The new German Government has been formed at last, a
Coalition of the Centre and Nationalist Parties. It is still doubtful how much of the Centre Party manifesto the Nationalists have accepted: If they have under- taken to stand by the Constitution "with all its'symbols:' and to fall in with the Locarno policy and all its implica- tions, they have promised more than seemed possible. The truth probably is that both sides skated over the difficulties rather than fail to form a Cabinet and face a dissolution. But there was 'a final crisis before the Cabinet drew its first breath. It had been arranged that Herr Graef should be Minister of Justice and Herr Hergt Minister of the Interior. The Centre Party, supported by the People's Party, was so incensed by the inclusion - of these notorious monarchists—the objection being in 'particular to Herr Graef---that Herr Marx begged the Nationalists to substitute another candidate for Herr Graef. The Nationalists refused.
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