, 1891-12-06
German Subjects Discuss EN-
peror Williams Gall.
The Church and Doctors Dis
agree on Morality.
Scandal Lovers Have
Another Divorce Suit.
Both the Husband and Wife
Sue for 1t.

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BERLIN. Dec. 5.-The relchstag has
been discussing the government bill pro-
viding the immunities enjoyed by the
members of that body from arrest or i'm
prisonment shall be suspended when the
adjournment exceeds thirty days. Secre-
tary Won Boetticher asked the house
either to adopt or reject the bill at once,
and adding that 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. Freisinnige and the
socialist members OF the reichstag de-
nounced the bill as an infringement OF the
constitution, in that it placed the ministry
at the mercy of the government officials.
The Free Conservatives and Centrists, the
speaker. supported the motion to refer
the bill to a committee with Instructions
TO report how the question might be
settled without the abuse of parliamentary
immunIties. This was finally done
despite the opposition OF the government.
On Tuesday next Chancellor Won Caprivi
will introduce in the reichstag the treaties
of m recently negotiated with
Austria and Switzerland. The exact
nature of the arrangements have not yet
been revealed. The chancellor, at a
parliamentary dinner Thursday last,
privately informed several members who
were his guests that urgency would be
demanded by the government for a debate
to decide the tariff proposals. The talk
in the lobby. however, shows a majority
OF the members are determined to send
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reason than to hear the chancellor give
his reasons for a commercial policy which
he could not reveal in an open house.
Although the details of the treaties
have not been made public, it is known
they will determine the tariffs for the
next twelve years. They modify Bis
marck's protective system, which has
been in existence since 1879.
The silence OF the richsanzeiger in re-
gard to the emperor's supposed speech TO
the recruits at Potsdam 10 which he is
alleged to have said the soldiers belonged
to him. body and soul, is taken to con-
firm the truth of the report which first
appeared IN an obscure paper, the NetSSe0
PeSse, to which it was communicated by
one of the recruits. Semi-oficial papers
at first vaguely asserted the words OF the
emperor bad been distorted. Now the
Ultra-C Conservatives.
General anxiety is expressed because of
the despotic tendencies shown by the
emperor IN his recent utterances. The
Liberal organs demand a public denial be
made of the words attributed to his mai
esty.
Prof Delbuck, who for a long time was
tutor in the family of the late Emperor
Frederick, has written that the words In
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tone of the emperor's address on that
occasion constitute a danger that cannot
be overlooked. Every class of the com
munity and all parties are a%nxiously ex-
cited over his majesty's utterances.
The EvangelIstic SYNOD had a protracted
and earnest debate on the emperor's re-
cent report in regard to immortality. The
synod unanimously protested against the
licensing OF women OF the town or their
houses of i'll repute. 1t recommended a
censorship of theaters aud popular litera.
lure. 1t also decided to petition the gov
ernment to forbid the employment OF wo-
men in beer shops. The present censor
ship. however, is not to be blamed for the
lack of severity in connection with the
drama.
The Berlin medical council discussed
the immoral rescript in a very different
spirit from the synod. A majority of the
doctors advocated the licensing of women
and the regulation of houses.
Cook of Boston, the alleged world trot-
ter, who was arrested here for not paying
his hotel bill, has been sentenced to a
month Imprisonment.
The son-in. law of Herr Liebnecbt
Bruno Geiser, will be prosecuted for or
ganiZing secret societies.