The New York herald., 1921-06-06
VOTEOF CONFIDENCE
FOR WIRTH IS SHAKY
Chancellor May Have
Reichstag Dissolved to
Force New Elections.
WANTS MORE SUPPORT
Gaps in Present Three Sided
Bloc Disclose His Pre-
dicament.
EFFORTS FOR COALITION
Democrats Desperately Try to
Coax German Peoples
Party Into 1t.
EFFORTS FOR COALITION
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, June 5.-The Wirth Cabinet
for the time being owes it's continu-
snce in office to the vote OF the Inde-
pendent Socialists, who late on Satur-
day granted the new Government the
votes needed to carry the vote Of con-
fdence proposed by the three coalition
parties. 1.-THE vote was 213 to III,
with forty-eight members abstaining.l
The Reichstag thereupon entered
upon a ten days recess, during which
the Ministry will draft tax and other
financial measures 1t deems necessary
for fulflment Of the ultimatum obli-
cations. In the meantime parliament
ary circles are concerned with two
eventualities In consequence Of the
present instability Of the Govern
ment's support In the Reichstag.
One Of these has to do with the per-
emptory dissolution Of the Reichstag
through the initiative uf DR.. Wirth.
The Chancellor is reported to be con-
templating such a move, confident in
the expectation that new elections will
give a coalition in which he can place
reliance. IF. on the other hand, the
present Reichstag continues to stand.
the Wirth Government will be unable
:, recruit an active working majority,
and the Cabinets retirement must be
reckoned with
The speeches and balloting on the is
sue supporting the Wirth programme
showed startling gaps in the cohesive
ness OF the present three party bloc and
emphasized the Chancellor's predicament
In connection with the prospective sup
port for his reparatNns legislation.
While the Democrats are desperately
trying to coax the German Peoples
party into the coalition, the Majority
Socialists continue their pronounced an
tagonism to the suggestion that they CO.
operate with DR.. Stresemann's party
German Peoples party). To this ex-
tent the coalition on which Dr. Wirth
is building appears to be house divided
against itself.
The Chancellor. realizing this, is pre-
pared to trust his fortunes to new cleo
tons Immediately rather than run the
chance Of exposing himself to defeat In
the Reichstag. which Is viewed as In
evitable ultimately because Of his inabil-
ity to construct a reliable supporting
majority out Of the present party chaos
The Majority Socialists are reported
to be organizing for new elections
which, 1t is thought, may accomplish
union Of the Scheidemann party with the.
Independents. Since the migration of
the ultraradical members Of the In
dependent Socialists to the Communists
camp, the Independents are believed to
be ripe for n truce and the two Socialist
factions are no longer fundamentally far
apart on their platforms.
The fact that the German Peoples
party cast blank ballots when the vote
on confidence was taken enables their
Chancellor to emerge from the initial
test with what Is considered a respect
able majority, although II was admitted
in Reichstag circles after the session
that the Confidence voted the Cabinet
was severely encunsbered. That the vote
vote was wholly without strength also
the Clericals. This paper. which Is
close to Dr. wirth. says:
The vote unfortunately failed to af-
ford a definite solution of the situation"
The Freihcst informs the Chancellor
that the Independent Socialists. who
temporarily came 70 his support. still
view the Government with scepticism
and that the duration Of their support
will depend entirely on the nature of the
Cabinets accomplishments.