Evening star., 1922-11-26
REGIME OF CUN0
NINTH SINCE WAR
Predecessors Declared to
Have Died Because "VitaI-
Iy Exhausted"
HOPES HELD FOR FUTURE
Harden States Certain Radical Re.
forms Are Necessary to Govern
Republic Successfully.
BY MAIMILLIAN HARDEN.
Germany's Foremost PubliciSt.
able Dispatch to The Star.

Special Gable Dispatch to The Star.
BERLIN. November 25.-The tenth
government since the defeat of Ger
many is in the saddle The ninth.
like its eight predecessors. died be-
cause of what in medicine is termed
vitality exhausted" Speeches. prom
ises. angry curses. whining COM
strong action.
Wirth. former teacher of mathe-
matics in a Baden school. with dema-
gogic talent like his prototype and
protector. ErZberger, thought himself
deXterous enough to dance over the
procipice of the London ultimatum of
1921 and gain the victor's conf
dence." In eighteen months he failed.
AS a child believes in Santa Claus.
so he believed that England would
help against the French threats.
Then, by his hasty. ill-considered
treaty of Rapallo with the soviet he
forced Lloyd George into the French
camp.
Then the Wirth government, instead
OF resigning in shame. held on while
France restored her relations with
Russia and left Germany in Il posi-
ton where the infamous pact was
worthless.
AS though this external shame was
not enough Wirth passed the special
law for the defense of his own and
his colleagues skins providing extra
courts and special penalties for crimes
against state officials. thus upsetting
the equality of all citizens before the
law which had existed in undemo-
cratic Prussia for seventy years.
Failure to Direct Finances.
His failure in directing the finances
of the country was monumental. His
only idea was infiation- He wanted
1000. 100000 marks as the limit of
the paper currency daily, but the ca
pacity of the printing plant held him
10 1000. 900, 600. N'ha: was the use of
talking about stabiliZation at that rate.
As well try I" stop driverless motor
car tearing down hill.
One can prophesy without rashness
that some night between 11:59 and
midnight a firm rate for German
money will be announced. But three
things must happen. First, II must
be recognized that the mark no longer
can be used as unit and must be
replaced by the re!ch's thsier or
rech'S franc OH a gold basis: second.
it must be understood that the loan
or abandonment of our remaining
gold cannot help unless the money
market is purified before hand; third,
the government must cease being
nonOpptlZti ny incompetent pom
ticianS.
Types Losing Vogue.
This third essential is beginning to
be recognized dimly. The trades
union secretary. the smal-town law
yer. the secretary type Of minister is
losing vogue. Even the strongest of
such men find their will weakened
by the sudden rise to prosperity and
power. so they are the reader to
iuXur ious official residences and mo-
merly Il cook or a factory girl. gem
orally prods her husbands ambition.
She quickly became accustomed to
riding and being called "eXcellency."
Now the labor classes are turning
toward the leaders of industry and
the great transport classes after their
own leaders have fallen or failed. 1t
is a question whether men like Will
helm Cuno, who served the kaiser's
cabinet as adroitly as he later served
the Hamburg Am erican Line. and
joined in the senseless song of griev-
ance and ariaS of anger after every
conference from Versailles TO Genoa
will fill the bill.
Since the defeat Germany has had
no government worthy of the name.
The industrialists. after a thorough
preparation. believe themselves strong
enough to dominate the government
in the new reich. Welcome to them
If they really want a Germany and
will bring strong. sure action into
our republics miserable passivity.