The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-14 00:00:00

FRANKFORT.

I The following is the project of law entitled "The
Empire and the Imperial Power," which has been
drawn up by the Committee of the Constitution and
presented to the German Parliament :S
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federation.
" The relations of the Duchy of Schleswig, and the
determination of the frontier in the Grand Duchy of
Pmen, are reserved for definitive regulation.
"Art 2. Sec. 2. No part of the German empire
may be incorporated into one state with non-German
lands. Sec. 3. If a German land have the same
Supreme Head of the State' (sovereign) with a non-
German land, the relation of these two lands is to be
regulated according to the principles of pure personal
union. Sec. 4. The sovereign of a German, and
who stands in the relation of personal union with a
non-German land must either reside in his German
land, or establish a regency therein, to which Ger-
mans only are eligible. Sec. 5. Setting aside the
connexions already existing between German and
non- German lands, no sovereign of a non-German
land can assume the additional government of a Ger-
man land ; nor can a prince reigning in Germany
accept a foreign crown without resigning his German
throne.
" Art. 3. Sec. 6. The individual German states
retain their self-dependence (independence), so far as
the latter is not limited by the Imperial Constitution.
They have all State dignities and rights that are not
expressly transferred to the Imperial power.
PART IL—THE IMPERIAL POWER.

" Art. 1. Sec. 7. The Imperial Power has the ex-
elusive international representation of Germany, and
of the individual German States, in reference to
foreign lands. The L►mperial Power appcints ambas-
sadors and consuls. It carries on all diplomatic in-
tercourse, concludes alliances and treaties with foreign
powers, especially the treaties of commerce and navi-
gation, as also those of extradition. It regulates all
international measures. :Sec. 8. The individual
German Governments have not the right of receiving
or maintaining Crown ambassadors, with the excep-
tion of their own plenipotentiaries at the Court of the
supreme head of the empire. Sec. 9. The individual
German Governments are empowered to conclude
treaties with other German Governments. Their
authority to conclude treaties with non-German Go-
vernments is confined to matters of private rigbt,
neighbourly traffic (or intercourse), or police.
" Art. 2. Sec. 11. The Imperial Power has the
exclusive right of making war and peace.
" Art. 3. Sec. 12. The collective armed force of
Germany is at the disposal of the Imperial Power.
Sec. 13. The Imperial army consists of the collective
forces of the individual German States that are de•
signed for the purposes of war, . . . Sec. 14. It
is the Imperial Power that legislates for and organizes
army affairs, and that provides for the execution of
its measures in the individual German States by a
watchful and permanent control . . . Sec. 15.
In the military oath of allegiance, the obligation of
fidelity to the Supreme Head of the Empire and to
the Imperial Constitution is to stand foremost. Sec.
16. The expenses of the Imperial service are to be
borne by the empire. Sec. 17. Army regulations,
in respect of the colours, the oath, the words of com-
mand, military law, and courts-martial, period of ser-
vice, and service itself, and parade, shall be one and
the same for all. . . . Sec. 18. The generals are
nominated by the individual Governments, and ap-
pointed by the Imperial Power. Sec. 20. The naval
forces are exclusively the affair of the empire.. .
The appointment of officers of the fleet rests entirely
with the empire.
" Art. 4. Sec. 21. Matters on the sea-coast re-
lating to navigation, or in the mouths of the German
rivers (harbours, buoys, beacons, pilot regulations,
&c.), are left to the individual coast States to provide

for; and the expenses attaching to these matters must
be paid from their own local funds. Sec. 22. The
Imperial Power has the chief supervision of all these
arrangements and regulations. . . . Sec. 26,
German navigation and float-work are, on all German
rivers, exempt from river dues.
" Art. 6. Sec. 29. The Imperial Power has the
right of legislating for, as also ,the chief supervision of;
German railway matters in general, as far as the
safety of the empire or the interests of German inter-
course in general render this necessary.
" Art. 7. See. :33. The German empire shall form
ore single territory for customs and commerce, all
inland frontier duties being abolished. The Imperial
Power reserves to itself the right of uniting, by special
treaty, non-German lands and provinces to the Ger-
man customs territory. Sec. 34. The Imperial
Power has the legislative as to the whole system of
duties. See. 36. The individual German States are I