Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-06
In THE FATHERLAND
A Government Defeat in the
Reichstag.
Caprivi's Tariff Policy Soon to
Be Ventilated.
The Emperor Criticised for His Des-
pOtic Tendencies.
Doctors OF Divinity and Doctors of Med
tcine Disagree as to the Policy
of Licensing Houses of
ul-Fame,
Associated Press Dispatches.

BERLIN, Dec. 5.-tCopyrighted by the
| New York Associated Press. - The
reichstag has been discussing the gov
ernment bill providing that the immu-
mites enjoyed by the members of that
body from arrest or imprisonment, shall
be suspended when the adjournment ex-
ceeds thirty days. Secretary Won Boet-
ticher asked that the house either adopt
or reject the bill at once, adding if it
was rejected the government would be
precluded from protecting the members
of the reichstag from proceedings taken
against them in the law courts. The
Freisinnige and Socialist members OF
the reichstag denounced the bill as an
infraction of constitution, in that it
placed the ministry at the mercy
of the government officials. The
Free Conservatives and Gen.
trist speakers supported the mo-
tion to refer the bill to the committee
with instructions to report how the
question might be settled without the
abuse OF parliamentary immunities.
This was finally done, despite the op-
position of the government.
CAPRIvI's TARIFF POLICY.
On Tuesday, next, Chancellor Won
Caprivi will introduce in the reichstag
the treaties of commerce recently me-
gotiated with Austria and Switzerland.
The exact nature of the arrangements
has not yet been revealed. The chan
cellor, at parliamentary dinner, Thurs
day last, privately informed several
members who were his guests that iir-
gency would be demanded by the gov
ernment for debate to decide the tariff
proposals. Talk in the lobby,
however, shows that the major
ity of the members are determined
to send the treaties to committee. if for
no other reason than to hear the
chancellor give his reasons for his COM
mercial policy, which he could not re-
veal in the OPEN house.
Although the details of the treaties
have not been made public, it is known
that they determine the tariffs for the
next twelve years.. They modify Bis
marck's protective system, which has
been existent since 1879. They fix
maximum tariffs, but leave the govern
ment elastic powers in regard to mini
mum duties.
THE EMPERoR's HUMAN CHATTELs.
The silence of the Reichzanzeiger in
regard to the emperor's supposed speech
to the recruits at Potsdam, liz which he
is alleged to have said the soldiers be-
longed to him, body and soul, is taken
to confirm the truth of the report which
first appeared in an obscure paper, the
Neissea Presse, to which. it was COM
municated by one Of the recruits. Semi
official papers at first vaguely asserted
that the words Of the emperor has been
distorted. Now the ultra-conservative
press, the Abend Post, the Kreuzzeitung
and other papers of that class,
defend the imperial language, as
expressing the, extent of the allegiance
the soldiers owe the emperor through
their oaths. Apart from the ultra-con-
servatives, general anxiety is expressed
because of the despotic tendencies shown
by the emperor in his recent utterances.
The liberal organs demand that public
denial be made OF the words attributed
to his majesty.
Professor Delbruck, who for a long
time was tutor in the family OF the late
emperor Frederick, has written that the
words inscribed in the Munich register,
and the general tone of the emperor's
address on that occasion, constitute a
danger that cannot be overlooked.
Every class OF the community and all
parties are anxiously excited over his
majesty's utterances.
THE IMMORTALITY REscRIpF.
The synod had protracted and earn
est debate on the emperor's recent
rescript in regard to immortality. The
synod unanimously protested against
licensing women of the town or houses
OF ill.repute. 1t recommended severe
censorship of the theaters and popular
literature. 1t also decided to petition
the government to forbid the employ
ment of women in beer shops. The present
censorship, however, is not to be blamed
for lack Of severity in connection with
the drama. The Berlin medical council
discussed the immortality rescript in a
different spirit from the synod; the ma
jority of the doctors advocated the
licensing of women and the regulation
of houses of ill-fame.
woRLD-TRoTTER IMPRISONED.
Cook. the alleged Boston world-trotter,
who was arrested here for not paying his
hotel bill, has'sbeen sentenced to q
months imprisonment.
! The son-in-law of Herr Liebnecht
Bruno Gaser, will be prosecuted for
organizing secret societies.