Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-24
NO FREEDOM Of
SPEECH ALLOWED
MEMPHIS 90 THE GERMAN
EIICH-TtG MIST ~ CARE
III Oh SPEECH.


power OF the German ReIchsiag II
! ~ small that scoffer. have been
knoNn 10 refer % u as % glorified
debating society The limitations
upon me freedom Of speech Of the
delegates are however So great, that
n may be- doubted Ahether this
tearm b. appropriate For express
sions which would not even excite
comment In an American legislature
peakers are admouished b. the
president Of the Reichstag. aud for
expressions slightly more daring
there is formal call 90 order. The
third call 10 order fOrieits 10 the
offender the right 10 the floor
Every session OF the keichstag
brings amusing examples Of this. AZ
o recent session the social DemOcrat
Peus vas speaking The haiser.
~ said. caused 10 Doc Issued yester-
lday decree which is couched In a
more moderate tone than ~as the
lease in former times Dr. kaempi
president Of the Reiohstag Interrupt
ed him thus
I beg YOU 90 cease using such ex'
pressions You may say that 'ae
emperor has become more moderate.
That gives occasion for the contrast
between moderate aud immoderate.
scheidomauu. another Socialist.
was speaking OF the armament bill.
There b. be- said no more shame
less nlsehood than the imputation
that the French armament bill vas
1.-The cause OF The German bill being
,submltted
trust you DO not refer to mem
lbcrs OF this house with your remark
about shameless falsehoods. Do said
President kaelipf
had the Spanish parliament in
Imiud when spoke. said acheide-
. imam graycly.
4 burst of laughter from all parts
of the house followed. but kaempi
, ldid not join n II lie listened while
i srhcldcmaun finished his speech,
and then. o half hour after his form
Z Ter remark said solemnly
You said that YOU had the Span
ish parliament iu mind when you
spoke of shameless falsehoods. The
remark however. might be- constru'
ed as referring 90 the Reichstag.
call YOU TO order
4 4 former president of the Prus
sian Diet once called to order q
70 delegate who had asserted that wa'
f. 'ia rcproach upon God Such al
g. expression said the president, wal
n an insult 20 Germanys great emper
o OF. warriors. and particularly to VIII
4 lam
Before the Rcichstlg adjourned o,
!, June go. President Kaempf sal,
that the DAYS session would live a
ID one of the most memorable In lis hts
, tory HiR words aid not eXaggeri 4
4 the importance OF the work done b.
the house on that day for this in
cludod the bin increasing the peace
strength Of the army by 10000 mel
as we'll as the financial bills render
cd necessary by a. These latter In
4 rlude two classes OF bills. one to-
meeting the expenses 10 be- iucurre,
in organizing the new forces, build
c INK forts. barracks and other extra
d ordinary purposes the other for de-
~ fraying the yearly expenses OF thu
b Increased military footing The frs
class OF taxes. which are 10 bring II
y al least S2lo.0oo 900. consists OF /
. direct tax ON property and incomes
% and IL will boz distributed over three
% years Both taxes are on graduate,
3 scales. under which the largest for
s tunes pay 81, per thousand and th'
largest incomes Dthosc Of Sl2O.0O'
y or morei pay 81 per hundred For
- eigners resident IN Germany mus
r. pay on the same scale as the Ger
4. mans.
. The permanent taxes consist OF !
!. tax on the yearly increase IN wealth
4 from all sources. certain stamp taXei
- hitherto belonging TO the states, al
A., increase OF the existing inheritance
1, taxes and the appropriation by thu
, Imperial government OF interstate es
!, tatos where there are no heirs. !
part of the revenue also will be ob
), tanned by retaining the sugar tax a
its present level instead Of reducing
, IL hy 90 per cent. as a resolution q
!, the Reichstag some four years axe
demanded