New-York tribune., 1921-05-09
Berlin Still
Marks Ii irlle
On Cabinet
DIR. Mayer Fails to Induce
Clericals to Agree to
Acceptance of Terms;
Won't Be Chancellor

BERLIN, May {By The Associated
Press mo further progress was made
to-day toward terminating the Cabinet
crisis, despite DR.. Wilhelm Mayors
personal efforts to persuade the Cleri-
Gals to agree to unconditional accept
ance of the Allied ultfmatum.
DR.. Mayer, who is German Ambassa-
dor to France, is still in the Reichstag
as member of the Bavarian Peoples
party, which stubbornly opposes. the
Allied terms, especially regarding dis
armament. Although pledged to abide
now endeavoring to unite the Clerical
party in favor of accepting the ultima
tum, hoping that it would then form
the nucleus for an emergency coali-
tion which would command enough
votes in the Reichstag in favor Of
yielding.
Socialists Call Conference
The Majority Socialists and Demo-
Gratis, who are still divided among
themselves, have summoned their ma
tional committees to Berlin for a con-
ference tomorrow. The German
Peoples party, of which DR.. Gustav
Stresemann is the leader, continues its
attitude of reserve.
DR.. Mayer is reported to be impress
ing the Reichstag leaders with the in
evitable necessity Of signing and thus
showing Germany's willingness to make
sincere efforts to carry out the terms
of the treaty, in the hope that the in
vasion of the Ruhr and other penal
ties will not be applied if she tenn
porarily fails to meet her obligations
in every detail.
o.,
summons from President Ebert, who
desired the ambassador to attempt the
formation OF new Cabinet. DIR. Mayer
bas informed the President that he
could not comply with the request, ac-
cording to the Vossische Zeitung to-
day. 1t is known that DR.. Mayer has
been disinclinedA to attempt the task.
President Ebert, the newspaper
states, endeavored to persuade DR..
Mayer not to consider his refusal final,
and asked him in any event to remain
in Berlin until Monday and in case of
a change in the situation accept the
invitation.
The efforts being made to form a
Cabinet center about the refusal of
the present ministry under Fehrenbach
to yield to the Allied reparation de-
manQS, ana the necessity OF unQlnR b
new Chancellor who can accede to the
Entente ultimatum and still face the
storm of political opposition in the
Reichstag.
Ultimatum Expires Thursday
The Germans have until May 12 at
midnight to accept the Allied terms.
These terms include the payment of an
indemnity of approximately $32,000,-
100000 and the fulfillment of the terms
of the treaty of Versailles regarding
disarmament and the trial of war Grim
inals. If these demands are not agreed
to by Germany before midnight next
Thursday the Allied armies will invade
the industrial region of the Ruhr Val
ley without further notice and seek to
collect the moneys due them by con-
trolling all mines and factories there
for an indefinite period.
The industrial leaders who own
these factories have been insisting
that the Allied demands be acceded to
in order to prevent the industrial re-
gion from falling into French and
British hands. Berlin dispatches have
quoted Vopwaerts and other newspapers
as proposing the acceptance of the de-
mands in order to stave off invasion
and then seeking mitigation of the
terms of the ultimatum in subsequent
negotiations.