[37] Art. 112.—This has no effect as against demands for extradition made under the Treaty of Versailles, in view of Art. 178, § 3.
[38] Art. 124.—This repeals a provision of the Prussian Constitution that religious associations can only be incorporated by special legislation.
[39] Art. 137.—This article is a much-contested compromise in which the Socialists have secured in the end a striking success over the Roman Catholic Centrum and Right. The latter entered the fight with the full intention of maintaining State Churches everywhere. Probably the set-back suffered in the South from the Communist capture of Munich reconciled them to disestablishment without disendowment. That par. 7 would give "Bolshevism" a claim to equal treatment with Protestantism is not of immediate importance.
[40] See Art. 173.
[41] Art. 146.—The separation of church and school effected in this and preceding articles was bitterly opposed by the Roman Catholics. Defeated in this article, they secured a respite in Art. 174 which postpones its application until further legislation. See Art. 174.
[42] This chapter breaks new ground, as might be inferred from the abstract character of its provisions and constant reference to special legislation.
[43] Art. 165.—An Act regulating these councils has already been introduced (Aug., 1919). For the importance of this article, see above, pp. 69, 172, 184.
[44] On the strength of this clause the Government have transformed the National or Constituent Assembly into a Reichstag, without the election certainly contemplated when it was first convoked.