New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Silesia May
Decide Fate of
Writ, Regime
Believed i'm Berlin That Fail
ure of Chancellor TO Oh
tain Satisfactory Settle
nient Will Bring Downfall
Changes Due i'm Coalition
Address Before Reichstag
Tomorrow Expected to
Show Reparaiions Policy
Bu Wirelsss 10 TIE Tribut,a


CopyriSht 1921. New York Tribune Inc
BERLIN, May S0.-With the convoca-
tion of the Reichstag tomorrow
troubles with the Cabinet are expected
TO begin. Chancellor Wirth probably
will speak Wednesday, when he will
outline his program, particularly in re-
gard to reparations, Upper Silesia and
the French policy in the Rhineland.
Upon the Chancellor's program will de-
pend the nature of the changes that
will come in the makeup of the present
coalition. A general discussion will
follow the Chancellor's address, when
it will become apparent which side the
Wirth government is seeking TO
strengthen, the Right or the Left
While the government apparently is
willing to court the displeasure of
the Socialists by admitting the Ger
man Peoples party to the coalition,
the Cabinet of Chancellor Wirth has
given unmistakable indications that it
would welcome the entrance of the In
dependent Socialists. DR.. Wirth re-
Gently conferred with Herr Brettscheid,
leader of the Independents.
DR.. Wirth is regarded as the first
German Chancellor in a long time who
has had to convince not only a ma
lority of his own people but the Allies
as we'll. This was alluded to by
Premier BRAND in his recent declara-
tion in the Chamber of Deputies. If
he is able to create a strong, all
embracing coalition within the coun-
try he will be in position to do
great service TO Germany from an in
ternal point of view, as we'll as in the
domain of foreign politics. The Chan
cellor's success, according to the Ger
man press, is bound up closely with
solution of the Silesian question.
This was evidenced in Sundays huge
demonstrations protesting against the
Polish insurrection. Most of the Ger
man newspapers insist that the Cab
inets reparation and reconstruction
programs will go a-glimmering unless
the Allies protect German interests in
Silesia.
Silesia TO Decide Wirth's Fate
The failure of the Wirth Cabinet to
obtain q satisfactory adjustment Of the
Silesian situation, it is believed, would
lead inevitably to its downfall, which
again would bring the Conservatives
into power. New complications in the
reparations and disarmament questions
would follow. The Peoples party,
which is placed in an extremely diff
cult position because of its refusal, to
bow to the Allies ultimatum, especially
since that action distinctly improved
Germany's international situation, is
seeking now to prevent an extension
of the Socialist representation in the
Cabinet.
The Peoples party organization in
Saxony adopted resolutions at it's con-
10. Z.
such en- extension. On this point the
Tageblatt comments:
THE Peoples party apparently has
not vet learned that the last imperial
government, in which the Socialists
were not represented, fell principally
because of the efforts of the Peoples
party, and that the entrance of the
Socialists into the new government
was made necessary by the Peoples
party's failure to accept it's RESPONSE
bility in the creation of the national
unity Of which it now speaks
This refusal was followed by efforts
to create new obstacles~-a convenient
but a miserable policy
Seek Bavarian Disarmament
DR.. Wirth is expected to go to
Munich Immediately after his address
in the Reichstag, to confer personally
with DIR. Won kahr, Bavarian Minister
President, and other leaders there on
the dissolution of the Bavarian mill
tary organizations.
The refusal of the small local or
ganizations in Bavaria to surrender
their arms is causing considerable
trouble, but it is believed that DR.
Wirth will succeed in prevailing upon
the leaders to dissolve the chief or
ganizations, such as the Ongesch, thus
strangling she locals.
A prominent official of the Chan
cellor's Office told the Tribune corre-
spondent:
"We are conducting quiet negotia-
tions with the Bavarian leaders, which
we are seeking to keep out of the
newspapers in order to facilitate Ger
many's compliance with the ultima
tum regarding the dissolution and dis
armament of the Einwohnerwehr. We
do not believe the present obstacles
are insurmountable."
DR.. Walter Rathenau's appointment
as minister for the restoration of the
devastated areas, which was confirmed
to-day, is welcomed by the coalition
press, which calls attention to his war
services as great organizer and hopes
he will be able to give equally great
services in his new task