The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-06
Legislation Must Pass Be-
fore March Is to Comply
With Allies Terms.
SERIOUS CRISIS IS PASSED
General Disarming MOvemen,
Expected-Munich Not to
Have Festivities.
BY RAYMOND SWING.

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
| Copyright, 1921. by THE New YesK HEuALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Berlin, Feb. 5.
The first serious crisis in Germany
since the arrival of the reparations
notes passed to-day when Bavaria,
through Premier Won Kahr agreed to
formulate legislation dissolving the
Bavarian civic guards. This came at
the close Of a long conference between
Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach
and DR.. Walter Simons, Foreign Min
lister, with the Bavarian Premier.
The legislation dissolving the awards
to which Bavaria lately reiterated her
obstinate "never!" must pass before
March Is in order to comply with the
terms Of the Allies. Premier Won Kahr
came from Munich prepared to repeat
this "never!" and left the Bavarian
capital with the unanimous decision of
the people there not to yield. His
consent to-day is understood to be in
the general nature of an act covering
the first point in the disarmament pro-
gramme.
The Bavarian Government has forbid
! den all carnival celebrations, and Mu-
Mich, after having been years without
IT'S mardi gras festival, must observe
| the new "hour of tragedy" In Prussia
| a milder observance Of the carnival sea-
son is permitted with due regard to ma
| tional dignity. But street professions
are forbidden.
Anonymous Interview.
The German thesis that an accepta Bile
solution OF the PREPARATIONS question was
being worked out by experts and that
this was overruled by politicians is sup
ported by an unnamed Entente person.
atty who played an important role in
the economic discussions with Ger
many" He is quoted by Dutch jour-
nalist as follows:
I'VE were astonished by the summon
ing of the Supreme Council. IT was an
inexcusable failure on the part of the
Germans not to find suitable method
for preventing conflicts on thedisarma-
ment question. The Germans committed
every possible biunder. They were
given too much to demonstrations.
Why didn't they grasp the annuities
plan othe Seydoux scheme) with both
hands the moment it was formulated in
an acceptable manner
The French press assertions that there
is essentially no difference between the
present PREPARATION proposals and the
programme of the French financial ex-
pert, NJ Seydoux. is incomprehensible
here. While 1t is true that both plans
include an export tax and that the tax
is mentioned in the Seydoux programme
as 20 or rs per cent. the two settlements
are regarded as entirely different in
spirit.
BY the Seydoux programme the Ger
mans would have kept control OF the
customs office and the tax levy, instead
OF bearing on all exports. was to be
collected only on transactions made with
allied purchasers through specially pro-
vided banking channels. 1t facilitated
close cooperation between German and
allied industries on a basis of mutual
interest, proposing to let allied capital
share in the German industries and
their stock was to be credited to the
reparations account.
There were no venal provisions to
sanction, SO the Germans felt free to
present their counterclaims, such as
their need of ship tonnage and Siles-
ian coal These counterclaims, which
now appear to have done more than
ANYTHING else to permit the entire ne
gotiations to be wrecked. were not
considered unfavorable in part by
allied experts II is said here.
The Germans were told that they
could not expect cancellation OF Silesian
plebiscite but could expect TO get back
at least 100000 tons Of shipping and
to receive other concessions. AS to II
having been a failure for the Germans
to daily at Paris, this is now said to
have been due to their unwillingness to
enter a pact excluding America from
Continental trade in a great measure
before the Harding Administration was
| in Office.
To-day the Germans feel that propiti-
Gus atmosphere in the negotiations be-
tween the experts of Brussels and Paris
ca mot be found again soon and then
only through new negotiations instituted
by q third party.
Appeal to World Workers.
The General Trades Union League.
with about 5000, 900 members. together
with two other labor leagues, to-day is-
sued an appeal TO the working people OF
the world in which the league said:
as the slavery which was abolished In
Africa to be restored In Europe? The
great Powers who allegedly were estab-
| lished as a League of Nations have de-
cided to introduce slavery for period
OF nifty years.
BLACK soldiers. brought to Europe
from the heart of Africa. are to see 10
Il that white slaves render service. is
slavery 10 come in the name of peace
| and Justice to do greater honor to God
and humanity? The nations of Europe
bied four years in the war Now the
neople who lived under domination, those
whom our opponents deemed guilty OF
the war. are offered penance for forty
1 two wears. Their children and children $
| children are to perish and die. but they
themselves are to be kept alive like
! beasts or burden TO labor for the vlctors.
! "They are to resign sll rights to the
| iov of life. Approximately the entire
wealth OF Germany before the war is 10
be created by German workers In the
| course Of forty-two years and delivered
IN the victors. created I'm land already
! bea ring a stupendous load and deprived
OF many natural resources and by men
forbidden TO dispose OF the work of
their hands In other countries.
"The German people declare them
selves ready to pay for the actual de-
struction 10 the limit of their possi-
! bility, but they arc not ready TO go
down for the benefit OF international
capitalism. Hate and bitterness will
| eat the hearts also OF those who fought
] life long for international agreement
and fraternity. Workers of the world.
| you must speak"