While the German Government, with the evident approval of the
people, are at last taking drastic measures in defence of the Republic, the Bavarian Government have challenged their right to act within the confines of Bavaria. The Munich execu- tive will not recognize the Defence of the Realm Act lately passed by the Reichstag, and has drafted a Bill under which Bavaria, with her own police and her own special courts, will deal with Monarchist -conspirators as she thinks fit. Inasmuch as all the leading Monarchist plotters, including General Luden- .dorf, have taken -refuge in Bavaria and •enjoy the sympathy of . the Bavarian Government, the new Bill would presumably be a dead letter. It remains to be seen whether, and by what means, .Berlin will impose its will on Munich. Bavaria, before the War, had much foreign sympathy in its efforts to keep the Prussians at arm's length. But nowadays it is to be feared that the worst kind of Prussians are more influential at Munich than at. Berlin.
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