Evening star., 1923-09-21
ACTION HELD NEARER.
Reichstag Called by Stresemann to
Formulate Policy.
BY PERCY NOEL.
By Wireless TO The Star and Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Copyright, 1921

By Wireless TO The Star and Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Copyright. 1929
BERLIN, September 21.-The deter
mination of Chancellor Stresemann
to settle the Ruhr question one way
or another has resulted in the presi-
dent of the reichstag issuing a call
for an assembly next Wednesday.
At the outset, according to present
administration plans, the chancellor
will not address the reichstag, but
will outline his program to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. 1t is under
stood that the committee will then
decide upon how much of the "capitu-
lation plan will be placed before the
reichstag as a whole, so that the most
conciliatory portions can be kept Sc
cret from the German people.
One of the most significant reac-
tions to the governments course
one which indicates the extent of
Stresemann's adherence to capitula-
tion-came yesterday when Fritz
Thyssen. the first big industrialist
arrested in the Ruhr, resigned as a
member of the directing committee
of the Ruhr defense organization.
After meeting with the leaders or
the socialist labor union, 1t is said,
Chancellor Stresemann called the
cabinet together.
I'm this cabinet meeting, it is re-
ported" says big Berlin daily with
what appears to be consistent verac-
ity. that 1T was decided as a step
toward official announcement Of the
governments determination regard
ing esistance-silence was agreed
upon-that the orders of the previous
administration issued with reference
to the Ruhr territory would no long
er be recognized.
"The population of the Ruhr now
has free hand. 1t no longer has to
resist the orders of the French and
can take up work again. And this.
TO some measure, has occurred"
1t is probable that other German
neWspapers viii be printing similar
THE Termination of Passive Re-
sistance" and Away With the Sub
mission Policy" are other headlines of
the Berlin press, but both strongly in
is near this time.
Denounce Statements.
The foreign office stated oflcialIv
that all statements to the effect that
the old orders for passive resistance
had been rescinded were a marco, of
lies; that it was ridiculous to IMAGINE
such a step being taken without Cor
cesslons being granted by the French.
Nevertheless, that bold statement
that the Ruhr population now haS q
free hand, is no longer bound to resist
the French and other sensational news
failed to result in confiscation of the
paper under the defense of the renuhiic
act. The government could Iepitimata
ly have done SO, but it was expIained
officially that the statement was not oF
such character as to warrant ~ u
The concessions in the Ruhr which
the government now is prepared to asL
of the French as sop for anti-ca nitnN
latton sentiment In Germany have he
come less important, and they are am
ject to further reduction. The Ave
points of moment now are:
Safety for all condemned Cermans.
the return of all persons Obliged hv
the French to leave the Ruhr: Iocs,
administration restored to Germans.
liberty OF labor; free traffic between
occupied and unoccupied Germany
GERMAN RULE NEED