Germany's New Rulers • Germany is still in a state
of some bewilderment. The Reichstag has been dissolved and new elections are to . . take place on July 31st, which means that for the next six
'weeks or so the von Papen Government will do what it 'chooses. It is likely, as a matter of fact, to do that for 'Much longer than six weeks, for Herr von Papen has 'clearly no present intention of being trammelled by a hostile Reichstag, and if the new Chamber does manifest hostility President Hindenburg will no doubt agree to -dissolve it, like its predecessor. A set conflict with the Prussian Government (which the Socialist Ministers are still carrying on, though the Prime Minister, Dr. Braun, is reported to have left Berlin on an indefinite holiday) is in prospect, and the runiour that a Reich Commissioner may be put in to administer Prussia has served to increase the alarm felt by the Bavarian and other governments which have little use for either von Papen or Hitler. The Mune.
diate future of Germany may be determined largely by the relations established between the Chancellor and the Nazi leader, which no doubt means in reality between General von Schleicher and the Nazi leader. But there will not be much clear light cast on that before the elections. Meanwhile at Lausanne and Geneva the new government's representatives are likely to say very much what Dr. Bruning would have said. * - * * *
