New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
Reichstag Will
Meet To-day to
FortifyRepublic
coalition Government and
financial Reorganization
to Avert Collapse, Main
Purposes To Be Sought
Hope for War Bill Relief
Churchill's Speech Adds to
! Impression Britain Will
Urge PAIRING Reparations
By Joseph Shaplen


BY Wireless TO The Tribune
3 Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
s. BERLIN, Sept. 26.--The Reichstag
will reconvene tomorrow in what is
expected to be it's most important ses-
sion since the close of the war.
So far as Germany is concerned, the
session is expected to produce reorgan-
isaton of the German financial and
ssxation system in the hope of pre-
venting an economic and financial
crash.
Politicians and fnanciers have been
Speaking for some time of the danger
Of an economic collapse. and Chancellor
Wirth himself has openly expressed
fear Of it, despite his statement on the
assumption of the Chancellorship that
Germany could meet the Allied repara-
tons demands if she tried
Reparations Revision Sought
Active hope is entertained that the
new session of the Reichstar will lead
to the building of q strong government,
with Dr. Wirth at it's head, which will
prevail on the Allies to revise their
reparstions program on what Winston
Churchill, the British Cabinet Minister.
called in his recent speech at Dundee
"a practical scale
Churchill's speech has created a
: great sensation in the German press
and among officials. The return of
Lord d'Abernon, British Ambassador,
to Berlin to-day on the eve of the re-
convocation of the Reichstag was taken
H., \ Io. l,
participation in the reparations Dues
ton. 1t is we'll known that d'Abernon
urged DR.. Gustav Stresemann, as the
representative of Germany's big indus
trial and financial interests, to enter
the Cabinet at the time of the pre-
sentation of the Allied ultimatum, but
Stresemann failed to do so.
Lord d'Abernon's return, coincident
with conferences between Chancellor
Wirth and his political leaders, lnclud-
ing Stresemann, is regarded as s;gnifi-
cant. Some reports have it that the
British Am bassador brought with him
new separations proposal which Eng
land will undertake to champion in the
Supreme Council if the Peoples party
enters the government and by It's par
ticipation contributes toward greater
stabiiization of economic and political
conditions in Germany and the whole
Of Europe.
All Parties Agree on Issue
Whatever may be the results of eff
forts 20 rebuild the Cabinet, it is ex-
tremely probable that the new Reichs-
tag may see the reopening of the whole
reparations problem. All parties in
Germany, those which opposed as well
Is those which favored acceptance of
tne ultimatum, assert that the reopen
ing Of the reparations question must
be undertaken at the first favorable
opportunity.
DR.. Wlrth in recent interview de-
ciared that Germany faced complete
breakdown unless the financial obliga-
tons placed on her were modified.
while the Social Democrats. in their
convention at Goerlitz, Just concluded,
made a fight for the revision of the
Versailles Treaty one of the foremo ost
features of their program.
Several important political confer
ences took place to-day with an eve
toward reconstruction of the govern
ment and revision of Germany
financial obligations In the morning
Dr.. Wirth conferred with the leaders
OF the present coalition parties, at
winch Waiter Rathenau, Minister OF
reconstruction, also was present. He
between himself and Louis Loucheur.
French Minister of Devastated Regions
Later the Chancellor received repre-
ssntatives of the opposition parties.
Inc most interesting conference of
all, however, was Wirth's meeting with
Stresemann.
New Cabinet October Is
Indications are that the new govern
ment will not be formed before October
TO- SO tar as the prospects for the
entrance of the Peoples party into the
government are concerned the facts
are as follows: Leaders of the party
At their conference at Heidelberg de-
clared their willingness to enter the
government AMI elected a committee to
map out program en- which this might
De carried out. The conditions which
tne Peoples party proposes to impose
are purely of financial and business
nature. t is known that the leaders
Of the party and the big financial and
industrial interests behind it believe
mat Germany's financial condition is
oorderlng on catastrophe. The party
wiii; therefore, demand large voice
IN the governments financial and eco
nonllc policies.
Should the present coalition parties
iaii TO reach basis of agreement with
me Peoples party which means with
hugo SHINES and the industrial inter
esss around him, and should the Peo-
pes party fail to meet the conditions
d iaid down by the Socialists at Goerlitz,
saere is a strong possibility that re-
construction of the Cabinet would be
followed by the drawing in of the
independent Socialists, leaving the
Stlnnes party outside.
me principal conditions laid down
W sne Socialists are that the Peoples