GERMANY AND BAVARIA

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 12

GERMANY AND BAVARIA

J'PEACE" OFFICIALLY PROCLAIM-

"Peace" haa been officially proclaimed between B.erlin and;' Munich, said the Berlin! correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on, 10th' August. It is, however, conditional on the acceptance of the pact by the Bavarian Council of Ministers, and the majority in their Diet. The outstanding point of the agreement come to between the Wifth -Cabinet and the Count.yon Lerchenfeld, was that the Bavarian order which, in effect, declared null and void the law for the protection of the Republic was to be withdrawn not later than '18th August; This climb down by Bavaria was, however, Bet off by 8/ number of undertakings given by the Government of the Reich ac to the administration of tlie law. The special State;' Court was to be called into action only on matters of quite exceptional importance. When a case concerns only one. member of the German Federation, it was to. be decided by the local authorities alone. Very considerable restrictions were also laid on the action of. the central 'police, so that they would be practically powerless to do anything in Bavaria on their own initiative.

Further, there was a clause with some rather vague generalisations about the^ composition'of the State Coiirt indicating" that in its different Senates various members of the German Union would have special representation. Finally, the Government of'the Reich repeated with emphasis that the legislation which formed the subject of dispute in no way aimed, at impairing the Sovereign rights of members of the Federation or proceeding further with the unification of Germany.

The .speed with which this agreement itvas reached as well as its character, showed how little foundation there was for the "suggestion that' Bavaria was seeking to pick a quarrel with the ultimate object 61 breaking away from the Reich. It was true that since the dispute became »cute the London Conference had entirely changed the general situation, but it was also possible that this gathering may well have contributed largely to the upeedy result of the negotiations at Berlin. . ... ... . ' • .