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BERLIN LETTER.
The WORK OF the ReIehsisE Com.
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The Work OF the ReIetstag Com
meases,-Btsnarek
BERLIN, May 10.-The Reich.
stag's beginning OF active labor viii
be on Monday. 1t has six weeks Of
work before prorogI *, which has
been fixed for June 2Oth. Not much
will be heard Of the measures fol
the benefit of the worsmen before
ado Irnment. Since the labor pro
: tectiln bill was issued Wednesday
a scrutiny reveals a number Of rid
ers 10 the main proposals. tending
TO nullify the best provisions nf the
measure by giving the employers
means Of escaping them. Thus,
under special circumstances, EN-.
ployers can be authorized to break
the rule limiting the work OF child.
rem under Is To six hours, and oil
youths under l6 to ten hours. The
bill mentions spinning factories and
similar occupations where excep-
tious may lie granted. Another
clause transfers direct responsibility
for a breach Of the laws 10 the man.
ayers or fOremen, thus opening a
way for invasiOns, and making men
Of straw answerable, instead Of the
principals.
sr THE PROPOSALS
relating to breach of contracts are
held by the Freisinnige party and
the socialists 10 be disguised attacks
upon the right coalition, leading TO
O. -
strikes. The opposition gathers
force, the sDt-i IL IS declaring that
the SUPPOSED new era Of labor Tt
forms diiIrrs little from the Bis
MARKHAM era, and that the bill will
he a deception unless much modi-
fed.
| This spirit Of opposition promises
series Of irritating debates before
the House can dispose Of the labor
bill. Another labor conference,
having influences in molIing the
final form Of the hills, will be held
here. The Emperor intends TO SUM
mon delegates from every trade in
Germany TO discuss the trades CUES.
tioHs and proposes TO establish n spe-
cial permanent operatives cOuHcil,
under the presidency Of Minister
C1mnuyO. The menlers Of the
| gOugCii viii lie elected Tor delegates
10 the eorf.rence. The prject Is
obviously. IN the sInIe line as the
labor sChcmCs, aiming To give i'm
peIiai control Of the wOrkipgmen,
With = purchase power over the
ssiaritdi q .deTs. Socialists like
EO,ialar, Liebknecht and Bebel,
who are impregnnble TO money con-
siderstions, Will resent the En-
perof's offers.
- 1- THE WHITE BOOK
of East Africa was Issued today. 1t
gives dispatch from Major WIS.,
man, stating that Emin Pasha
strongly desired to place his expert
ence at the disposal Of the German
service and begged that his ofIer
might be placed before the emperor
and Bismarck,
Bismarck replied; "'Emin's offer
Is welcome" Wissman thereupon
arranged the existing engagement
with Emin, who, from his frst
contact with WissmRn, had been
eager to escape from English in
fiuenee.
The whole look describes the pro-
gress Of the German power until the
capture Of Kilwa.
Bismarck, during the week, has
received several communications
from the emperor, couched in friend
ly terms, but practically suggesting
that his retirement from Office
| should involve politicsl inactivity.
BarOns Huchter aud Peschenger
stayed two days at FriedFiehsruhe
and left impressed with the convic-
ton that the ex-chancellor consid-
cred himself the most potent in
fuence in the empire, believing
that the emperor ere long would be
Obliged to recall him TO extricate
the empire from the difficulties he
will have plunged It into. He free
"
IMPRESSED HIS DIscoNTEST
because the emperor, in his speech
frDm the throne, omitted reference
to his dismissal
The Ereissfnnige Zeitua0 Is gain
ing hOtoriety through It's Publics-
ton Of scandals in regard 10 Bis
marck. 1t declares that medical
specialists know that he is suffering
from alcoholism, and not from the
morphine habit Bismarck's friends
do not heed these attacks and even
his enemies are Disguised by them.
q At Hamburg 10000 masons and |
carpenters are on n strike, and ut
Stotten 5000 mRsOns and carpenters |
are cut At Cologne the Brewers
woTknen quit work. The shoe
makers demand n minimum OF |
twelve marks weekly and work |
ing day Of eleven hours. At Leip-
sic the employers have formed a
permanent union 10 fight the strik- |
en-.
The Berlin inn masters and |
metallurgists have signed an
agreement by which they bind
themselves not to employ strikers.
Oxfeu Deparfneuf