Evening star., 1928-06-10
SOCIALIST TO FORM
! GERMAN CABINET
Reorganization OF Reichstag
as Result of Recent Election
Now Wei Under Way.
BY GUSTAV STOLPER.
10 Dispa tch to The Star.

Epeoial Radio Dispatch TO The Star,
BERLIN Jun" q 9--Ncgntiations for
building new German cabinet are pro-
ceeding Systematically. President Won
Hindenburg has received the President
OF the RelchStag and the latter, In &C.
cordsnre with constituted custom. pra-
poSeu the leader Of the Socialists as the
lar st r'r'ia rn@ntarp nartv
The Socialist party committee has
left the matter IN the hands OF Tn.
party i"adrrS O-nnsifion acafnst re-
suming the chanccllorship by the Social
lists was surprisingly small in this seS-
sion One maSt we-all tho decsde n,
long debates at all Socialist congresses
over the question whether the Socialists
should participate IN government with
the bourgeo:Se-Such debates as stin
are heard at congresses Of the Erencn
Socialists-in order tn realize to what
great extent the German Socialists
have developed from a revolutionary
10 q state-supporting party.
Next Chancellor Indicated.
THIS question now is settled tor Gci
many. The few opposition votes from
radical SaXonY &4ld lhuringa we.e
hardly heard, The next German chan
cellor Drob hlv will b. H>rmenn MueI.
Ter, now chairman Of the Socialist party
he was once chancellor and fercis
ra!nsSter snH Ss~noS the V~rseii'~S tr>a;v
he is South German and a very mod
crate n1an--no brilliant acitatof, bu'
q clever tactician.
The party had desired Otto Braun.
premier OF Prussia, as chancellor but
IL was eventually decided it was mort
important to leave Braun in his present
once. Union of the Offices. as al first
proposed, was abandoned because the
combination would be too much for ont
man TO accomplish.
Bismarck was both chancellor and
PruSSian premier but that was before
the days when sessions and negotiations
with parties took mans whole time.
II is not yet decided what further posts
the Socialists Will demand. but they
viii aSsureoiy include the ministry OF
interior, for which torncr PruSSian
Premier Kari Seycring is contemplated,
and probably the ministry of f1nance.
with DR.. Hifferomg. who was minister
OF finance for few weeks in the cabi-
net OF DR.. Strcsemann.
Battle on for Portfolios.
But there will be q hard battle for
portfolios. The Socialists have notified
DR. StrSenlann that they lay great
weight on his remaining In the cabi-
net. but he can naturally do that cnly
II his party participates in the govern
nnent And netween this party and the
Socialists there exist not merely di1eT-
ences regaroIng foreign policies, but
also economic and social matters. and
IL is difficult to see how these can be
permanently overcome.
Everybody regaiGS q grand coalition
rs the only one possible, but NOBODY
knows what the program wiA look IKE
upon which the Peoples party. repre-.
sentative Of bSg industry and banking.
could agree with the Socialists.
The Socialist press Is observing great
reserve in order not 10 tie the leaders
hard on the other side, the infiu-
efsce OF the right wing OF the Peoples
party Is making itself felt more strongly
as z result OF Or. StTesemanrs illness
United i'm Facing Crisis.
Eut all parties desire TO overcome
ts,g crisis a. soon as possible. Tl1e
NV Reichztag conpcnes on june ID
The prc5enI cabinet viii resign the
same day. and it Is hoped the rev
cabinet will De ready a few days later.
The dlf1cuitios VIII come later With
concrete problems. II Is pleasing fact
that in addition 70 foreign poiicies,
army policies now are also eliminated
from partisan strife Minister Of De-
Tense GrOencr has stopped the coquet-
ting of the Reickswel1r I1onarchaStiL
ORGANIZATIONS and thus removed that
source OF danger for future govern
naents.
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