorff lsantzau,
backed by the Democrats, Is freely
mentioned this afternoon for the post
of foreign minister. Should Herr
Mueller fail in getting a three party
government together. 1t is possible
that there may be a fusion of the in
dependent socialists and independent
majority socialists
The political situation in the Will
helmstrasse today is chaotic What
ever happens. a radical swing to the
left within the next thirty days seems
inevitable unless all signs mislead
Owing to the breakup of the gov
eminent, the national assembly's
meeting. scheduled for today, was
postponed for a second time.