WEAK GERMAN CABINET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17780, 13 May 1921, Page 5

WEAK GERMAN CABINET.

SINGLE FUNCTION ONLY.

FULFILLING ULTIMATUM.

WIDER BASIS REQUIRED. By TolecraDh—Presss Association—Copyricht. (Received 9.15 a.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, May 12. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the foreign crisis can only be solved by the provision of a stable Government in Germany. Tt is still unsolved. Herr Wirth's Cabinet is a stopRan concern, hastily assembled at the very last moment in order to stave off a catastrophe. Its immediate and sole function is to give effect to the decision of the Reichstag concerning the ultimatum. The Ministry must extend its foundations before it will be competent for normal purposes, by taking in either representatives of the absurdly-named People's Party, which is standing by every trick and subterfuge to frustrate the disarmament provisions, or of the Independent Socialists, who fear, above everything, the attempts of the camouflaged organisations of the reactionaries to keep the old spirit alive.

FRANCE NOT CONVINCED. STRONG PRECAUTIONS URGED. (Received 8.10 p& ) | T ™«»- PARIS, May 11. Ilia newspapers urge the Allies to mainj tarn the penalty measures pending proofs ' of German sincerity. i The Echo de Paris discloses a resolution j entered in tho books of the Supreme Coun- ; cil that if at any time in the future Ger- | many defaults the occupation of the Ruhr j district will be carried out.

"*- and N -Z- PARIS, May 11. .v Th r,," OT ' S thafc had accepted the Allies' ultimatum was received coolly. Little faith is placed in Germany's promise. There is no special hostility to Herr Wirth's Cabinet, but general mistrust of Germany's intentions. Germany has given her signature so many times that French opinion is thoroughly sceptical.

With characteristic promptitude M. Briand. Marshal Foch, General Weygand. and other Ministers held a conference with M. Millerand to consider the steps to be taken to see that Germany carried out the disarmament which the Allies notified on January 29.

The French troops concentrated in the occupied districts ready to enter the Ruhr will remain until Germany has paid the amounts mentioned in the ultimatum.

GOOD EFFECTS EXPECTED.

OPTIMISM IN AMERICA. Australian » n d N.Z. Cable Association. CRecd. 9.1S pan.) WASHINGTON. May 12. American Government circles say that the German acceptance of the ultimatum clarifies the European situation. Its economic effect will immediately be felt. The most threatening feature of world relationship having been removed they expect immediate negotiations for the funding of the Allied debts. It is expected that economic conditions will gradually improve now until the normal is reached. INTIMATED. OFFICIAL NOTES ISSUED. A. Hi N.Z. LONDON, May 11. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Lloyd George announced Germany's complete acceptance of all the Allied conditions.

Herr Wirth, the new Chancellor, has sent official Notes to London, Paris and Rome, stating that Germany agrees unconditionally to all the Allied demands.

The President, Herr Ebert, solved the Cabinet crisis by threatening to resign. Herr Wirth, addressing the Keichstag, said that Germany had no alternative but to accept the demands in view of the victors' decision. Already Germany's economics had been greatly fettered. Germans must be jirepared for the greatest sacrifices to preserve the Fatherland from invasion.. The terms imposed by the victors were fraught with very serious conse- ■ quences to the world's economics as well as to those of Germany, but the responsibility rested on the conquerors. It was only by earnest endeavours to carry out the burdens laid upon them that they could hope to impress the Allies with Germany's sincerity. They might rest assured that the Allies would not permit the Poles to contravene the Versailles Treaty in respect _to the Silesian settlement. REPARATIONS COMMISSION. BRITISH RESIGNATION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. CReod. 5.40 p.m.) PARIS, May 11. Sir John Bradbury, principal British commissioner on the Reparations Commission, has resigned. It is reported that he disapproves of recent decisions.