Will Herriot Relent?

What has been happening in Berlin is of course not only interesting because of the historical romance that invests the old Germany of the Hohenzollerns and the Germany of Hindenburg, but because the changes in Germany on the eve of the Lausanne Conference are very important to the world. While France, by process of general election, passed from Tardieu to Herriot, Germany passed to a new Government which seems to be ruling without the Reichstag, and by virtue of the grace of Hindenburg and, page 10 perhaps, Hitler. What the Germans will say at Lausanne is now not clear, but M. Herriot states he will not allow reparations to be contested. Herriot is said to be forming a Radical Cabinet without support of the Socialists, who say, however, that they will not be actively hostile at this crisis of foreign policy. And so the two old enemies, Germany and France, proceed to their new game of chess at Lausanne.