GERMANY IS IN DEADLOCK AGAIN

...In the State ss it used to be, Government was carried on regardless of Parliamentary majorities, and it was possible to indulge in the luxury of numerous parties, for the party was a sort of community professing the same ideals, which was never in a position to put these ideals into practice...

...The local party branches in the Western Provinces of Gsrmsny voiced their anxiety concerning the continuation of a foreign policy of conciliation, and, in general, the campaign which the Right Wing parties waged against the Republic had cooled off any inclination towards cooperation...

...The parties which form the Marx Cabinet are again in the minority...

...Seeking' Middle Courses As a result of all this there is a tendency, and perhaps to a certain extent the necessity, of constantly seeking a middle course, and thus the most varying groups may come together in the centre according to the needs of the moment Its confines are now wider, now narrower...

...of Gloucester, writes: "The present Pop* expresee* his opinion upon Socialism, and •peaks Ilk* on* of th* thoroughly comfortable class...

...W. Budge, of Lewisham, declares that the Pope is infallible only in matters of faith and morals, and then only under certain clearly defined conditions...

...Th* people today pretending to represent Chriet, calllag themseJv** 'Cetaeli* tad Ohrts- I tiaa,' bat ¦•holding taiauj* *e they are, are tares...

...the Democrats won four seats...

...Who can compute whst ths world loses in the multitude of promising intellects combined with timid characters who dare not follow out any bold, vigorous, independent train of thought lest it should land them in something which would admit of being considered irreligious or immoral t-J...

...This state of equilibrium is, moreover, very unstable, for not all the groups take up a definite position on important questions...

...The election campaign had a more decisive influence here...

...TERRE HAUTE, Ind—Unemployment hss become ao widespread in this city that the Salvation Army has established a soup kitchen...

...By RUDOLF BREITSCHEID Although written btfor* tk* end of the old year, tk* following artusle by tk* prominent German Socialist, Rudolf Breiteckeid, giv*e a clear idea of political problem* involved in forming a Cabinet...

...Some took the point of view that the political and intellectual energies in the German Nationalist party should no longer be allowed to lie fallow...

...As a matter of fact, the Social Democrats gained considerably on December 7; they increased the number of their seats from 100 to 131...

...Necessarily, the Social Democrats would, to begin with at least, agree to this course, although it will not be easy for them to share the indirect responsibility of forming a Government In which they themselves do not participate...

...Now it includes the German Nationalists, now it rejects them...

...Until a decree is issued—for example, the Papal decree compelling all Catholics to believe in th* immaculate conception—we can fellow onr own opinion...

...Defends Her 5oci.li.en Mollie Mulvey, of Highgate, advise* Catholic women to read Desmond Ryan's book on James Con...

...I am s Roman Catholic myself, and, naturally, will vote for tho Labor party...

...This "embarres de richesse" is due to various causes...

...it is Monarchist in its heart of hearts, but meanwhile takes up its position on the basis of the existing form of the State...

...In some cases they are more en the Left, in others more on the Right Clearly defined outlines are only to be found amongst the Social Democrats and the German Nationalists...

...On* must remember Socialism, as bow generally accepted by so many millions of people, ia in its youth compared with all churches, which are generally conservative in politios, and tha older members may remain ao...

...Parties draw closer together and then separate again, and the result is a perpetual see-saw and an ever-recurring crisis...

...The electorate was to decide...

...it recognizes the Republic, as Stresemann himself once so excellently expressed it, "provisionally for a quite indefinite time," as the platform on which policy must be based...

...An average of fifty of the unemployed are fed every dsy...

...Christ foretold that in His kingdom, th* tar** would (row with th* wheat until harvest day...

...The former Wirth Coalition, composed of Centre party, Democrats, and Social Democrats, has likewise no clear majority...

...The workers belonging to the Centre party recognized the danger for the future of social policy which would threaten a Cabinet under the supremacy of the German Nationalists...

...Until the Pope rake with the authority of mother reh, that Is with th* sacred college •f cardinals behind him, ha ia Barely expressing a private opinion...

...Should, nevertheless, an attempt at carrying on with this Coalition be made the impossibility of success would soon become apparent, as Its downfall would soon be brought sbout by ths forty-five Communists in conjunction with the psrties of the Right Theoretically, the only coalitions possible seem to be a coalition of the People's party, the Centra party, Democrats, the Social Democrats, or the Bonrgeols Bloc, formed by the Germsn Nationalists, the People's party, Centre party, and Democrats...

...We now possess a Parliamentary democracy, but we are still without very important conditions necessary for its application, and we have, moreover, an electoral system which, in addition to many good points, has, amongst others, this defect—that it favors the formation of new parties...

...Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination, because there it is invested with the approval of society.—George Bernard Shaw...

...There is sctual suffering in countless esses...

...The efforts of the Right Wing to obtsin some of the seats in the Cabinet were unsuccessful because the other bourgeois parties, unlike it, had accepted the Dawes Report Yet the Marx Cabinet as a restricted centre Party Cabinet represented in Its composition only a minority...

...Others wished, so they said, to compel the party which had so far always been negative towards the new State to take a responsible share in cooperation and so educate it...

...Unemployment here hss become sn acute condition st the time of the year when assistance ia most difficult to provide...

...It could keep itself entirely to itself, and never had to consider whether it might possibly have to form a coalition, either as a Government or as Opposition, with its neighbors on the right or on the left...

...Also Terence MrSwiney's "Principles of Freedom," G. K. Chesterton's "St Francis of Assisi," snd Bernard Shaw's "St Joan...

...Expect* Socialist Pop* J. A. Lovekin, Caldey Cottage, Harborne, Birmingham, has this to say: "As a Socialist of tsronty-four years' standing and a Catholic of about aeven year*, I am free ia my political opinions...

...Thus we find ourselves once more in the midst of a long-drawn-out crisis, the outcome of which it is impossible to foretell Meantime, we will permit ourselves a little rest for Christmas, and will see in ths esrly days of the New Year whether conditions have in the meantime taken a turn for the better...

...At th* seme time," aha adds, "I would semind our non-Catholic friendi that we Catholics have such a thing as an individual and political conscience, and, Indeed, we exercise that conscience to the full in all social and political thought, without in any way affecting our loyalty to the Holy See or to the fundamental doctrines of the Catholie Church...

...Such a state of affairs leads not only to dangerous divisions but it prevents a clear working out of wide political views, as the vary existence of a number of parties depends on their placing in the foreground problems which have little or nothing to do with the most important questions of the lay...

...Possible Coalitions Thus the election did nothing to clear matters up...

...nolly, especially the chapter on "America and After...

...They also gained votes by their demand for an agricultural protective tariff and by an unscrupulous campaign against the Republic and its alleged corruption...

...His political opinions are ss lisble as those of any other statesman to be influenced by prejudice or misunderstanding, the twin enemies of Catholicism and Socialism...

...The bourgeois Democrats are Republican, but are anti-Socialist as far as social reform is concerned...

...Unstable Equilibrium Moreover, there is the division of political and economic forces in general...

...It was known that a section of the German Nationalists had voted with the Government and the People's party and the Right Wing of the Centre party made this a pretext to demand an extension of the coalition towards the Right Vsrious motives were put forward for this demand...

...But Stresemann, who had a year before been the most zealous propagandist of the so-called big coalition with the Labor party, was now the herald of the bourgeois block...

...This combination met with opposition meantime from the Democrats, who helped the Left Wing of the Centre party to obtain the ascendancy over the Industrialists and Agrarians—more Inclined towards the Right—in their own camp, and the Reichstag was dissolved...

...No less thsn fifty political groups csnvassed for votes at the last election...

...A Long Crisis In any case, for the moment the two Government combinations which could count on a clear majority in Parliament do not come under consideration, and there only remains the possibility of leaving tha Marx Ministry as it was and seeing how far it will go...

...S. Mill...

...Think* for Himself B. Jud...

...As there is little prospect of the immediate fulfilment of their wishes in regard to the Bourgeois Bloc, they sabotage all other attempts at a solution in the hope of eventually winning over the Centre party...

...Dante, the (mat Catholic post, deplete Fspes ia belli" J. J. Hanrahan, of Devonport, declares that Romas Catholics are being advised to keep away from Socialism, although Socialists outaids Groat Britain "are of a higher standard of administrative capacity, and know aow to carry oat the law* of Almighty God irrespective of their religious belief, to ths general and spiritual benefit of those they hsve the grace of God to govern...

...but somewhat surprisingly the German Nationalists also won a victory, though a small one...

...Their hostile attitude towards the experts' report had done them harm, and the votes which they forfeited on account of their former policy ware counterbalanced on the other hand by the votes gained by the collapse of General Ludendorff's party...

...If it wished to keep in power it had to depend on the support of some party outside the Government This it got from the Social Democratic party, which was substantially in agreement with it as far as its foreign policy was concerned...

...Tho Protestant idsa that wo Catholics are intellectually enslaved Is as obsolete as the idea that we wall up our recalcitrant nuns slivel Keep Cool With Coolidge SCHENECTADY...

...The Germsn People's party, under the leadership of Stresemsnn, represents industrial capital...

...The Germsn People's party, under the leadership of Stresemann, will not hear of this solution...

...Men who for years hsve not known sn idle dsy are staying horse with their children while their wives take advantage of the only market for Labor— household jobs...

...After the elections of May 4 the Marx Government remained in power in spite of the Germsn Nationalists having strengthened their position...

...I Ignore the Pope's opinion upon Socialism, as Jesus Christ Himself preached Socialism...

...a Catholics Reply to Pope's Attack on Socialism LONDON.—As a result of the Pope's recent declaration against (socialism, Tha Daily Herald reports that it has received many letters from Catholic Socialists taking issue with ths Pope...

...The real reason was, however, that they wished to get rid of the Social Democrats, more especially at a moment when the internal apportionment of the increasing burdens arising out of acceptance of the Dawes agreement were to come on the order of the day...

...but I venture to think probably tha young clergy and laity will accept Socialism in increasing numbers...

...At least 2,500 men are oat of work and the number may reach 8,000...

...At one time it embraces the Social Democrats, at another it shuts them out...

...Uncertainty is the one thing certain...

...There is a sort of attempt at equilibrium between the adherents of the old and the new, between the Republicans and the Monarchists, between the representatives of the interests of employers snd employed...

...But when the legislstion involved in the Dawes Report was passed the situation changed...

...SHOULD anyone desire to examine the reasons for the numerous Governmental crises in Germany, it must be borne in mind that we suffer from a plethora of political parties...

...The Centre, which is held together by mesns of the Catholic creed, and which is today substantially Republicsn, is, in the economic sphere, attempting to strike a balance between the interests of the elssses of which it is composed...

...Th* next Pop* may be a Socialist and thsn there might be a pronouncement against capitalism, but that would dot convert all Catholics to Socialism...

...Among ths letters published by The Daily Herald, many are from Catholic women- For instance, Annie Ahem, of Sheernese, writes "Speaking aa a practical Catholic, I orgs all Catholics to treat the statement of the Pope with caution and consideration...

...The Inherent predilection of the German for theorising and evolving different shades of ideas did the rest The past weighs heavily on our public life...