Evening star., 1921-10-30
BY HENRY w. BUNN.
It, 1921, by The Washington star.)

Copyright 1871, by The washington Star)
- HE following is brief summary of the
most important news Of the world for
the week ended October 20:
GERMANY.-on the 22nd, the wirth
cabinet resigned upon official notification OF the
supreme councils Upper Silesa award, which
award adopted and gave effect to the recommen-
dations of the council of the league of nations.
In his letter of resignation Wrth made the
following admirably restrained statement:
although the cabinet still is convinced that
only sincere effort to fulfill all parts of the
agreement render possible the political and
economic restoration of Europe. 1t Is convinced
that the limits of German capacity of the pos
sibility of fuifllment have been materially re-
duced by the Silesian decree and that new
: situation therefore has arisen for Germany"
The situation confronting President Ebert
of extreme difficulty. The supreme
council had demanded that German represent
quired under the Upper Siesian award to.
precisely define and mark the political boundary
directions of the award) report for duty at
Oppeln on Thursday, the 27th Therefore new
cabinet must be formed, it must formulate its
policy: 1t must submit that policy to the reich
stag. it must receive from the reichstag a vote
Upper Silesan commissioner. all before
Wednesday night; elsa clash with the entente
The coalition cf majority SOCIALISTS, centrists
coalition of these parties plus the peoples party
was not possible for the present, owing to the the
stand against acceptance of the Upper Silesia
decision proclaimed by prominent members OF
the peoples party.
From the welter of discussion participated
in by leaders of all the parties except the
extremists of right and left tthe communists
and nationaists) emerged the conviction that
there must be clash Cat least for the pres
enD with the entente; that the Upper Sllesa
award must be accepted cat lea. formally and
for the present); that the commissioner must be
appointed.
A new cabinet is the child of this conviction
whose tenure of power is as ghostly. precarious
This new cabinet is headed by Wirth and is
Had fha ga n
ment." in contrast to Wirths former cabinet
of fuiment." This new cabinet contains four
centrists. four majority socialists and two
democrats. The majority socialists and CEN
trists are now the only two government parles.
and this is overstatement, for. though
they occupy the same house, their intercourse
is extremely formal. The democrats and inde-
pendent socialists promise temporary support,
and the peoples party a benevolent neutrality
The democrats in the cabinet are there as
technical experts. not democrats
A precariouS situation indeed The prob
lens with which the late cabinet was at death
grips (the problems of taxation. of devising
reparation fulfllmenD loom even more menac-
ingy before the new cabinet He must be an
optmst who should predict for 1t long life
But so much to the present good may be re-
ported: the reichstag gave the new cabinet a
vote of confidence after Wirth's announcement
of its decision to accept the Upper Silesia
award the cabinet the 26th notified the
supreme council of such acceptance and that a
commissioner for Upper Silesia would be
sioner is now Oppeln. Calm; settled calm
lull
THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-A vivid proof of
the terrible incidence of taxation since the war
on the rich of. Britain is furnished by the sale
the other day by the Duke of Westminster
to the Messrs. Duveen of Gai'i:t~ ough's Blue
Boy" one of the chief glories OF itain: indeed.
one of the most beautiful paintings in the
world. The sum paid f170.O0o. With the