Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-26
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Germany has surrendered again. Un-
conditionally and completely, she has
accepted the demands of the allies, SUI
preme council. and has promised to
carry out the terms of the ultimatum
without delay.
There had been little doubt Of this
result, but the trouble was to find q
cabinet that would assume the respon-
slbility and perhaps odium of yielding
to the inevitable. After several lead
ers had declined the Job, DR.. Wirth,
minister of finance in the Fehrenbach
cabinet and leader Of the Centrist par
ty, agreed to become chancellor and
foreign minister, selected the rest Of
the cabinet and had 1t acquiesce in
the demands Of the allies. Then he
went before the Seichstag and said,
among other things:
There is no possibility for us other
than acceptance or rejection. The VIC
tors have decided. Acceptance means
that we declare our readiness to bear
in voluntary labor the heavy financial
burdens demanded year by year. Re
flsal would, however, mean surrend-
pering the basis of our entire industrial
activities, and, as a consequence, dis
'..remberment of our economic body, al
ready so greatly weakened, and the
shackling Of our entire industrial life"
Thereupon the reichstag, by the rath-
er small majority Of 221 to 175, voted
fo aooar,f tho ,1Iffra f1run Tho Gorrnan
governments reply to the ultimatum
was telegraphed at once to Premier
lloyd George, who wired it to all the
governments concerned. He then an
s7ounced it to the house of commons,
which received the news with cheers.
In France satisfaction over the sur
render of Germany was lessened by
the smallness of the majority vote in
the reichstag and the feeling that the
Wirth ministry cannot last long. The
French are still skeptical Of Berlin's
good faith, and propose to maintain
their forces on the Rhine at sufficient
strength to occupy the Ruhr until it
becomes evident that Germany will
carry out the terms of the ultimatum.
DR.. Wirth's reply commits the Ger
mans absolutely to this course. In it
ne said:
The German government is fully
resolved. first, to carry out without re-
serve or condition its obligations as de-
fIned by the reparations commission.
Second, to accept and carry out
without reserve or condition the guar
antees in respect Of those obligations
prescribed by the reparations commits
sion.
Third, TO carry out without reserve
or delay the measures Of military,
naval and aerial disarmament notified
to the German government by the al
lied powers in their note of January
%. 1921, those overdue to be completed
at once and the remainder by the pre-
scribed date. &.
Fourth, to carry out without re-
serve or delay the trial of war GRIM
lnaIs and to execute the other unful-
6lled portions of the treaty referred to
In the first paragraph of the note of
the allied governments of May s."
The chief stumbling block, hitherto,
In the process of disarmament of Ger
many has been the determination Of
Bavaria to maintain its civil-military
organization. 1t is understood now
the Bavarian authorities have prom
sed that that body shall be disband-
ed Immediately, though another report
has it that Bavaria is to negotiate d.
pectly With France concerning civilian