New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-08
Berlin Fears
Polish Peril
IL Disarrl1etl
Fighting i'm silesia Stiff
fens Attitude of Fac
tom That Opposes Conn
pliance WithU Ultimatum
Special Cable TO The T'1lbums

CopyriBht. 19ll, New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, May 1.-THE invasion Of
Upper Silesia has SO reused nationalist
sentiment in Germany that stiffening
In the nations attitude toward the ul-
timatum from the Allied powers on
reparations is observable in both po-
litical circles and in the press. On all
sides cries of opposition to the Allied
demand for disarmament are raised,
and conservatives in the Reichstag and
the newspapers to-day, pointing to ST.
lesia, insist that the alleged failure
of the Allies to live up to their obli-
CATION to maintain order there gives
Germany reason to refuse to accede to
disarmament. which is one of the de-
manda included in the ultimatum.
Several of the newspapers charge
that the Allies, by permitting the Po-
ilsh invasion of Silesia, have violated
the treaty and argue that Germany is
therefore free to act in the protection
of her own interests.
split is threatened in the mon
archi>tic German PEOPLES party he
cause Of the disposition of some of the
leaders to follow Hugo SHINES. coal
klng, in his willingness to bow to the
allied ultimatum in order to save the
kuhr from violation. The conserva-
sives OF the party are baking at this
stand! insisting that the complexion of
the situation has been changed
Surrender Still Probable
For the present, however, the prob
ability remains that the German Cabi-
net, when new one can be formed,
VIII accept the Allied demands. The
new ministry, it is agreed, will be rep
resentative Of the Centrist, Democratic
and German Peoples parties, The ap-
pearance of DR.. Wilhelm Mayer, Ger
man Ambassador to France, at the
Reichstag this morning, was accepted
as strengthening the likelihood that he
would be appointed Foreign Minister
IN the new government. DR.. Rudolf
Schwander, Of Strasburg, is the lead
ing candidate for Chancellor.
The opposition that has been raised
to the disarmament of the Einwohner-
wehr (citizen guards) as demanded by
the Allies is believed to be connected
with the conference of the minister's
president of all the German states
called to meet in Berlin this week. DR..
Won Kahr, head of the Bavarian gov
ernment and outstanding champion of
the militarists, is on his way to Berlin
from Munich to consult with political
leaders before meeting the other pre-
miers.
The stand of the press on the subject
Of disarmament is embodied in the
comment of the Zeitung am Mittag. It
says:
"We bound ourselves by treaty to
recognize Allied authority in Upper
Silesia during the plebiscite period
We have not, however, bound ourselves
to recognize the tyranny of Korfanty
(Polish leader of the insurrectionists)
when the inter-Allied commission prac-
tically abandons the field to Korfanty.
1t is up to us to put an end to this
violence"
Mayer Asked to Form Cabinet
BERLIN, May (By The Associated
Press p Ebert, the Vossische
Zeitung says to-day, has asked DR.. Will
helm Mayer, German Ambassador to
France, to form@ new Cabinet. DR..
Mayer asked that he be given time
to consider the offer, the newspaper
adds.
Members of the retiring ministry
discussed the Allied ultimatum rela-
tive to reparations last night with the
Foreign Relations Committee of the
Reichstag. The Reichstag party lead
ers held separate conferences to-day
for the purpose of determining their
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