Evening star., 1923-10-14
SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D.
The Story the Week Has Told

from Canton at his usual length The great
liberal declares war, of course, and summons
against the common enemy Chang Tso Lin,
and that other hard d-boiled old tory Tuan Chi
peter out ingloriously or more Importance Is
the attitude of WI Pei Flu. who has two sue
undertakes another' IL seems likely that he
will do on his own hook and not as a sub
people like Chang Tso Lin and Tuan Chi JUL
and the backsliding Christian General Feng
Yu Hsiang.
Germany.-The favorable view Of strese-
mann may perhaps be summed up as follows:
That, as chancellor of the republic, he is
Loyalty playing the republican game. the Wei
constitution game. that he is dsinterested
and proposes that the industrial magnates,
who have cornered most of the national wealth
shall contribute to reconstruction and to repar
ations payments in proportion to their wealth,
nor that the masses shall be further exploit
ed" the middle classes further ruined in
their behalf: that he is honest and proposes
and honest program of finance; that he is hon
orable and proposes honorable dealings with
the allies, and that he proposes to use the
dictatorial powers WHICH the reichstag has
not at all for the aggrandizement of self or
party, and to relinquish them soon as prac-
ticable. -.. .....
Such a favorable view generally commends
itself. F! think. except, perhaps on one eN-
ceedingly important head There is. or may
be fly in the amber. Stresemann has not yet
ordered the $4,000 striking German railway
in the occupied region back to work.
Well. perhaps there's no point of honor in
volved there. But the French officially charge
that October U.e. after Stresemann announc-
ed cessation of passive resistance), these men
received from the reich treasury three months
advance pay Cor bonus. If you please). Surely
there's a point of honor involved there. II
the charge IS true (and l have seen on denial
OF it). that fact is tragicai. Even so otherwise
the favorable view above set forth is the one
generally held. 1t is quite possible too. and de-
voutly to be wished that the French charge Is
based on incorrect intelligence:
On the other hand careful collation. Of dis
patches seems to show that the peoples party
leaders, at least an all powerful group OF
them. have been trying to thwart Stresemanns
their own,-very dubious purposes and that
their negotiations with the Franco Belgian
against the wishes OF Stresemann. such in
dependent action being in line with their aim
The socialists evidently are at a loss. utter
ly distrusting SHINES, ct Gle, little distrustc
them (the former independent socialists) tend
ing toward rapprochement with the commun-
lists. On October 6 Stresemann presented his
second coalition cabinet to the reichstag. and
with 1t his AUTHORIZATION" bill, which proposes
in chief confer the new cabinet dcta-
torial. economic, financial and social powers
(such powers to lapse on March 81, 1924. or on
the demise of the present governmentl; and 10
authorize new bank of issue. Fearful OF de-
feat and hoping meantime to coneiliate oppo-
slton, the government put OF the hnal vote on
this bill until yesterday, the 13th.
The situation within the Ruhr is very OBJ
scure. Apparently independent lie, of the
German governmenD. negotiations between
the occupational authorities and the Ruhr IN
dustrfalists are proceeding rapidly and salts
factorily. Resumption of activity In plants long
closed down Is said to be noticeable On the
other hand, there is the problem of financing
this resumption-now that further assistance
from Berlin is not TO be forthcoming. For the
present resumption must be on a reduced
basis Then what of the unemployed thrown
on the moneyless municipalities. more doles
from Berlin? Already there is trouble afoot-
demonstrations and pillaging of food In Co
logne Dusseldorf, Solingen and elsewhere,
clashes with police: casualties. the most seri-
Gus incident occurring at Solingen. with result
Of eleven dead and thirty Ave wounded.