Evening star., 1925-01-26
VITAL THEMES
Germany's New Monarch
ist Cabinet.
BY Henry T. Allen,
Who Commanded the American
Army ON the Rhine.

(Dr Luther, in his first speech In the Reichs-
tag. upheld the Dawes plan and the c'nst,tu-
who doubtless knows as much about German
conditions as any American, fnterprets the
situa ton which brought him to the head Of
the German stnte.} s'.
How did it happen that cabinet
dominated by Monarchists has come
Into power in Germany. and what is
the outlook for the future?
1t Is unfortunate that the long cabi-
net crisis should have occurred at a
time when the Dawes plan is being
installed and when the interallied
board of military control was making
its report. The announcement by the
Council Of Ambassadors that the Co
logne bridgehead would not be evacu-
ated on the presumptiye date OF Janu-
ary 10, due to the alleged non-fulfill-
ment by Germany of the disarmament
clauses of the Versailles treaty, caused
a political sensation that was utilized
by the right as a political weapon,
though inwardly they desired TO have
the British remain on the Rhine until
all the French and Belgian troops
had left the Ruhr. Many Germans
believe, however, that England will
not surrender that exceptional trade
base, Cologne. as long as there are
any chances Of seeing 1t go into the
hands of any others of the war part
ners.
The expiration OF the terms OF the
Franco German trade arrangement
effect in delaying the organization Of
the new government. The trade of
Alsace Lorraine with Germany Is
about three times as great, as with
France. The Nationalists were not
avorse TO >thwarting a new CONNER
cial agreement with France, pre-
ferring a reversion to the pre-war
tariff conditions which they know
would bring resentment by the re
covered territory" to the new sover-
eighty.
The Centrists or Clericals felt that
the political maneuvers of DR.. Strese-
mann were sacrificing the preroga-
tives of their party, which had fur
nished Chancellor Wirth as we'll as
Chancellor Marx. They did not wish
to be either the left wing of a right
government or the right wing of a
left government.
The exceptional political tact OF
President Ebert was sorely tested in
the effort to have Chancellor Marx
or his immediate predecessor form a
suitable coalition government. Fail
ing In this and in forming a business
government, he called upon his min
ister OF finance, Hans Luther, posi-
bly, a non-partisan, but in any event
sympathetic to the German Peoples
party. to form cabinet. DR.. Luther
was largely responsible for stabiliz-
ing the rentenmark. He wants the
Dawes plan to have a fair trial,
though believing that even its authors
in the end will recognize the neces-
sity for radical notifications. The
names OF the ministers he has Sc
lected indicate the trend to the right
They show decided gain for the Ma
tional and the Peoples party, with
a. corresponding loss for the left,
particularly the Socialists. who form
the largest party in the Reichstag, but
have no representation in the cabinet
The Democrats have one representa-
tive, the Clericals and -partisans
three, and the Peoples party and
the Nationals have the rest.
The crisis and its solution will not
facilitate the removal OF the Difficult
ties that are yet to be met In the
aftermath of war. Fortunately, the
economic restoration of Germany will
be the dominating motive of the new
government
(CoDyrixht 1eAl