The future is altogether obscure. Germany has a critical winter
before her, though the unemployment figures have, so far, not reached the expected level. If Dr. Briining can carry on he may still be able to maintain a normal civil adminis- tration. The constitution meanwhile, of course, remains suspended and legislation by decree prevaiLs. But the Chancellor is not master of his own fate. It will be 'determined as much at Paris and Washington as at Berlin. An early announcement of the extension of the Hoover moratorium and news of some definite achieve- ment by the new Franco-German committee set up as a result of the Laval-Briand visit, would give him that essen- tial something to show for his policy which might keep the doubtful elements in the centre loyal to him. Other- wise, Herr Hitler, sobered or not by his talks with the President, will have his day at last.
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