Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
FULL CAP|TULAT|ON
by BERLIN To PARIS
NEXT GERMAN STEP
New Inter-AIIied Meet in
London Forecast on Repa-
rations Entente Cordial
to Be Renewed
BY Hiram X. MOderwelI


! Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyright, 1921
| BERLIN, Sept. 20.-The German
| government today awaited word
from the Belgian government as to
/ the result of its efforts to mediate
with France on Germany's behalf
on the basis of Chancellor Stresse-
mann's memorandum Of Monday.
The Stressemann offer contained
three points:
l. That Germany will give up.
completely, Immediately and pub
licly, her policy of passive re-
sistance in the RIhr, provided
France will give assurance that im-
prisoned and exiled residents of
the zone be permitted to return to
their homes.
2. Germany is prepared to go BE-
yond former Chancellor Cuno's th.r.
ty-billion gold mark reparations of
fer, meeting the British demand Of
fifty billion.
8. German industry is prepared
to admit 40 per cent French par
ticipat;on in the Ruhr industries.
1t is no longer concealed among
leaders in political circles here that,
if the latest offer is rejected, Chan
cellor Stressemann will be oblige1
to capitulate Internationally. All
parties now represented in the gov
eminent have within the last two
days given him blanket authority
to conclude peace with Frence on
any terms whatsoever.
German Finances Hopeless
The reason for this relatively
sudden change from conditional 10
unconditional surrender is the re.
cent revelation to the party lead
ers Of the utterly hopeless state of
German finances which Chancellor
Stressemann inherited from Curo
The true condition until recently was
known only to a few.
The minimum needs of the Ruhr
next week total five hundred trll
lion marks, or four million dollars.
The Reichsbank cannot find this
money. The last penny which can
be sent to the Ruhr is being sent
this week. The truth is that TIA.
reserve Of the Reichsbank is much
less than Germany supposed.
Less responsible politicians are
gradually awakening to a realiza-
ton of the full extent of Cuno's
plumbers, which are coming to he
regarded as nothing short of crimi-
nal. The anger which is growing
In political circles threatens to
spread like a wave over the entire
/ population. Already the demand is
being raised that the former chan
cellor and certain members of his
cabinet be called to answer for their
stewardship before a court OF
justice.
Herr Cuno's hurried trip to Amer
lea after his recenc resignation Is
declared in some quarters to have
been in fact a flight to escape the
consequences of his sins of commits
sion and omission.
Accusations Made
The principal accusations against
him are:
l. That he financed Ruhr re-
sistance almost wholly by the print
ing press, it having been established
that for several months less than
two per cent of the Ruhr expendi-
lures was covered by taxation.
2. Reckless expenditure of Ruhr
! funds so that many grew rich at
! the peoples expense.
3. Encouragement-pa or
perhaps active-of sabotage and
other forms Of active resistance,
thus giving the French a pretext
for the taking of harsh measures
which eventually broke the resist
| ance.
1t has been asserted by one re,
sponsible public man that the Cuno
cabinet last April actually decided
upon a general active attack on the
French troops and we're prevented
only by the Prussian government.
which was under Socialist influ-
ence.
A. That Chancellor Cuno, politi-
cally, was a child, and that he
omitted many timely political meas
ures which might have made pass
sive resistance partially successful.
The German people still are gen.
orally ignorant of recent events.
But they must learn the truth
within a week. Their anger then
will be so violent that it may as:
sumo most serious form unless 1t
can be shunted onto the absent
! CunO,