The New York herald., 1921-05-11
Reichstag Surrenders to
Ultimatum by a Vote OF
221 to 175 on Advice of
New Chancellor.
ENDS WILD STRUGGLE
DR.. Wirth for Two Nights
and Days Had Worked to
Crystalline Sentiment
for the Inevitable.
FRANTIC TO SAVE RUHR
Disarmament, Trial of War
Criminals and Other Neg
lected Versailles Treaty
Items to Be Fulfilled.
FRANTIC TO SAVE RUHR
BIZ the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 1O.-Germany has ac
cepted the allied ultimatum. The
Reichstag tonight by vote of 221
to 175 yielded to the final demands Of
the allied Powers, and in SO doing
agreed to fulfil the terms of the
Treaty Of Versailles ito the capacity"
of the nation to do so.
The Ministry received the votes Of
the Majority Socialists, Clericals, In
dependent Socialists and few scat
tering Democratic votes. The Ma
tionalists, German Peoples party.
Communists and Bavarian Peoples
party, which nominally votes with the
Wirth Clericals, opposed acceptance.
The debate on the issue of accept
ing or rejecting the ultimatum con
sumed three hours, the representa-
tives Of eight parties participating.
There were no demonstra tions. Not
one of the retiring Ministers was in
evidence. The only novelty was the
temperance Of Majority Socialists in
the Ministry.
DR.. Wirth, the Centrist leader,
finally succeeded in forming a coali-
ton Cabinet, composed of Centrists,
Majority Socialists and Democrats.
which. confronted by grave necessity,
speedily decided that acceptance OF
the ultimatum was the only course.
In making this announcement to
the Reicbstag the new Chancellor
asked for an immediate decision BY
that body, and in the voting which
followed the Government was sus-
tained.
The allied ultimatum required a
definite reply, based on 'tyes" or mo"
No conditional reply would be enter
tanned, and the ultimatum was formu-
lated to expire on the night OF
May IL.
Disarmame Provided For.
The total sum which Germany II
"alled upon to pay is f6,75000o,0oo
Obs, ,000, 100000 marks gold, or S33,-
75O, O,OOO,O0O). Disarmament must be
carried out by Germany in accord
ance with tho provisions of the treaty
and the trial Of war criminals must
be put Into effect Numerous other
important terms, In which Germany
has been in default will be enforced
including the payment of 1000, 900 900
marks within twenty-five days and
the disbanding OF civilian semi-mili-
tary forces In Bavaria and East
Prussia.
Noncompliance with the allied
ultimatum would have subjected Ger
many TO the occupation by the Allies
Of the Ruhr Valley and whatever
other military and naval measures
were deemed advisable.
The new Cabinet is generally re-
garded as a makeshlft largely unrep-
resentative, but good enough to ac-
cept the Entente ultimatum. and thus
avoid French advance into the
Ruhr.
While the Cabinet obtained com
Portable majority in the Reichstag II
has the undivided support OF only the
Ma jorlty Socialists and Clericals. The
members OF the other parties, it Is
declared, have given IL support as
makeshift, and are not pledged to
give it parliamentary support.
A leading Democratic member OF
the Relchstag said to-day:
"The Cabinet cannot last. as II is
not on a broad enough basis 10 carry
out the myriad of financial and eco
nomic problems involved In German
acceptance OF the reparations settle
ment We Democrats have loaned
Schiller and Gessler to the Cabinet
reserving to ourselves the right TO
withdraw them later unless the Cabi-
net is amplifled to include the Ger.
man PEOPLES party.
Chancellor Is In Dtsfavor.
Or. Wirth, the Chancellor is unfa-
vorably regarded by the industrialists
and banking interests, because he ia
closely associated politically with
Matthias Erzberger his predecessor, as
Finance Minister, who advocated a
raid on capital rather than indirect
taxes. as 4 means OF meeting Ger
many's pressing financial needs.
The conservative elements H. the
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