24 JANUARY 1925, Page 2

The Berlin correspondent of the Times remarks that Bavaria has

already returned to the monarchy in all but legal form. He thinks that if Bavaria went the whole way the change would be received with acclamation by the Bavarian people. The Nationalists, of course, want to bring about an exactly similar situation and state of feeling in Prussia. In the end, however, it will be found useless to try to lead those who will not follow. Everything depends upon the popular response to the evidently prearranged language of the Nationalists.

What will that response be ?