The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-13
Three Dead And Number h. jured As Result Of Disorders And CommuniStiC Outbreaks Throughout The Nation
GUSTAVE STRESAMANN IS ASKED TO FORM CABINET
New Minister Is Leader Of Peoples Party And NiII Pick His Advisers From The Coalition Group
By FERDINAND JAIN .eased Wire to The AEe-HeraId)

BERLIN, August 12-Faced by chaos throughout Germany, the Clno cabinet Sunday afternoon decided to resign.
 The actual ceremonies of resigna- tion were completed during the eve ming.
 President Ebert of Germany i'm mediately summoned Dr. Gustave Stresamann, leader of the peoples party, and invited him to form a cabinet.
 The new cabinet will be coalition
 Herr Cuno's decision followed a day of sporadic disorders throughout Germany. Eleven persons Wree wounded in skirmishes at Lubbock, when socialists drove out the local police and installed their own po- lice force.
 Three were dead and 40 wounded at Hanover, following rioting and plundering of shops Saturday night. Berlin, the capital city, was wilh- out gas as a result of the rapidly spreading strikes. Strikes had also crippled transportation in the city. Hit By strike Wave.
 Mid-Germany was being affected by the strike wave. Communists at Leipsig ordered q general strike throughout the city, while more con serv&tive socialist groups were ur- ganizing to break the disorder that threatened.
 Herr Cunos act was governed by patriotism" declared q high poIitl- cal leader, following the resignation. Despite the wide dissatisfaction with the chancellors rule, there is high personal respect for him as man.
 H.. q lawz CT, but soon after entered the Prussiau ministry of finance, rapidly rising to be a departmental chief.
 In wartime, his great organizing ability won for him recognition. In the early days of the war, he served as head of the grain board, later becoming supreme food controller for the empire. The "ersatz" foods on wien Germany pulled through the blockade, the endless ration cards by which her people were fed, were all regulated by his large corps. Heads Steamship Line.
 In 1917 Cuno became a director of the Hamburg American line, resign ing his government office to take the position. In November, 1918, Herr Ballin, famous head of the line, com mitted suicide. Cuno was picked to succeed him.
 It was III lIllS pOSl-Ndt ptllou Una CunO received his greatest test. The German merchant marine had been picked bare by the allies. The proud est vessels of the old fleet now flY foreign flags. Starting with only few tramp steamers, Cuno built up the line, laid the keels of new yes sels, put the German flag on the seas again and made Hamburg a thriving port.
 Hugo Stinnes, German financial wizard, was on the board of direc- tors of the line. Seeing the success which Cuno had made, he set up competition. starting a line of his own to South America. Shines, ai- ready fabulously wealthy, was feared throughout Germany. The world watched to see what action Wilhelm Cuno would take.
 The action was swift and decisivs. Cuno kicked Shines off the Ham burg American line board of direc- tors, and told him he could not come back,
 The effect was magical. Admiring Cuno's black, Stinnes became one Of his Warmest supporters.
 Cuno once refused the post of am bassador to Washington. and later turned dow the post of foreign min lster When he accepted the chan cellorship he announced that he in-
 
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 StrcSamann to Succeed.
 Gustav Stresamanp. who will take up the task of attempting to salvage Germany $ economic machine, has had d lifelong interest in politics
 His peoples party tder volksparte) represents in particular the bis in- dustrialists, but he himself has shown most liberal ideas which were at times almost revolutionary.
 Strcsamann is a brilliant orator. and has taken a leading part in the reichstag debates. During the war he was an open anneNationist, but voted for the peace resolution in 1917.
 He $ a member of the board of di- rectors of the German American Economic association and other in- dustrial organizations. His service in the roichstag extends over some 20 years. A year ago he became chairman of the reichstag foreign committee.
 Stresamann was born in 1878 in Berlin. He married in 1903, and has two sons. IH addition to his politi- cal career, he Is well known as a writer his works dealing largely with politics and economies