Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-21
Germany, With a New Ministry,
Accepts Allies UItimatum
Internationally.
FRANCE is STILL SKEPTICAl
POLES and German Civilians Fighting
in Upper Silesia-Senate Passes
Emergency Tariff Bill-House
Insists on Small Army
Stacker Lists Given
Out
by EDWARD w. PIcKARD.


Germany has surrendered again. I'm
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 70 find
cabinet that would assume the respon-
sibility 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 Ccntrist par
", agreed to become chancellor and
foreign minister, selected the rest of
the cabinet and had it acquiesce in
the demands of the allies. Then he
went before the reichstag and said,
among other things:
There is no possibility for us other
.nan acceptance or rejection. The VIC
tors have decided. Acceptance mems
that we declare our readiness to bear
In voluntary labor the heavy financial
burdens demanded year by year. Re
eusal would, however, mean surrend-
ering the basis Of our entire industrial
activities, and as a consequence dis
memberment of our economic body al
ready so greatly weakened, and the
Stacking of our entire Industrial life"
Thereupon the reichstag, lay the rath-
er small majority of 22l to 175, voted
TO accept the ultimatum. The German
governments reply to the ultimatum
was tclegraphed at once TO Premier
Lloyd George, who wired It to all the
governments concerned. He then an
nounced il to the house Of commons.
which received the news with cheers.
In France satisfaction over the sur
render Of Germany was Iesseued by
the snallness 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 R.thr until it
becomes evident that Germany win
carry out the terms Of the ultimatum.
Or. Wirth's reply commits the Ger
mans absolutely to this course. In 1t
he said
The German government is fuzzy
resolved, first, to carry out without re-
serve or condition it's Obligations as de-
fined by the PREPARATIONS commission
second, to accept and carry out
without reserve or condition the guar
antees In respect of those obligations
prescribed by the renarations commits
sion.
Third, to carry ont 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 10 Doe 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
inals and 10 execute the other unful-
filed portions Of the treaty referred To
In the INST paragraph Of The note OF
the allied governments Of May r."
The chief stumbling tIock hitherto
in the process Of disarmament Of Ger
many has been the determination u
Bavaria to maintain is civil-mllitary
organization. II is understood now
the Bavarian authorities have ,prOu-
lsed that that body shah Boz disDand-
ed Immediately, though another report
has II that Bavaria is'to negotiate di-
rectiy with France concerning civilian