The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-11
SOCIALIST SCHEMES
Comprehensive Plan of the Ger
man Society,"
NUMEROUS REFORMS DEMANDED
The Bundesrath is UnraYorable to the En-
perOr's Prevention OF Drunkenness Idea
-Berlin-The Russian Loan.

BERLIN, Oct. 10-[Copyright, 1891, by
the New York Associated Press. After a
long recess the bundersrath, or legislative
body representing the individual states Of
Germany, reassembled on Wednesday.
The house considered as the first order the
protested law to repress drunkenness.
which, as is well known, is a pet measure
OF the Emperor. a majority OF the pleni-
potentaries declared their governments
could not accept the project in its present
form. The Bavarian representative inti-
mated MS state desired no such LIQUOR leg
lsIatlon as the bill provided. The.Prussian
member, acting under instructions from
the Emperor, was the only pIenipotentiarv
who defended the measure. The bill was
hnslly referred to q commission. H. ia
certain 1T will appear in the reichstag
| transformed from a rude, thorough attack
| upon the liquor trade into a mildly bennett
cent Dill for the protection of drunkards
1ne liquor dealers are arranging for hold
Ing congress at Stuttgart for the puruosa
OF organizing political defense
| Inc oundesrath discussed the abolition
OF the prohibition against the importation
Oh american pork, and approved the edict
opening the country to America, but will
delay decision on the proposal to relax the
VeXauous 1ormallties restricting the entry
! OF Austrian, Italian and Russian pork into
germany Austria has complained Of the
paruallty shown to the United States
/ while the drlebund allies are not similarly
favored
| Special interest attaches to the Socia1Iat
| congress shortly to assemble at Erfurt
Inc directing committee has revised it's
| programme. Its demands comprise uni-
| VersaI suffrage without distinction as 10
sex; secret ballot; proportionate repre-
sentatlon; voting on Sundays or HOLIDAYS:
payment OF members; popular right to mi
! tate or reject legislation: popular control
or the state, provincial and communal ad
mlnlstratlons; annual votes on taxation:
| popular decision as to peace or war; crea-
/ tlon OF International arbitration tribunals.
/ right OF free speech and free meeting:
abolition of state subventions to Churches;
! universal military instruction, militia re-
p!acing the standing army; secularization
| OF the schools; free education: free ius
tlce; that judges be elected by the
people; gratuitous medicine; state
/ supported doctors; progressive in
come tax; abolition of direct taxation
eight hours; unbroken repose for THIRTY
SIX hours weekly for every workman State
surveillance OF factories, mines and other
industries; formation of labor bureau:
cooperation OF workmen's admins tration
universal state insurance; prohibiting en-
ployment of children under fourteen wears
prohibition of the truck system and right
OF workmen to form coalitions.
Comprehensive as these demands ara
there are extremists in the party who want
more. If the Young section dominates in
! the congress, there will be some general
declarations against property and other
anarchistic resolutions adopted. The CON
mitteo has an elaborate programme. which.
while proposing to overturn the state. pro,
poses to transform the state into social
I istic agency.
During the Emperor's presence I'm
Frankfort, where he visited the electrical
exhibition, an attempt was made to ascer-
tain the imperial opinion in regard to the
Russian loan. 1t is reported his majesty
frankly said: 1.-The bankers can do as
they please. My people understand that
| lending money to Russia means war on
u.s." Nothing is now heard of the loan ON
| the bourse; no German will invest in it.
! The German war Office has been informed
of an important capture of spy by the
Austrian authorities. The man arrested
ct Suezala was discovered to be q French
staff officer. Papers Of highly compro-
missing character relating to the Prusso-
Austrian frontier were found on him.