NEW GERMAN CABINET

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 58, 3 December 1923, Page 7

NEW GERMAN CABINET

FORMED BY HERR MARX DE. STRESEMANN FOREIGN MINISTER ATTITUDE OF PARTIES IN THE REICHSTAG Herr Marx, of the Centre Party, has formed a Cabinet of much the same character as the previous one, but with ' more representatives of the parties of the Right. Dr. Stresemann, the former Chancellor, is Minister of Foreign ; Affairs, while Herr Gessler is again Minister of Defence and ; Herr Jarres Minister of the Interior. The Socialists are ex- , pected to jbe benevolently neutral, as have no desire < for a new crisis, which would result in a dissolution of the Reichstag.

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Berlin, November 30.

Hen Mara, of the Centro Party, has formed a Cabinet, of which he is Chancellor. Herr Jarres is Minister of the Interior; Dr. Stresemann, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Herr Gessler, Minister of Defence. The new Cabinet is of approximately the same character as the last, except that it contains more representatives of the parties of the Right. Th». new Government will rely foi support on the Centre, German People’s and Democratic Parites in the Reichstag. The Socialists are expected to be benevolently neutral, as they have no desire for a new crisis, which , would result in a dissolution of the Reichstag. The Opposition will consist of the Gorman National Party, and therefore the Cabinet will not have a maority in the Reichstag; but if the Socialists are quiescent the Cabinet should continue in office until the election at the Ne* Yeat.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REICHSTAG TO BE SUMMONED TO AUTHORISE NEW EMERGENCY LAW (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 1. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s Berlin correspondent states, that Herr Marx is summoning the Reichstag immediately for the purpose of authorising a new emergency law. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANY’S UNEMPLOYED Berlin, November 30. The number of unemployed in unoccupied Germany on November 15 was 1,250,000, compared with under a million on October 1. The unemployed in the occupied regions number over two millions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RHINELAND REPUBLIC THE NEW PREMIER Berlin, November 30. Herr Hector Merz has succeeded Herr Matthes as Premier of the Provisional Government of the Rhineland Republic. It is stated that Herr Matthes, in a letter to M. Tirard, the French High Commissioner, admitted that his administration collapsed liecause it consisted mainly of dishonest and incapable persons.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. POSSESSION OF ARMS SEPARATISTS SENTENCED London, November 30. Advices from Cologne state . that Separatists who were arrested in the British zone have been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for possessing firearms. The President of the Court said ho was not prepared to give judgment on political questions, but the British could not tolerate the entry of fully armed men into the British occupied territory, contrary to the ordinances of tho Rhineland High Commission. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE REPARATIONS PROBLEM PLAN FOR EXPERT COMMITTEE BRITAIN WAIVES POINTS RAISED (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 1. The Central News Agency’s Paris correspondent reports that it is believed that the British delegate on the Reparations Commission has received instructions to waive the few second-

ary points raised at the former con” sideration of the plan for an expert committee, such points mainly concerning the inclusion of neutrals ami Germans. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COMMITTEES (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 1. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Paris correspondent says the United States will be asked, in common with the Allies, to nominate three expert representatives for the larger committee and one for the smaller. It is understood that Britain’s nominees will include two who stand high in the banking and financial world. One will probably be Mr. Reginald McKenna. —Aus’.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNITED STATES UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE FRENCH PLAN A WEAK SUBSTITUTE (Rec. December 2, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, December 1. The' American Government is still unwilling to participate in the ' restricted inquiry into the German finances and has so informed Mr. James Logan, the American observer with the Reparations Commission in Pans. State Department officials decline to comment until they receive some reply regarding the Paris proposals to the Reparations Commission that the United States participate in the inquiry into Germany’s condition. There is little likelihood, however, that America will accept the invitation. The French plan is considered a weak substitute for the Curzon-Hughes proposal. Officials furthermoro have intimated that no AmencaJi of standing would accept membership of this newly proposed experts committee in view of the United States Government’s disinclination to participate.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. OPTIMISTIC SPIRIT IN PARIS (Rec. December 3, 0.5 a.m.) London, December 2. The “Sunday Express’s” Paris correspondent says an optimistic spirit is manifested everywhere, consequent_ on the Reparations Commission’s appointment of expert committees. The general opinion is that even if American co-operation is not secured, there is no reason why the committees should not function. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN DISARMAMENT ANXIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA □urban, November 30. A number of newspapers have taken up in a sensational way yesterday’s statement in .regard to German disarmament, assuming it to be. an official statement evoked by inquiries in regard to reports from Pans and Berlin attributing certain statements to General Bingham. The information contained in the statement, although authorative, was in no way official, and did not emanate from any French source. —Reuter. AMBASSADORS’ DEMAND APOLOGY ■ FOR MOLESTATION OF ALLIED OFFICIALS Paris, November 80. It is semi-officially stated that tho Conference of Ambassadors has prepared a Note for dispatch to Germany, demanding a formal apology for the recent molestation of members of the Inter-Allied Control Commission. The statement adds that the British delegates associated themselves unreservedly with their colleagues.—Reuter.