  Soft pomeron exchange at high energy includes minijet production at central
rapidity values. This predicts copious production of minijets in deep inelastic
scattering at small $x$, which is closely related to the fact that $\nu W_2$
exhibits Regge behaviour. It helps to explain also how the integrated inclusive
cross-section for minijet production in $\gamma p$ or $pp$ collisions can be
much greater than the total cross-section.
