The Allied Ambassadors in Paris decided on Monday to refer
to their Governments the question of Germany's illegal armies, thinly disguised as " Security Police " or " Volunteers," which are strongest in Bavaria and in Eget Prussia. The German Government are ill-advised in attempting to play fast and loose with the precise stipulations of the Peace Treaty. Germany has little to gain by secretly organizing fresh armies, but she has much to lose in the way of commercial credits without which her industries cannot be restored and her workmen fully employed. The Allies are not likely to make any special effort to assist Germany in her difficulties while they have good reason to believe her guilty of bad faith in the crucial matter of dis- armament. Nor can we justly blame France for being suspicious of a Germany that is continually inventing excuses for her non-fulfilment of the peace terms.
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