, 1890-05-15
LABOR PROTECTION.
The Bill Now Before the
Reiohstag.
MANY CHANCES FOR EVASION
The White Book of East Africa
Emperor William and the ex-
Chancellor.


BERLIN, May 10.-The reichstag, be
ginning ITS active labors Monday, has
six weeks of work before the rroroguing,
which has been fixed for June 20. Not
much will be heard but measures for the
benefit of the workingmen before the
adjournment. Since the labor protec-
ton bill was issued Wednesday. scrutiny
reveals a number of riders to the main
proposals tending TO make of no effect
some of the best provisions of the
measure by giving the employers tho
means of escaping them. Thus, under
special circumstances, the employers can
be authorized to break the rule
| limiting the work Of children under Il
years to six hours, and that of youths
under Ii to ten hours. The bill men
tions spinning factories and similar oc-
cupaiions whore exceptions may be
granted. Another clause transfers the
responsibility of breach of the law
from the employers TO the managers, OF
foremen, thus opening the way
for evssions, and making men OF
straw answerable instead of the prin-
cipals. The proposals relating
to breaches OF contracts arc
held by the freissinige party
and socialists to bo disguised attacks
C,r,h.r ,a.,r. g. ,ho .,,,,,,r.ssi,, =,
strikes. The opposition gathers force,
the socialists declaring that the sup
~. loVu I,,,,e ne @ a. "'s.ot'ia s u'nei
that the bill will be a deception unless
much modified. This spirit of opposi-
l'pn pio,u,ses e.queeo VI 'a''ns
eo1vs .a oI' h,m ''' i'"'' e"" "''io'' "
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An OPERATIVES eouNoiL PROPOSED.
Another labor movement, having in
fiuence in molding the final form of the
biI will he heId hero The emn.ror in
-, - aa,a,a -
enus w. Su,n'on u',es"Ius iioh' every
trade IN Germany to discuss trades
special, permanent operatives council,
uhuer Tue ptesluency OF the minister OF
ooau,e,vei ooa W H a mS uleo,Is , H. u, .ne souh.il
The eonfcrenee The object is opvIonsiv
in the same line as ihe other labor
schemes, aiming to give imperial con-
troll of the workinEtnen, with a pur-
cnase power eyer tne saiarleu leaders,
RahaI - sra y,, ,n,,'r,,,,n.,Iin ,o -, anu
cnnsiAa Aara,t,,s iii raIam, ~ ,''
gseia''o"s' o9ar' WIZ 'sSe"' '"e eri'Peroi
o''s'S'
"r,,y wu,,r ,oox nv East ,v,,c,n
"n- pooN nN'' N'",A'
"The White Book OF East Africa" was
issued to-day. 1t gives Il dispatch from
Major Wissmann stating that Emin
pasha stron,,Iv dasire5 ,n ,,Ia,a
~ ,e.y ,s atsI p'se
is eNpe''ehees ~ 'he uisposat Oh ,ne
oher nisnu pe Piaoeu pe'ore 'he en-
,'En,,n,s az. 10 ,nai.a.n yvtNs
thereupon nrrangcd tbe ex,stino aru
rangenent with Lmin, who from his
first contact with Wissmann had been
eager TO escape from English influence.
~ me White BOOK describes the progress
K;i.e "' power u''i' '"' oap'u'e Vi
..
n,s,.,, Avn v,,
,.,,,aa sa,,a-,, -, AZ
emporor. eoucbed I'm friendIv terms bn,
practically sugoesting that his retire.
ment from office should involve political
inao,,v,tr ~ h,.h s. ~
n..y ,"aut's,y. man OF nish ,shk IN tne
pon'eai anu soc'ai woriu recently
stayed two days at Friedricbsrhue.
lie len impressed with tho
conviction that The ea-chancel lor
considered himself the most potent in
nuence in the empire, believing that
the emperor will ere long be obliged to
from the diiiicrltiss into whfch hs viii
have plunged. He freely expressed his
discontent because the emperor in his
spsech from the throne omitted any
roisrsnce 70 mis- dismissal.
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A NOTORIOUS SEwsrArER.