, 1873-06-12
The -Four New uroh-Laws, and the
New Departure.
The Prussfan "Union" Party, and Its
Prospects in the Coming
Campaign. ;
Partly Theological Character of tho CAM
yass.--Tho Important Role Of
tic Old Catholics. ,
Spsctal Correspondence Of Tho Chicago Tribune.

berlin, May ZAt 4ctdt
The last session Of tho prosent Pruasian Par
lamont has como to IN ond. The weapons haVo
beon forged by which the stnto, this time sup
ported by all tho different fractions OF Libora1-
Ism, ia to fight tho battlo
AaA1Nar u1TRAMoNTAs1sM AND sooIA11sM,
Two powors TINT, however intrinBtcally opposed
to each other, still unite In tho samo wi0h md
cudsavor OF seeing the present Government
yoa, tho State itHelf-pulvorized to atomst IN
order to profit by tho thcn incoming ohaos. Tho
coming elections, both for tho Prussisn and
German parlinmeuts, will. therefore, bo un-
uuuo1ly 1iyo1y aud strongly contested. TO undor-
stand tho meaning and bearing of tho great
struggle soon to commence, or, rather, Of this
now not Of tho groat drama, roSiew OF tho lato
Parliamentary action will greatly aid.
Everybody rocollccta the opening Of the great
Bian,arck orupado against tho Ordor Of Jesuith,
ouding with their expulsion from tho Empire.
But this measure waa only tho precursor Of other
far moro Important onos. Though tho Jesuito
had left, tlor spirit remained, or, rathor, their
disciples, being in posBosalon OF all the high
places in tho organization OF tho Cathollo Church
in GormRAy, continued in their resistance against
tho Government, mud in their strenuous adhe-
sion to tho nfalibility doctrine, and itH ito tho
stato) dangerous consequences. This audaoous
spirit on the part Of the Churoh-loadore had to
curbed aud The sources from which 1t recruited
itself had to bo stopped and choked up. To at-
tain those onds, the Constitution Of Prussia
itself
HAD TO De CHANGED;
the principle IA FREQ Church in free State, "
moro or lcss embodied in tho old Constitution Of
1860, had virtually to be declared failure and,
instead Of complete separation of Church and
Btate, We hnye got tho former aubordinatcd to
tho latter in somo important rotations.
Whllo according to tho old Constitution, "The
Evangelical and the Roman Catholic Catholic
Churchos, as we'll as oil other religious denom-
inntions,' are loft free "to regulate aud admin
governing manner" tho new amendment adds !:
'Hb,,t thoy remain subject to tho laws Of tho
state, and to the legally Ordained inspection by
the Statu."
BY menns Of this amendment, tho oovornmont
las been enabled to bring III four bills, that have
MI been passed by great 1na1orities aud that will
form tho
GREAT FEATURE OF THE COMING CAMPAIGN
All parties, except the party Of The Right Con-
tro,. tho special Representatives. of Catholicism,
with some members Of tho oxtreme Right,
united in tho support of thoBo bills; md, III
consequence thereof, wo shall have the spectacle
Of aeoing Liboral candidates getting tho votes Of
Conservatives, and Conservative, or at loast
Noy onaarv1t;yn 9tho no,no % of fart}nn 1Iv i"at
formed) candidates elected by means of votoa
euP ud ~ .'o prnrresavp NJ nar.x rho mn,;inaI 1a
" ~ da,nar1.otin wilI hn t1,;a sun,uer mi fa1i M
attaas, t1'a q onnm;oa ~ to 1nn;ro tho ri,
nv, thnir ai;iaa of thn ho,aatc
ncmocrntir' or re oxtreme Conservative staulp, on
one side, aud tho National liharnla, tho Progress
satin,,s .o ond the Tannorrativcs m tho othcr
Thc issn , has ham forco mon tho Adroinistra.
~, hs tba o,hor aida il,,o rwnuons fomita -,
:hn -oont;onarv ncr;oi NJ IAN md 1gsfl hnI romo
homa to roost.' Tho former po]icy. Of letting tbo
nasio1;c nia,ons do as tley nleasei. in ortler Ia
ent .t,ar III orainst tho teyrflja Denoorots. had
ro,,al,t @ ahout M a greater danger than over Dom.
ncrats were. mud
IT WAS ssLr DEFENSE
v},cn sucb ]awu M that Jiractej aeainst Josuits.
nni now aoai,, tho four ao-cai1etl churcb ln,ys''
ha1 to be- naaBed. ''~> >~'@ N'S'
INT thu rnccnt rof,,snl m thu mart of t1,a nr;t,
;sh pari;sront n naas SJr Hiiotl'a XII t. d;aas.
tahlish tie Anglican % Church. md Tic incronsad
majority against lis bill, eiye proof that another