The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
GERMANY DIVIDED
BY COMPROMISE IN
SUPREME COUNCIL
Nationalists Strengt b.
ened by Delay in Sile-
sian Settlement.
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tionalist opposition. would lead to
the ruin and disintegration Of Ger
many and to chaos in. Europe.
On the other hand. the opposition
In the Reichstag will now be able
to assert. with hope for a reaction
from the country. that the supreme
council has treated the German
question not as one of right. but
as compromise object for politicai
contrasts.
1t may perhaps be unjust that
one considers in Germany that the
French premier IL personally. the
representative of the French ideas
Of power. 1t must be admitted that
his talk in the Paris conference was
more moderate than usual. and that
this policy In largely based on the
fact that he must reckon with a
nationalistic chamber. which Is
composed to a great extent of war
invalids and residents Of the
devastated regions.
Believe French UnJust.
To the man whose house is
plundered, 1t Is a matter OF indif-
ference whether the thief is a
tramp or a gentleman burglar. The
German nation regards the decision
over the sanctions" as a negation
of every right.
The French occupied. at the be-
ginning of the year, Ruhrort, Duis-
burg and Duesseldorf. because they
felt compelled to lend especial en-
phasis to the demand for FULFILL
ment of the treaty. That caused
the collapse Of the Fehrenbach-
Simons cabinet. The new chancel-
lor came into ONCE under pressure
of these sanctions. and from then
on there was no doubt of the honest
intent to fulfill on the part OF the
German nation and its government.
BRAND based the maintenance Of
the sanctions on the theory that
their lifting would sendanger the
Wirth cabinet and that it could ac-
complish fulfillment in the face of
the opposition only under the COM
pulsion Of these penalties. This
arguments tion Is in itself a breach
of the spirit OF right And when
the supreme council followed this
line Oh tHdI proves II
considered compromise require
ments more than expert knowledge
No nation in the world would feel
other than oppressed and injured in
its national honor when econom-
icaIly important and favorite dis
tricts are occupied by foreign
troops. And no cabinet anywhere
could last continuously when II had
held its people to the greatest ma
terial sacrifices to free the father
land" only TO have the people see
later that these sacrifices were un-
successful.
Unparalleled Tax Budget.
But in this position, the Wirth
cabinet finds itself. And in this
situation it must bring about an
unparalleled tax budget imposing
milliards of burden upon all
strata of the population. 1t is then
a wonder that the number Of people
in Germany is growing which
doubts justice and saddens after
the lost might.
1t is quite similar with the Upper
Silesian decision. This was osten-
sibly postponed in the. name of JUS
tice. The league of nations coun-
ell is to frame a document over the
valuation of the plebiscite and the
consequences to be drawn there
from. One asks in Germany IL this
way out ought not to have been
found earlier. The plebiscite oc-
CURED months ago, and for months
the important upper Silesia indus
tional army camp and scene OF vio-
| 1anf national SfrnDD1aS -hinH h
! arouse the national passions more
and more.
From the representations OF the
English, Italian and Japanese dele.
gates 1t was quite clear that the
greater part of Upper Silesia should
be awarded to Germany because
the majority of the inhabitants had
voted for Germany.
But as France had made a secre,
| treaty with Poland without askinE
her allies. a concession was made
to the thought OF power in tina,
fuller report was called for
| Nationalists Welcome Decision.
The nationalist opposition ir
Germany greeted this result with
scarcely concealed satisfaction
They will sing their hymns of hate
with great gestures and in resound.
Ing voice in the coming Reichstae 9
session. They will struggle with
strong pressure against all finance
proposals of the chancellor. At the
best he will get a part OF, his tax
projects passed: but this part car
never suff1ce for fulfiHment Of the
reparations debt. Gradually the
thought is growing here. that it Is
the wish of the entente that full
| fillment be hindered. So that later
Germany can be accused Of non-ful-
fillment.
! As result OF the decisions of the
supreme council and the attitude ot
France in, the Paris conference
those Germans advocating an un-
derstandinF with France have come
| into discredit Yet without such ar
understanding between these two
dependent 'neighbor states, II will
never come to permanent peace in
Europe. And, as long as the French
natio9alists play into the hands of
the German nationalists. is eve~y
possibility of an understanding far
distant. That Is what oppresses the
tfarIseeing politicians and econom-
lists In Germany