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dificult for political party or for q privat,
member to secure the passage OF Dill
than Il Ia for the Government to pilot
its own measures through the House;
20 difficult indeed that the backers oi
private bills prefer that their proposals
should be accepted by a hypercritical
Minister In truncated form rather than
carry on a struggle whose failure can be
foressen. As regards official measures
II Ia true that the Reiohstag Ia theoret-
icaily quite competent to block the leg
islative machinery. but whatever may De
for the moment lie attitude toward the
Government il cannot stultify ITSELF and
bring discredit on parliamentary insti-
tutions by pursuing a merely obstructive
policy; IL wants legislation. and In de-
fault OF the power to carry its own 1t ac-
cepts that Of the Government and coop
crates with greater or less ardor In passing
many projects which do not embody It's
views rather than appear to be guilty
Of inaction and sterility.
VI.
T., N obantar IN sThe Outlook OF So
S.Ii.n,v M Davaon draws a distinction
hetvaan the SooiaIists OF northern and
those OF southern Germany. His obser-
vations have shown him that the So
cialism Of the south Of Germany. like the
entire character Of the people in that
region, is far more moderate and ductile
than that of the north. with the result
that ,be relationsbip between the So
cis,;sta and the other parties and the
Goyarnr.nt orc In the south almost
;,vori.h,v .n,ootb xbere thew are not
Actually cordia, Although a resolu-
t;on ~ the National Socialist party de-
c,oraa 4, 20 hs CONTRARY IN good principle
and q, nrsotioa ouita unbelievable for
social;sts N vote ON the budget on the
ground that 10 do 40 ia TO indorse the
er,s,ino politicaI svstem. the Socialist
oroun. in the Diets Of Bavaria. Wdrtem-
bero and BADEN commit this act OF alleged
treaobery with clear consciences. The
North German Socialist on the other hand,
Ia v;,,;ns On recoonjze the existing order
20 ,ha astsnt ~ usng the electoral laws:
ha doaa h;s ha.t to win saats and Ia never
s,ov 90 clair, and oooupv the seats won:
ba accsota the nroced,,re forms OF the
national Ieg;ala t,,re. he works hard on
narYama,,apv committee. he freely votes
a,nenaiturs. and introducea measures
Invoicing nav taYation-aIl this he does
a,d ra.ards M irst;aab,a and consistent.
,,..t -,hen 4, con,as to giving Anal sanction
- 60. ,or ,-bicb he has made bimsef
.nons;,,a b.. ,oood;,v ~;,hdraw. from
,ha s;t,;ns .,nrsasins ahhorrence of a
h,,d1at no. ~ on nnc,san thing For tbia
a,.;t,,d. ;noomnrabans;b,s to tho south
C.ru,an Soc;a,;st the anthor ~ this
hooI can see no h,stifoation in reason or
,os;c Us .,,rih,,ta, n aole,v N the fact
,hot oncs ,non a time n was en,oined
~, 80, r..oI,,,;or s,i,, unreneolad
"a ,bst a nr;no;n,a q, action sbould have
-, daclarad IN that .olamn manner
!" s.,,, o,o,,,s;ua e. ,h. s,oI;d
Soo;aIis, ., ,h. nnrth
ThH Sooi.,;s, =, so,,,h c.r,o.,v ~,
o,,v ,.o,as To- hrdss,s hn, attochss onIv
.aau,;o $780,, 20 th. ranuh,,con
,h.o,,.. -hi,,, .ra ,.,,., ,oo., s,r,n,,.,v
~. -, =, 81. No,..h car,,., roI,.. .,,as
". n. -.o.u. ,h.t o,, ~. h,rth =,
. ,.In.. - 49,. Cd D,,o.I uo,s. -
a,ban n A.. snr;ns % ,ooa the soc,s,st
nan,,,v Co. Mapnhs;,, ~. Isodsr - ,hs
~ - l., ,h., Stat. cid lovoI vi.;, ~
rs.n.,, 20 ,h. rsisning fsn,,y and ws.
r.oe;vsd .,,h IN. sarne oordis,;tv =. Tho
o,ds., r,sr,h.r ., the aIstocrscv In
~. s,,,,r.r ~ ,oo1 the Sooi.,ists ~ The
to-.r ho,,.. q, m. H.s.;sn nat yot.d
an sddrsss 10 their Grand D,,ke In
Wor,.nh.r. nd nav.r;a m. attitude ~
,hs soc,o,Ist. tovor "a the ,s,.ning ho,,.as
4. No less JovaI and deoorous. and In the
hon,.s a, tho vorLipo Class II Ia No nm
comn,on ,hin1 Tor nortraits ~ rovaI mar
son.gss and Sooia,'Democra tic ,ssdsrs N
hsne sida hv a,ds This eYbibition q,
oonoitv on the mart ~ South German
Socialists ia receinrocated bv other poIIti-
cal ma rties
Our author rsca,l. tbs fact that n uasa
South GerIoan Minister- presidant Who IN
1904 said In the Diet ~ his State (Raden,
that .tbe Socialist movement IA a ,avitI.
h. .orrv n n had no REORGANIZATION In
il another characteristic incident, namely.
that when In 1907 a Social Democratic
railway workshop mechanic was elected
to the Bavarian lower house the State.
his employer, continued to pay his wares
wh;ia bs was ahaent from, WORK d;.cber~