A Cabinet crisis has arisen in Germany as a result
of the Locarno Treaty, though we hope and believe that this will make no difference to the ratification of the Treaty. Three of the Nationalist Ministers resigned as a protest against what they considered was the excessive Mildness of the Government 'in the face of the Allies. - For:the time being, 'Germany is being governed by-a Ministry without a Parliamentary majority, as the Nationalists have gone into Opposition. The three' Ministries which were left Vacant are being administered by Ministers who have other portfolios. The question is whether this arrange- ment can be carried on until the Jteichstag meets on November 20th. Our confident hopes for the Treaty are based on the fact that the Nationalist Party' is alone in definitely' 'desiring that the Treaty should . not be ratified.
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