The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-15
GERMAN CABINET
 RESIGNS; POLICY
 LONG WEAKENING
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1 (SOnC1nue0 rage OHeJ | With the passing of pr. Rathenau, | thee hancellor visibly lost influence | with his cabinet coIIea gues. AS a result the support given his policy of fulfillment' diminished day by day. He admitted the collapse of this policy last summer when he an nounced that the governm meult's slogan had become:
 E'Bread first then re2arations.''
 Foreign criticism of the alleged weakness of theca binet, emanating from London, as well as Berlin. dur ing the last few days, contributing to undermining thechancellor's position even in the ranks of the Coalition party. His belated esDouage of the Peoples party as necessary adJuncc to the government definitely alienat- ed thes upDort he had been receiving erom the Socialists.
 Chancellor Under Fear.
 The chancellor has been ohesseo with fear for his personal safety. During the i1ast few months heavy guard of plain clothes men has con- stantly surrounded him.
 The efforts of Chancellor Wirth to extend the government Coalition to include the German Peoples party really foundered on the unrelen tfngry to any participation 1n a cabinet in which the Shines -Stresemann group would aI~o be represeted.
 The vote which finally participated me crlS1S, came I2SI n1SnL. the SO- cia1ists in the Reichstag deciding by a large ma iority against any eXte 1sion of the Coalition to include the party If he industria1sts-
 Chancellor Wirth had hoped that his new reparations note would con stitute the rallying point for an en- larcement in the government Coafi- ton. especially as it had the approval of the Clericals, Democrats and the Penrle's parties.
 F,hcT-t's Efforts Futile.
 Even the efforts of Presid ent Ebert to persuade his party friends to con tt1ue in the government have been
 The procedure of the Socialists last night in bringing to a vote their superintendent of streets. who is now under fire by the Democratic execu- tive board for alleged mira ctions of pa rty rules on election day and at ether times. Much complaint has been aired this week when the driv- CTS and ass 'stants were told that their services would no longer be required after this Saturday becau of the completion of the sprfnk1fng and sweeping program They declare that when the Republican administration was in power the drivers ard their helpers were kept at work. oi1ine and cleaning the department cars How ever. this policy VII not be adopted by the present Department of Public works, which is following out to the letter the policy of retrenchment of the Atwater administration.
 Several men under ffe departT1 ent have been dropped already and they will be paid in full this Saturday Di- rector Coughing stated today that the layoff will include foremen of street sweepers and sprinkltrs. we have kept both the sweeDers and spr'nkiers operating right up to the limit" Di- rector Coughlin statei today Our funds are about exhausted and the program laid out for the summer is complete The freezing weather would probably stop our work in few weeks a1yva
 Director Coughlin stated that there were six auto sprinklers each having crew of two men. an operator and driver The sweepers have but one man and are operated automatically.