Dr. Bruning's Problems Last week's short session of the Reichstag
(enlivened by the arrest of four Nazi members in the Chamber itself) was long enough to involve Dr. Briining in yet one more difficulty, though, strictly speaking, it was not the Reichstag discussions themselves that brought to a head the discontent of the army against General Groener, who held the double portfolio of War and the Interior. He now holds only the latter, the person primarily responsible for his resignation of the War Ministry being his sub- ordinate, General von Schleicher. It is not 'yet clear what this means, for the suggestion that von Schleicher was acting in the Hitler interests must be received with con- siderable reserve. But there is no doubt that Dr. Briin- ing's position is weakened, for General Groener had shown himself throughout a singularly loyal ally. But the President and the Chancellor are still standing firmly together, and though rumours of a complete Cabinet reconstruction involving the entry of Nazis are rife, the prospect is that Dr. BrUning will do his best to carry on till after Lausanne. If a settlement reasonably satisfac- tory to Germany should be reached there, the reactions on the internal situation will be marked, and all of them in the Chancellor's favour.
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