Evening star., 1924-06-01
GERMAN ELECTION
,,,'DISTURBS FRENCt.
Choiee Of Monarchist Rouses Mis-
givings-Wallraf for Hohen-
zOliern Return.
DAWES PLAN rs ACCEPTED
Poincare, on Eve of Leaving Office
Agrees to Reparations Gut.
BY ANDRE TARDIEU

Ev Radio to The Star
PARIS, May 3l.-Prime Minister
Macdonald, after a touching eX-
rhange of letters with Premier Poin-
care, beat the conservatives in the
unemployment debates and probably
will remain in power all summer.
NJ. Poincare, on the other hand
Yields his place to new cabinet.
probably presided over by Edouard
Herriot and in which the Socialists
viii decide next Monday whether
they will participate.
Germany does not seem to have de-
cided on the formation of its cab
met. but the nationalist WalIraf was
elected president of the Reichstag by
I large margin.
Dawes Report Indorsed.
Inese contrasting facts merit re-
The Pofncare- Macdonald CORE
Spondence, stripped of rhetorical
MOVERS, means Endorsement of the
Dawes report. This rcport vas the
writer has shown in previous dis
,natbn5 nn.rheS, means return to the
HiethodS OF the treaty of Versailles
and the 1921 schedule of payments
ana abandonment of the policy OF
productive pledges in the Ruhr AL
though the report does not touch the
question or Germanys total debt, it
really presupposeS considerable re-
duction from the figure of I32O0O,-
100000 gold marks fixed by the repa-
ratlons commission in 1921. of which
Frances share will be barely enough
10 PAY her debts to America and
England.
Therefore adoption of the Dawes
report Is a British victory and a set
pack TOR France. NJ. Poincare. on the
rFe of leaving power. accepts what
ne swore in numberleSs speeches he
would never accept.
"erman Concurrence Secuted.
Thus. even il the Dawes system
rS3duces its maximum. it will not
mean penny for the French treas
niS unless war debts are Cancelled
or reduced, and there is no talk OF
ih'it But more than that, there is
Germany will execute tile Dawes re-
Iort. and prospects seem rather dim
at present.
Ire opinion expressed in the
writer's recent dispatches that after
the elections Germany seemed to be
turning more than ever toward the
Fast, has brought numerous letters
of protest from American readers who
accuse the writer of jumping to con-
ciuSions on the basis of indecisive cleo
ton figures But let US look at the
facts.
one characteristic fact is Wallraf's
election as president of the. Reich
stag. Wallraf is not Il man who ever
disEimulated his flag or his, ideas.
He Is a monarchist. He was a min
lister in the Michaelis and Hertling
cabinets during the war. He wants
20 return to a pre-War status and re-
turn the HohenZollerns. And after
getting 202 votes on the first ballot
ne was elected on the second with
221. What does this mean?
1t means that to beat the Repub-
ncan and moderate Socialist Loebe,
who got 107 votes on the first ballot,
not only Nationalists, but Populists
and large fraction of the center
voted TOR monarchiSt. 1t means that
the NatIonalists have added to their
ntnety-SlX votes about I30 votes from
other parties. 1t means that on the
very first test vote in the new Reich
stag a reactionary bloc was formed
on the name of a man who represents
frankly policy of return to the past.
Optimism Called Premature.
If this evidence is insufficient, here
are two more facts: The Populist
party. besides casting it's vote for
the monarchist Wallraf formulated
Two proposals, the first tending to re-
wise the Weimar constitution, and the
second demanding abolition of the re-
pubic flag and return to the imperial
TO his fresh and joyour" war. And
when you consider that since November,
1872, the Council of Ambassadors has
been unable to get satisfaction or even
4 definite response on the question of
German armament control YOU must
admit that the writer was not jumping
TO conclusions, but was basing his
conclusions on facts.
To sum up: The Dawes report.
even if Loyalty executed. means
Frances abandonment of all she has
claimed in virtue of the peace trea-
ties. But execution of the report by
Germany is exceedingly doubtful,
considering Berlin's present tenden-
cieS.
The, beatific optimism of the Poin-
care-Macdonald letters, therefore,
seems premature, and the cart of
reparations is still in the same old
rut.
Copyright, 1924