New-York tribune., 1921-10-21
NirtIa Expected
70 Keep Seat if
Cabinet Il alls
(es,..is, Delegation Gives
Chancellor Its Support
Following Acsion of the
Socialists and Democrats
Coalition Gains Strength,
Rc;cl,siag President Pre-
diets Conference Soon
10 Revise Reparations
Coal;tion Gains Strength
By Joseph ShapIen


srscsGJ CobIo to The Tribune
BERLIN, Oct. 2o.-Thc probability
4 Or. wirtk remaining Chancellor
,,.r IN the event of the resignation of
,be Cabinet or its mere reconstruction
wxs strengthened to-day when the
fsntrist delegation in the Reichstag
decided in favor of keeping Wirth at
40 helm of the government.
As both Socialist parties demand the
rstant;on Of Wirth and the Democrats
hlswiss favor the maintenance of the
nsesent governmental leadership and
&. continuation of the Wirth foreign
aol;cv, the likelihood now apears that
N:rsh will continue IN Office.
Convinced Resistance Is Useless
The sober second thought of those
so;;tical elements who first urged the
resignation of the Cabinet and the elm
nation of Wirth as a protest against
the Allied disposition of the Silesian
uroblem have been convinced by the
marty leaders composing the govern
,nent coalition of the futility of Ger
msn resistance against the Allied de-
tisjon or any action which might again
Yaise the danger of occupation in the
Rphr.
strongly against any policy devised in
haste which Germany might have cause
which is one of the very few papers
now appearing in Berlin because of
the general newspaper strike, warns
against the removal of DR.. Wirth, The
paper says that would wipe out what
ever moral gains Germany achieved
through his administration in the do
main of International affairs
1t is certain, however, that Germany
will put before the Allies an urgent
request for the revision of the repara-
tioss terms on the plea that the losses
in Silesia make the fulf]iment of the
London ultimatum impossible. The
"Frankfurter Zeitung," commenting on
the probability of this move, says;
"The Upper Silesian decision makes
inevitable new trend in Germany's s
foreign policy. 1t is no longer pos
sible to speak of the possibility of the
fuiflment of our obligations as en-
bodied in the London ultimatum.. But
only by Wirth, who, thanks to his
record, is il, position more than any
one else to undertake this task. 1t
Is he alone who has the moral right
to ask for revision of our financial
obligations, for he alone tried his best
to meet them" The paper, however,
does not see much hope for Germany
obtaining the desired concessions.
Predicts 1922 Treaty Conference
Paul Loebe, President of the Reichs-
tag, predicted to the Tribune CORE
spondent that an Allied-German peace
conference would be called early in
1922 to revise the Treaty of Versailles
and the terms of the London ulti-
matun,.
aThings cannot continue to go as
they have" he said. Radical changes
In the financial relations between Ger
many and the Allies must come if a
general debacle is to be avoided"
Loebe ridiculed the suggestion made
In certain political quarters that he
might succeed W'irth as Chancellor in
reorganized government. On the
contrary, he emphasized the necessity
Of keeping Wirth. He expresses some
anxiety over the outcome of the Cab
inet crisis. He pointed out that in
both Germany and abroad the elimin-
alton of Wirth from the Cabinet would
bs Interpreted as victory for the