The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-25 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN DIET.

BERLIN, Jail. ireo
In to-day's sitting of the Upper House the Acto
in reply to the Speech from the Throne came °'
debate. 016

Herr von Bismark declared Constitutioolll-0,
to be based on a compromise, especially in Fr ,vitlt
where there are side-by-side three Estates 0
equal powers. The Chamber of Deputies bity
resolution of September, 1862, had abandoned elt
path of compromise, and the present Governtio
on its entry into office found a conflict alreaw
existence. The Minister further said : coo'
" The Chamber of Deputies asks that this to
flict should be ended by an alteration of the Pres its
organisation of the army. 'This is impossible.
,the
regards foreign policy, a premature statement °dog
intentions of the Government in reference to pen ofjt
questions is also impossible. I can only state The
the interests of the country will be maintained' aip
blood of our soldiers will not have been shed in Irmo
The public press and the Chamber of Deputies, iota
reproached the Government with having entered to
an alliance with Austria. On this question the in of
will throw a clearer light. Any other couo'eeo
policy would have made the late war a war hetsvuO
the Federal Diet and Denmark. The former no
have intrusted to us the conduct of the war' ,00
would not have taken into consideration our P'
for the organisation of the Duchies, as does Antr; dot
who is friendly to us. The conduct of the
would then have been limited to the Prussian Ole'

and to auxiliary bands of irregular troops."

In conclusion, Herr von Bismark said :
" I am bound to limit myself to these stataie-tp
on account of the publicity which will be &tell
my speech."
The Address was then passed by 84 to 6 Ote:cli
The debate on the Address in reply to the SP or
from the Throne commenced to-day in the G were
ber of Deputies. The galleries of the house
crowded. side"!
A letter of Herr von Bismark to the irrepa th3'
was read, wherein the Prime Minister dee'a,'--
the admission of Herr Sanken to the house W 3 fresh
gal, and that the Government had ordered a
election. •leci
Herr Grabow stated that, as he had reel sea
letter from Herr Sanken declining to take Iji.,siiicr"
as a deputy, the question to which the cool",
tion of Herr von Bismark gave rise was
ddru-
The house then proceeded to discuss the a- otiO
The motion to adjourn the discussion on 3clicor
of the illness of Herr Reichensperger, the alit:',ol,
one of the draughts of the Address, was reiietice- 5.4
and the Report of the Commission on the Au
was then read. 00"
The Commission proposed to reject both dra,,
and to present no Address, since it would hal
result, and only tend to aggravate matters.
your of the drauglit
Herr Osterrath spoke in fa
Herr Reichensperger's Address' settleu.,4,
offered
Herr Wagner defended lus.
that the House must not reject the hand
the King. They were entering
upon a course v 0
own draught, and
in Denmark. The working a ilia
that existing
culated to bring about a state of things sirailaxo
Prussian Constitution was defective becanse,peA
constitutional laws of foreign countries bad v-
misunderstood in Prussia.
,ecor
The Minister of the Interior said that he .0P•
nised the moderate tone adopted by the Con tier,
The real cause of the conflict was the militar”.te
tion. The present Ministry found a certain st: ,(0
things existing on their entry into omce
not of their creation. It was their duty to Ott, 0)
these conflicts without infringing on the rig?
the Crown. The King would not yield tii°
point on the question of military reform, °tie eY
House must therefore select another tesaright
tent of its constitutional power—viz., its
vote the Budget.
The draughts of Addresses of both Herr R „
sperger and Herr Wagner were rejected. .0
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse? W11)01/1
Royal children, arrived here to-day from
stadt.

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