Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-11

Ihe allies ultimatum required a def
mite reply based on yes" or mo.
No conditional reply would be enter
tanned. and the ultimatum was formn-
lated to expire on the night of May II.
Conditions Outlined.
The total sum which Germany il
called upon to pay is H.750OOO 600
pounds sterling. Disarmament must
be carried out BY Germany in accord
ance with the provisions Of the treaty,
and the trial of war criminals must
be put into effect Numerous other i'm
portant terms, in which Germany has
been in default, will be enforced
Noncompliance with the allied ulti-
matum would have subjected Germany
to the occupation b ythe allies of the
Ruhr valley and whatever other mill
tary and naval measures were deemed
advisable.
Regarded as Makeshift. A.
The new cabinet is generally re-
garded as makeshift. largely unrep-
resentative, but good enough to accept
the entente ultimatum and thus avoid
French advance into the Ruhr.
While the cabinet obtained 4 com
Portable majority in the retchstak, it
has the undivided support OF only the
majority socialists and clericals. The
members of the other parties, it is de-
clared, have given it support as
makeshift, and are not pledged to give
1t parliamentary support.
A leading democratic member of
the reichstag said Tuesday:
The cabinet cannot last as it is
not on a broad enough basis to
carry out the myriad of financial
and economic problems involved in
German acceptance of the repara-
tlons settlement. We democrats
have loaned Schiller and Cessler
to- the cabinet. reserving to our
selves the right to withdraw them
later unless the cabinet is ampli-
fled to include the German peo-
pies party.
~ unfavorably Regarded.
DR.. Wirth, the chancellor. is unfav-
'rably regarded by the industrialists
md banking interests because he is /
loosely associated politically with
Matthias Erzberger, his predecessor,
IS finance minister. who advocated a
aid on capital. rather than indirect
axes, as means of meeting Ger
nany's pressing financial needs.
Cabinet Personnel. /
The reichstag assembled at q o'clock
'uesday night and DR.. Wirth announc-
d the formation Of a new cabinet. with
imself as chancellor and foreign
linister. The other members ~ The
abinet are: ,
Gustav Bauer. (former chancellor
zee chancellor and minister of the
.easurs: Herr Brauns (centrist) min
yer OF economics; Herr Schiller ,
Dem)' minister Of Justice: Robert :
cnmldt 1socialist) minister of labor;
enerai Groener (social Democrat) i
mister OF Transportation: Herr Gies- !
,rts, centrist, minister Of posts aud a
iegraphs; Andres Hermes, (centrist) d
'oo controller; George Grandneur, '
majority socialist deputy for Saxony) 4
ln!stre y OF the interior; Herr Gessler, il
,smecratl minister of defense; Herr il
tmajority) socialist and
oor ieader,) minister or re- construc- Il
instruction. t,
Considerable Delay.
1 Dr. Edward Davis, who was the first
iected as minister of the interior. a
Is withdrawn and replaced by Herr n,
,adneur. There was considerahle =,
lay IN completing the cabinet owing /,
difficulty in finding the man for
foreign portfolio, which eventually di
;: WI tn assumed. si
ne Uemocrat party was. not official 4
fspresented in the new cabinet in u
nIst instance. but in response to = e
iuest y from clerical and social demo- ne
~ paEues permitted General Grien- ~
,.snn snn nerf Ge.slsr to retain the i.