The New York herald., 1921-04-14
NEW CRISIS FACES
GERMAN MINISTRY
Scheidemann and Erzberger
Reported to Have Formed AL
lance to Regain Power.
ny RAYMOND SWING.

by RAYMOND SWING.
Speosal Gable 10 THE NEW YorK HERALD.
Copyright, 1871, by THB NEw YoRK HEnALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Berlin, April I3.
Ii developed at an informal session
OF the cabinet that Dr.. Walter simons,
German Foreign Minister. has no defi-
mite proposals in mind to offer to the
Allies before May I and that he was
actuated In making the recent declara-
tions in Switzerland and published In
the Mafin OF Paris by the need or Ger
many coming forward with proposals
calculated to avert the infliction of fur
ther penalties
He was severely criticised By DR..
Wirth, Minister OF Finance, for binding
the Cabinet without consulting his col
leagues. 1t is apparent that the next
few days are likely to see the German
ministry in the throes OF a new crisis.
Philip Scheidemann. former Chancel-
lor and Matthias ErEberger, former Min
lister of Finance, are reported to have
again formed an alliance with the hope
of regaining power. especially by ousting
the German Peoples party from the na-
tional coalition and keeping il outside
the new Pr1issian coalition. The Ger
man Peoples party now stands formally
on the ground favoring Germany's maxi
ing new proposals. but not permitting
these to exceed the offer which DR.. ST.
mons was authorized to make at London.
Reports of an Anglo-French agree
ment by which the French gain a free
hand in dealing with Germany have
created the belief here that Germany's
new proposals must either closely re-
semble the Paris programme of the
Allies or contain such attractive new
features that they cannot be dismissed
Immediately and new penalties invoked.
The Peoples party under these cir
cumstances might be forced out of the
Cabinet There Is some talk that Heh-
renbach might retain the Chancellor
ship with the Centrists and the DEM
ocrats in the Cabinet and might obtain
the promise of support from the ma
!ority Socialists and independent So
cialists until o. conflict with France IS
averted Or Fehrenbach might also be
forced to withdraw, leaving the finding
of a new ministry to the radicals under
Scheidemann and Erzberger
AS to whether DIR. Simons would be
permitted to remain, it is argued that
his disappearance just now would lead
the Allies to accuse the Germans OF dis
missing the one man whose good viii
in the reparations issue is credited
abroad. lie is being violently attacked
by the Er2berger faction and DR.
Wirths criticism yesterday was taken
as evidence that he is sure not TO keep
the. portfolio.
The opinion in allied and neutral e.r-
cles here is that the Germans will be
unable to satisfy France, and that Ger
many's one hope Of staving off further
sanctions is by making proposals which
America might insist on being studied
by the Allies before reprisals are Under
taken. Despite the rather carefully
phrased denial by Reuters Limited OF
The Anglo-French agreement report it is
not doubted here, even in American CIR
cles, that an important gentlemen's bar
gain was struck between Premier
Lloyd George and Premier BRAND, and
II is thought that this probably was
done before the London conference
Americans here had reports OF this a
fortnight before the publication of the
details OF the alleged allied agreement