German Class Lines Crumble

A grandson of Leopold Sonneman who established the Frankfurter Zeitimg, Dr. Simon is the present owner and editor-in-chief of that well-known newspaper and organ of German opinion. He is the author of a biographical study of his grandfather and has published in book form—Arbeit Am Tage, 1926-1931—his commentaries on many aspects of German life. Although the following article was written before the appointment on Jan. 30 of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a new Cabinet, in succession to that of General Kurt von Schleicher, it contains an explanation of the condi­tions that made that event possible. For an account of this most recent change in the German situation, see the article in the “Month’s World History” section of this magazine.