The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-16
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Berlin.-The German cabinet, headed
by Chancellor Wirth, has fallen. The
ministerial designations, filed last night
were precipitated by the dcision Of the
United Socialists not to participate in
a coalition ministry, which included
members Of the German peoples party.
But the friends Of Chancellor Wirth
were not oblivious of the feeling that
he had outlived his usefulness and now
has become a victim Of a policy of
INDIGESTION and inactivity which found
it's elimination in the governments
failure to make practical arrangement
with the allied Preparations commission
during the course Of its recent visit to
Berlin.
Ever Stree the assassination of For
eign Minister Rathenau, the chancellor
has been described as man who APP
parently possessed no inspiration, no
initiative. This attitude gave added
weight to the assertion that the late
foreign minister was Wirth's inspira-
ton and the force which urged him on
with the passing of DR.. Rathenau, the
chancellor visibly lost influence with
his cabinet colleagues. AS result, the
support given his policy of fulfill
ment" diminished day by@day He adj
mitted the collapse Of this policy last
summer when he announced that the
governments slogan had become
"bread first, then separations.
Foreign Criticism Blamed.
Foreign criticism of the alleged
weakness of the cabinet, emanating
from London as we'll as Berlin during
tn last few days, contributed to under
mining the chancellor's position, even
in the ranks of the coalition party.
His belated espousal of the peoples
party as a necessary adjunct to the
government definitely alienated the
support he had been receiving from the
Socialists.
Evr since the assassination of DR..
Rathenau, the chancellor has been OBJ
scessed with fear for his personal safe
ty. During the last few months a
heavy guard of plain clothes men has
constantly surrounded him.
Chancellor Wirth's efforts to extend
the government coalition to include the
German peoples party rally foundered
on the lunrelenting antagonism Of the
United Socialists to any participation
in cabinet in which the Shines
Stresemann group also would be repre-
scented.
The vote which finally precipitated
the crisis came last night, the Social
lists in the Reichstag deciding against
any extension of the coalition to in
clude the party of the industrialists.
Chancellor Wirth had hoped that his
new Preparations note would constitute
the rallying point for an enlargement
in the government coalition, especially
as it had the approval of the clericals,
democrats and the peoples parties.
Even the efforts of President Ebert to
persuade his party friends to continue
in the government have been unavail-
able.
Wirth Has Lost Hold.
Wirth's further availability as chan
cellor is strongly doubted by a large
section of the press, as we'll as by
many Reichstag leaders. They believe
that the circumstances under which the
crisis was precipitated, together with
the present state of reparations nego-
tiations demand as the head of the cab
met man unfettered by the failure of
the governments previous policies.
Explaining to the newspaper men the
reasons for his resignation, DR. Wirth
today said that since the last note Of
the Preparations commission had been
approved by all parties, except the So
cialist, it seemed as if it would be
possibl to form a coalition but that as
the Socialists refused to participate in
the proposed coalition it became urg-
emily necessary to take some action I'M
der which Germany could pursue set
tied external policy and the reiDstation
If the Wirth cabinet thus appeared to
be the only solution.