Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
GERMAN CABINET
DISCUSSES PLIGHT;
ST|MSON AWAITED
Delegates Return From Lon
don and Report Results
to Hindenburg.

BERLIN, July Is (P).-Secretary
Of State Henry L. Stinson arrived
from London this evening on what
he has described as purely I'M
official visit"
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 25.-Germany's Iron
chancellor" - Heinrich Bruening = re-
turned with Foreign Minister Curtius
from the seven-power conference today
and almost Immediately proceeded to
the presidential palace to report the re-
suits of the London meeting to Presi-
dent Won Hindenburg.
Then Herr Bruening fastened to the
chancellery for an urgent cabinet ses-
sion, at which Germany's plight was
discussed.
Meanwhile, observers declared 1t
would require all the iron in both
Bruening and Hindenburg, as well as
other national leaders, if the Reich is
to withstand the economic crisis.
StimsOn Arrives Today.
The cabinet session was expected to
last until few minutes before the ar
rival late this afternoon Of Secretary
Of State Stimson.
One of the many sober actualities
which had to be kept in mind by the
cabinet members was the fact that the
Stimson visit held out no hope of i'm
mediate new credits from abroad, but,
at the most, would bring to the sorely
beset government advice from friendly
source.
Self help" therefore, was the key
note of tias session, and one OF the
most urgent items was the problem of
how to effect quick resumption OF for
NAL bank payments without risking
runs by depositors and subsequent big
bank failures.
Luther May Be Shifted.
Linked with this urgent matter is
the problem of Reichsbank direction.
The storm Of criticism against DR.. Hans
Luther, head Of the bank, has not been
confined to the preSS-even some OF his
friends in government circles privately
point out that he is capable man, but
should hold a cabinet post rather than
the bank presidency, at such a time as
this.
1t was not out of the question, there
fore, that DR.. Luther might emerge
after today's cabinet meeting as min
lister of finance, with the fiery DR..
Hjalmer Schacht supplanttng him as
lead of the Reichsbank.
lit hviIlio nc hQ nEnT
there is objection to DR.. Schacht be-
cause he is a man who likes to play a
lone hand. In view of this it Is posi-
BILE that some one else may be appointed
head of the Reichsbank II DR.. Luther
relinquishes that post.
The cabinet had two small items Of
consolation as its meeting began. One
was the Reichsbank report showing the
gold coyerage had increased 3 per cent
to 36.1, instead of dropping still lower.
The other was that there was no hostile
demonstration when DR.. Brucn1ng and
DR.. Curtius arrived.
The heads of the government looked
forward to conferences with Prime
Minister Mcdonald and Foreign Sec
rotary Henderson OF Great Britain.
Dinner for Stimson.
Arrangements were made to take
care of Secretary Stimson at the resi-
dence of the American Ambassador,
Frederic NJ Sackett. This evening
there will be a dinner at the American
embassy, tomorrow the chancellor will
be host at a luncheon and in the
evening Mr.. Curtius will give a dinner
in Mr.. StimSonS honor and Monday
the Secretary Of State will confer with
President Won Hindenburg.
The Secretary of State has said that
his visit will not concern financial
matters and it was reported that the
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