A new German Government has not yet been formed. There
is still a deadlock of the parties. Herr Marx has tried every combination within reason, but unsuccessfully. He has not invited the Nationalists to help him because they have of late been increasingly anti-Republican and pro-military. Recently Count Westarp, the Nationalist leader, made an audaciously monarchical speech, and, although subsequent versions of the speech watered it down, Herr Marx feels himself probihited from considering the possibility of relying on Nationalist support. Herr Marx had apparently hoped for a certain degree. of Nationalist toleration without actually taking Nationalists into his Cabinet, but Count Westarp has made it known that he would not lend himself to such a plan for a moment. As for Herr Marx's hopes of more help from the Socialists, he is thwarted in that direction by the unpopularity of the Reichsweln: Minister, Herr Gessler. The business of forming a Government might become simpler if Herr Gessler would consider himself as no longer a candidate for office. But he is both nu. repentant and persistent.
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