Evening star., 1929-06-24
RHINE COMMISSION
PROTEST WINS 0. K.
FROM STRESEMANN
NationaIistS Ask No-Confi-
dence Vote After Minister
Defends Policy.
YOUNG PREPARATION PLAN
PREFERRED TO DAWES
Indorses Manifestation Against
Versailles Treaty Blaming Ger
many for World War.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 24-The Nationalists
today submitted to the Reichstag a no
confidence motion against DR.. Gustav
Stresemann. German foreign minister
for the past flve years.
The motion was offered after DR..
Stresemann had made vigorous de-
fense Of the German governments for
eign policy, particularly with reference
to the reparations problem, in an ad-
dress before the Reichstag today, an
swering bitter criticism by Count
Westarp. leader of the Nationalists.
The foreign minister declared that
the newly drawn up Young plan was
definite improvement over the Dawes
plan, from the viewpoint of the burden
on Germany. AS to its future he said,
Nobody in the world can give an abb
solute guarantee as to its workability.
The experts themselves stated that the
maximum forecast can be for only 10
years."
DR. Stresemann's only reference TO
the United States, which, however, he
did not mention directly, was his an
swer to the Nationalist charge that
Germany was becoming Q colony Of
France and England.
mo, we are not colony Of French
men and Englishmen," he said. ITO
me 1t seems doubtful whether all Eu-
rope Is not In danger Of becoming a
colony of those who are luckier than
we. The fact that the colonies sat
down together to work out ameliora-
ton for each other because others did
not give them amelioration-tflat is
something that cannot be removed from
the history Of the Paris negotiations"
Claims Plan Forced on Her.
Discussing the Young plan, Count
Westarp asserted that Germany, in ac-
cepting the Dawes plan, had the ex-
cuse that 1t had been forced upon her,
whereas the Young plan was adopted
by the experts acting as free agents.
serious. The Nationalist, he declared,
would oppose enslaVing future genera
tions as contemplated by the plan"
The, remainder Of his speech was taken
up With an analysis Of DR. Strescmann,s
I'VE years direction Of foreign affairs,
which he claimed was complete
failure. y ~ s
DR.. Stresemann took up the Nation
alist arguments point by point. AS far
as the Young plan was concerned, he
said that the sole issue was the yques-
ton whether the bonds with which
Germany was tied had become lighter
or heavier. He declared that the Young
plan was definitely lighter than the
Dawes plan.
Referring to the Nationalist claim
that the sunworkability of the Dawes
plan should first have been demonstrat-
ed clearly, DR.. Stresemann said this
would have led to crisis similar to
that which provoked invasion of the
Ruhr. Let us frankly admit we were
mistaken about the possibility of hold
ing out in the Ruhr fight," he admon-
ished his hearers.
He drew a picture of the disastrous
results Of the Ruhr controversy and
added: "One thing we did accomplish,
namely that the Rhine and the Ruhr
remain German. So far as 1t affected
the economic situation, we were very
much mistaken"
Use Young Plan as Basis.
Reiterating that the reparations ex-
perts were independent negotiators, the
foreign minister said that the cabinet
had agreed to use the Young plan as
the basis for coming international
political conference. At the same time
he declined to go into the details for
the cabinets action.
Regarding the Madrid parleys, DR..
Stresemann said: at would mean the
end OF such talks If they became the
subject Of debate in Parliament. Nat
urally must report on them to the
cabinet. This much can say, how
ever, that any negotiations over evac-
uation Of the Rhinelard bringing In the
so-called commission of conciliation
stand outside all discussion so far as
Germany is concerned. We had no in
tention of decreasing the meaning OF
the Locarno pact and are willing to let
all negotiations on this point come to
naught If the attempt Is made once
more to install permanent commission
in the Rhineland." Il 24.53ssp
In conclusion, DR.. Stresemann turned
to the Versailles anniversary with the
declaration that the government was
back OF the manifestants as far as war
guilt was concerned but the question
Of debts should not be tied with war
guilt. In widest circles throughout the
world and in all countries, he said, the
viewpoint held by Germany prevailed.
1T Is certainly an entirely erroneous
Interpretation to assert that war debts
are the result Of this single section of
the Versailles treaty instead of being the
result OF lost World War;"