The Chancellor, his Cabinet, the Reichstag and Germany as a whole participated, last week, in a series of important political events:
¶ Chancellor (Premier) Dr. Wilhelm Marx pressed forward with a preliminary draft scheme which looks toward consolidation of the various German state governments in the interest of general administrative economy. This he presented to the Laenderkonjerenz, a council of the chief executives of all the 18 states which constitute the Republic of Germany, of which Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg is President.
¶ The Ministry of Defense was placed in the strong hands...