GERMAN CABINET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 6, 5 December 1932, Page 7

GERMAN CABINET

POLICY OF COMPROMISE. GENERAL VON SCHLEICHER AS CHANCELLOR. BARON VON NEURATH INCLUDED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph .• —Copyright.) BERLIN, Dec. 3. A Cabinet has been formed by General von Schleicher, who intends td adopt a policy of compromise, abandoning any idea of revising the Constitution in the hope of averting the open hostility of the Reichstag. The new Cabinet will oonsist- of the following:

Chancellor and Defence Minister, General von Schleicher, who will thus control the army in the event of forcible opposition. Foreign Affairs, Baron von Neurath. Interior, Herr Bracht. Finance, Herr von Krosick Lutz. Justice, Herr Guertner. Traffic and Post Office, Herr von Rueben ach. The Reichstag will open on December C.

The newspapers view Herr von Papen’s supersession with satisfaction. The Tageblatt declares that the new appointment puts at the helm a man who shows a will to learn from the wretched experiences of recent months. Vorwaerts says that the Socialists will continue to fight the von Papen programme. “The fall of Herr von Papen is an encouraging initial success.” General von Schleicher was Minister of Defence under Herr von Papen, who recently resigned the Chancellorship. CABINET COMPLETED. Received December 5. 10.40 a..m. BERLIN, Dec. 4. Cabinet has been completed by the appointment of the following: Professor Warmbold, Minister of Economics (re-appointed). Herr von Braun, Minister of Agriculture.' CHANCELLOR’S POLICY. COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT. Received December 5. 8.44 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 4. General von Schleicher comes of soldier stock, but there is no indication that he is a militarist junker. On the contrary, he is courteous and is credited with a reasonable spirit. His policy is directed to combating unemployment by improving trade. He has sought the views of the unions and has shown no disposition to flout the Reichstag.

REASON FOR CHANGE. ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES. BERLIN, Dec. 4. ’ When the Reichstag meets on Tuesday it is expected the Chancellor will ask the Speaker to agree to an adjournment to enable an opportunity to negotiate with the various parties. President Hindenburg, in a letter to Herr von Papen, says he parts front him with a heavy heart, but his confidence is unshaken. He will never for-get-the period of co-operation. The change from Herr von Papen to General von Schleicher is mainly important because it may mean that Germany’s economic difficulties for this winter will possibly be faced without political disturbance. Herr von Papen’s well-intentioned measures irritated the masses and his downfall was finally sealed by his colleagues’ refusal to co-operate. . .