The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-23
Harding's Refusal to Me
diate May Mean Down
fall Of Government
THE PRESS EXCITE D
Deutschc XeitunR Bitterly At
tackS Officials for Dis
patching l.. S. Note
by FRANK E MASON.
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BERLIN April aa Germany n
awaiting with hated breath prosl
dent nardiugs reply io her appeal
Tor mediation in rlo separations con.
trovcr'-,
Prcudcnt tfordlug's answer ro
lcctlug thc German quest iu fN BE-
rcparatluus total hut expressing hls
Willingness tu forward n new gor.
man offer Co the alllcs had not
reached lIcrin when MI M1gou.s .
dispatch w1a scntD
The appeal. which was signed hy
Foreign Minister Dr Walter simon
ana Chancellor F,hrouhlon whr
made public boy the government th's
morning
Meanwhile. n ls learned that the
German cabinet has decided tp send
uotc n "fnr-roachiuR importance
20 France I'm which Gormauy viii nc
cept any proposals whatever Tor Ger
many's participation in th. recon
strnction OF the devastated regions
~ northern France.
Ixp,sr France IN Hnlk
The Dcutsche AllRcmoluu IcituuT
scmi-offlcial. organ. white yOiclng
approval of the German noto to
President Harding, warned its read
ers today not to place too many
hopes in its possible result. because,
tho paper says. France viii obHtruct
any mediatory attempts by the
United statcs
Tho Lol,nl AnzeiEor expresses tho
view that "Germany should not have
sent such note unless ahe was
first certain that Il would have the
desired result"
II became clear today that the fate
OF the German cabinet now rests
In President lInrding'a hands. Tor his
answer will determine whether n
can continue IN office.
Political leaders are attacking tho
ministry for making the appeal 60
the Americans president without con
sultlng tho party chiefs
tNotc: T,hls conflicts with the claim
NJ the Volks zeitung and other Ber-
lin papers that the party leaders
were consultodl
Refusal of the German plch was
believed TO make the designations OF
Slmons M foreign minister and
Fehrenbach as chancellor inevitable.
mot only tho destiny or Germany.
but all Europe IL thus laid IN the
hands OF President Harding" says
the Boersen-C Courier.
Tho Deutsche ZeitunR. bitterly at
tacking the government for sending
tho note. declares:
"Not In Name OF People"
Millions OF Germans turn away
with revulsion from government
which thus bctrays them. We Nish
To cry out TO the entire world that
this action was not taken In the
name OF the German people, VINO do
not need TO bog Mr.. Harding's favor"
The BerlIner Tageblatt. on the
other hand. calls the mote IA docu-
ment OF heroic sincerity" but warns
Its readers against optimism. be.
cause the imperlalistic French who
wish TO rule all Europe, do not want
a solution.
Germany stands ready 10 nego.
tlate. the French stand ready 90
march into Germany" II the COM
ment of the socialist organ, Nor-
waerta
Freiheit, another socialist paper,
says that II the appeal fails II will
be necessary to make new offers to
France.
The reactionary Taegllsche Rund-
schau and Count Ernest Zu Revcut-
lows Deutsrhe TageszeitunR express
tho fear that President Harding VIII
reply that the allied demands are
binding and that he cannot inter
fere. The Tagoszeltung adds that
THE government is not authorized
20 hand Harding n blank check and
ask him to fill 1t out"
According TO the Lokal Anzeiger,
Foreign Minister simon explained
the move TO the various par
~ leaders before sending the note
TO Washington. Phllip Scheide-
mann, the socialist leader, was skcp-
tioal, the paper says. vice Chancel.
lor Helffrich attacked It as the most
damaging move Germany could pos
sihly make.
The Volks Zeitung reports that
the note was the result of unani-
nous decision OF the cabinet.