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...great German historian Mommsen characterized Jewry as a ferment of decomposition in the life of nations," tie proclaimed, "then decomposition in Germany is far advanced. ... If, therefore, National Socialism with ferocious determination fought against the stealthy collapse of the Occident, it did so in recognition of the not yet destroyed values innate in civilized nations...
...stories in modern academic annuals are more dramatic. Mr. Lowell had thought out the House Plan down to architects' blue prints which were already in existence when a stranger walked into University Hall and offered the funds to make this intellectual creation a concrete reality of intellectual ferment...
...Bonus cashing. The B. E. F. episode only served to intensify their demand. Their attitude was emotional, not rational. Inside the Portland auditorium many of their representatives put aside courtesy and good manners, descended to rowdy catcalls and boos in overriding the opposition. Their behavior reflected a deep, unruly ferment in the Legion itself...
...decree lifting the ban on Adolf Hitler's brown-shirted "Storm Troops" (TIME, June 27). In Munich, hot-headed Bavarians talked of remaking their Free State into a Bavarian Monarchy, restoring the House of Wittlesbach. Deposed Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria naturally tried to hasten the popular ferment, stopped just short of high treason to the German Republic...
Significance. Unquestionably the Fatherland was in ferment last week, the chief reason being that President von Hindenburg has called into being a Cabinet with no parliamentary majority, headed by Chancellor Lieut.-Colonel Franz von Papen (TIME, June 13). On July 31 Germans will elect a new Reichstag, chances being that the Fascists will emerge as the largest party but without a majority. In that unsatisfactory event the political deadlock would be so complete that a coup d'état looms distinctly possible. Last week every faction-Monarchist, Fascist, Socialist, Communist-was watching cat-like for a chance to seize...