24 MARCH 1923, Page 25

Meanwhile, a situation has arisen in the Reich which is

fraught with peril for Europe. It practically amounts to Saxony having " gone Red." What has actually happened is that an extreme Socialist Government has been set up, but only on sufferance from the Communists, whose votes are essential to maintain a Government majority. Thus the Reds can impose and are imposing practically what terms they like on the Government, Is this, we wonder, the sort of " dismemberment " that France is working for ? If so, she is very likely to achieve it and will find as her vis-à-vis a homogeneous Soviet Republic from the Rhine to the Urals. We trust that she will then be satisfied.