GERMANY: Muddled Reichstag

President Loebe of the Reichstag seized the heavy bell with which it is given him to attempt to maintain order and during most of the week rang it until his arm ached.

At the extreme Left of the Reichstag the Communists groaned; at the extreme Right the Ludendorff Voelkische Deputies stamped and hissed. Atop the Tribune, Chancellor Luther stubbornly defended his newly created "Little Coalition Government" (TIME, Feb. 1).

Weak. The Chancellor began by reading a vague and general ministerial declaration, which had...

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