Herr Ebert, on assuming office as German Chancellor last Satur-
day, announced that he had invited the Independent or Minority Socialists to share in the Government, which would organize the election of a National Parliament. His chief object, he said, was to save Germany from civil war and famine, and he appealed to the bureaucracy to co-operate with the Socialists. Last Sunday a joint Socialist Ministry of six was formed, including Herren Ebert and Scheidemann and Haaee, the Independent leader. Two Socialists are to assist or supervise the Ministers belonging to " the citizen parties." The Soldiers' and Workmen's Council of Berlin is to form a Legislature until the Constituent Assembly meets. The new Government has been at pains to disavow all sympathy with the Bolsheviks, but it is significant that the Bolshevik Ambassador, " Comrade " Joffe, has returned to Berlin.
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