Evening star., 1923-08-19
Germany May Try to Appease
France and End Ruhr Crisis

ish diplomatic prestige by placing the
government in position where il either
must estrange France or admit de-
| feat.
The position of neither premier Is
enviable at the moment. but the odds
| apparently rest with Poincare.
| While the allies play their kings.
queens and pawns on the reparationS
| chessboard Germany herself has de- Z
cided that something must be done i'll Z
the Immediate future.
Stresemnnn at Helm.
Gustav Stresemann of the independ-
ent peoples party has been chosen and
has accepted the position of chan
cellor following the custer of Chan
cellors Cuno through the withdrawal
of socialist support. Herr Stresemann
at the outset has refused to make
French withdrawal from the Ruhr a
chief factor in Germany's consent to
negotiate in regard to reparations.
thereby leaving the gate open for
parleying on the vexatious questions
involved in the whole reparations
dispute. He. however, insists thatS
the German spirit of resistance to the
French is not broken and resistance
| will not be relaxed until Germany is
assured of territorial integrity and
political domination in the Ruhr and
the Rhineland. 1t is known, however.
that Stresemann is firmly convinced
that Germany must move apace 70
preserve herself and, il is declared.
looks upon the industrialists efforts
to bring about peace with the French
with great favor.
Stresemann. however. is firmly con
WINGED that the first thing GermanA =
should do is to make an honest enort-
to restore her internal equilibrium,
and as a consequence has served no
tice that the government Will Increase
taxation to a point where every fac
tor in Germany's life will bear its
just burdens A new loan of $50
100000 will be fioated at once, and I
though this has been called gold
loan, it is believed that it will be ac-
compliShed through tremendous in 4
creases in. tax levies in present cur
rency, in order to escape the repara-
tions commissions claim that il has
priority on account of reparations on
all gold loans to be floated i'll the
Reich.
The government has served notice .
upon the induStrialists that they must
turn the new issue over to the gov
ernment, the land owners must grant
mortgages equal to 25 per cent of the
value of their property, while export
and import organizations face another
25 per cent government levy. =
The radical features of the German
effort to obtain money indicate the
new governments determination not
10 De frustrated III SelLlns SIeTHldHN y
house in order at the earliest possible
moment. It is hoped that the money
not only will stabilize German indus
trial and business life. but will
finance continued passive resistance
in the Ruhr in case this resistance .
continues to be necessary from a Ger :
man standpoint. If settlement with
France is reached then it will be the =
nest egg in the resumption of repara-
tions payments.
In, co Sf~a Cofp1l nm n.
pull Germany out of her present cha
otic situation. Notwithstanding the
communist riots, which have grown
apace in scattered sections of Ger
many, there is a general belief that
if the chancellor can continue to ride ;
his unheard-o of coalition of socialiStic'
and bourgeois parties successfully
Germany yet may meet French de-
mands and emerge from her present
position into a stronger one. =