Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-29
Or. liebef Controls the Centrists
Like Puppets
MS MANIFESTO is PLAIN.
Aaisss<s rh<sps - kaDwsy ts~sirtss
Srpsn nssss~ surcs~sy Nssrs es
she Coming ESpcsi0a.

thf4-rsisEt uAntfce<b anu US hhk
xinded s~ptences we're not calculated 3,
impress ths public and have elected just
risiseul~ from the pfe~< Bat the aeelas-
alton did not fail - Inform the govern
ment the price IL must pay fcr the sup
part II the party IN the new reschstax.
Behind the verbiage about the intoier-
able military burdens impn~--d by the
empire and the advice o. the electors 90
take decided position against the army
ball and the liesn- amesdmeas to that
measure there lies the Do az des prisci.
pie We shall transfer SAYS Dr.
Lieter the eirdthorst resolutions 10
ths new parliament and use them a. car
.fa'disg light 10 discussing all future
military questions"
The Germans. the clerical organ has
Thought u necessary 20 explain 10 the
Catholic electors that this declaration
mean- with the maintenance - the in.
siolability - the late DR. widthorst's
demands for the readmis~ion into Ger
nany ~ the Je-uirs and affiliated orders
fuli liberty b. make terms with the gov
eminent on the array ball The Liebsr
faction % the center party - in short.
ready - negotiate with ChancellOr Won
CaVrivi an the hasis ~ repeal % the
remaining religious disabilities in re
turn f1f its adhesion 20 the govern
urnfs military dcmand@ Protection 20
German agricultural interests Is anoths.r
but suboFdinate plank Ia the manifesto
The demand for reform In TAXATION.
the protest against monopolisfs and the
suggested increasr - the TAXATION On
luvurirs contained in the manifesto are
sl-o secondary considerations. That
Iir. Lieber has the whip hand ~ the
party - mos. evident in the passage
referring to popular suffrage and the
r'gh's - the federal states. The reac
t'erary conservative organs threaten
that n the new r-ich~fag - intracsiblc
the government viii restrict the fran
rhIse. and thus get an obedient parlis-
uent. The manifesfo. in responc- "a
this threat. declared that the highest
ias ia the constitution adding. I'VE
hs,ij fsst o. the character of the cns-
pir- - federal state. The pcroga-
tives q the people are based upon uni
versll equal. direct anj secret -u6
rage"
70 some % the srissocrats the mani
f-sto- men like Freihing. Home1pech.
Foui. Brusle Herman and Van sun
dvyk this language IL foreign Like
puppets IN Dr Lieber's hands they
seem % have assenfed 90 the declaration
without prrdering upon what IL in
volvesi THEREFOR since Baron won
S.h0~lorler Alst took the initiative i'm
so,pising a manifesto more taking Ia
their liking several - them propose 10
ioih the Won S-horlouter Alst section.
This will irad ~ disruption ~ the
certrr part, IN tavaria even worse then
The tfeak p-s - the party IN Prussia.
Another fac.cr that j. causing a panic
among fke Ravarisn rcnirists - the IN
deprndept action - the peasant, soci
c.ie@ which hav@ hitherto always sup
ported the centrist candidates.
~apport Agricultural Candidates
These ~srieiies have now issued an
eicetorsi address siatiog that their rep
r~seHsaflvrs have up 20 this time been
~ ofersfing IN legislation rGinous 20
the peasant pruprletors. AMI paving al.
trgrfh-r TO much as<iduuu- attention
o. religious qncsfions In the coining
ri~ctiou tie manifesfo adds. these peas
ant sp-ieties viii support only candi
dates who arr Devoted % the a.gricul
trrisi interests - ~. country and who
are rrbabir a. ritiker- without regard
O. tnrff rclgiatis belief or social posi-
fion. The ~cisi democrat party will
tnfn ta~ 5faruptirr - The rcntri@'s io
re l.si acraonf Herr Singer tonk tho
feai tolsY ais.l be- ssi, stump Rhenish
rrus4ia aod Ws~tyhaiia lie an.
uounre@ that b. will speak 90 The action
. he reietzfsx with special reference 90
the affifaie - the center party
Throughout Sasooy. slvayr a s'rcisi-i
stronghold the party seems "a he all
p.ntrnt At the last eieciior ant - she
'urnty thfsr uiemb-r~ Sasonv -ent o.
re reichsfsg seven sere socialists. Tn
i--~ f.r.ssnt Appearances are fai~iilrd.
cishtlnore asats sill 10 captured AZ the
coming rleciioa4 This VII not ~ -
cau~- saefsii~rn has grown 80 ninsh. but
because - fhe ais-.,lute DISORDER ihst
hs~ rrsuitsd frnm the imgsteuce ~ the
oil political pastse-.
tIsesk,p He-slss rnc~rtsin.
Conservative cRnji3ate= no longer az.
pear A. conservatives. bot "a christian
-.s-iai meaning son-rfEailve anti -emife.
cr tserman sscisl hiensiina eonietga
fsve-. anti .@ernifrs snd sgrsrisn@ The
lsftes : the t,erman reform rariy le,i
~ Herr Lin nfuerrsn. an ex member n
~. reichstsR. With . densoeratic anti
semitic progTsm. Arcorsisrx a. Herr
Ilassr-aaa the Increase in The army
asxe,i fov the government ought to -
.rrsntrsi hat The Jews and capitalists
shoal,l he madr g. pay tho extra
Herr Zimmerman huidz that govern
meat 'eaEued with Jew. and capitalists
uatl~f - overturned As mass meetings
bold nj Dr~,sieu snd o,her e-nters. Herr
Zis u~rmaa - vil,iiy che~rsd
Amid thss electoral rharivari ths ssn
-r-xanTe. nats,nsl l5i~fal and fr-issin.
rtrs perfirs are not naeh hesrsl n The
-fr,sa.i. iie- t,efxeon fhe -pcislt-ts Sho
fsrn = s-sstracf. eel direrte3 PARTY. and
The nax raiitieal hs,ises sssmpfrc3 q
ai.i eieu~use Yet hsr,ily "a a ronditios
- krcs themselves.
ofvsur.ir Trustworthy .fsfs On s1irh
g. ls-~ = prssiictos q the hust r,ssUif
q ths ~lecfica essntinue@ - be ssntsnx
TIE apf@ .sif,qn psr@fs and the crx@a q
thr Hrrr Richt~s fsction - ~ sr-ss-in
rtr~ party event oroa q majority q
frorr f,rty te siFty hs~flie % thr gov
rrnrseut Chanteilos tsn esprtsis ~
xsse s~..>rt that the conservatives. the
ACCELERATE faction q tbE frri~~trn Mgr
psrts .ad th@ eeniripts arr snppo~ting
~ army bih sol thst tbs government
- asiif gaining grssiud
Ia .sssralty adasitte.i tha; The "a