The Allies have at last sent their Note to Germany
explaining why Cologne was not evacuated in January in accordance with the Peace Treaty. We might all have been saved a great deal of trouble if the Note had been sent long ago. It contains hardly anything that is not familiar. The Allies point out that they desired to ex- amine very carefully the Report of the Allied Commission of Control about the extent of disarmament in Germany, and as this required time they could not inform Germany sooner. The well-known points are reiterated about the passing of an unjustifiable number of men through the Reichswehr, the disguised re-establishment of the Great General Staff, the military use of the Security Police, and so on. But when all the charges have been made it is admitted that they do not amount to a very serious violation of the Treaty, and it is suggested that Germany could rapidly correct her errors if she took the matter in hand with good will.
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