The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-04
FALL OF WIRTH CABINET WAS DUE
TO lNDUSTRIALS.


Agreeing that 1t was the influence Of
hugo SHINES and his group Of indus
rials rather than desertion by the So
alists which was mainly responsible for
he downfall Of the Wirth cabinet, edi-
ors are divided whether the new chan
'ellor will be able to do any better, if,
indeed, he can do as good. Wirth had
ried his best to meet the requirements
f the allies and at the same time pro-
ect the German working classes, and it
sems to be agreed that the new minis
ry will meet with opposition. probably
passive at the outset, when it tries in
.reasinG the length of the work day at
he demand of the business interests Cf
lie nation.
Sabotage destroyed the Wirth minis
ry," asserts the Chicago News in dis
missing the socialisttc responsibility and
.acalling that the industrials had planned
his crisis for some time. The News is
convinced that the SHINES following is
~eady to complete reparations, or any
hing else. provided they have free
hand at home" Somewhat similar is
he view entertained by the Elkhart
Truth, which in turn points out that
the conviction is growing among the
German people that Hugo SHINES and
he industrial magnates are deliberately
promoting initiation to acquire monop-
oily of the cOuntry's industrial resources" "
nut the Truth. on its part, thinks this is
lue to a desire Ito evade reparations."
In justice to Wirth it must be recalled,
the Waterbury Republican says, that "he
made an earnest effort to carry out the
impossible and in general he has been
m good favor with the allied govern
ments" His resignation also empha-
sizes in the opinion of the Forth Worth
Star Telegram "the great loss which
Germany suffered when Walter Rattle
nau was assassinated." Wirth's work
met with approval generally" the ST.
Paul Dispatch holds, in suggesting that
ne may yet have to resume office as
he was apparently making straight
.5rward attempt to meet the allied
Claims"
The fall Of this cabinet emphasizes,
n the view of the Houston Chronicle
hat German stability is the keynote
f European stability. Let Germany go
pankrupt, or bolshevik. and every great
European government will find Itself In
'haos. Making every allowance for the
roliticians and demagogues that are cap
alizing German unrest, large part OF
lie responsibility for Chancellor Wirth' S
all. and for such events as may ensue
till rest with allied policy. II the bAnd
;crambe for spoils continues II back
,,air trading is allowed to go on, If the
romise OF a new order is ignored, who
an predict that another Mustapha
Iemal will not emerge from the MaZu-
ian lake region, or that western Europe
viii not behold the tragedy of Constan-
5nople repeated" There also is ques-
ion, as the Grand Rapids Herald sees 1t,
whether President Ebert can find
hancellor who will really do more than
Wirth. Wilhelm Cuno, the new appointee
doesn't look promising. In the chaos
only one thing seems certain. When the
majority and independent socialist par
ties reunited they sounded the death
lnel of communism. There is no rea-
son to fear that Germany will turn boil
shevik in the present crisis" But the
real issues appears to the Waterloo Tri-
bune to be that the industrials are try