Arizona republican., 1913-07-21
Even in the Discharge of That Function Members of the Body Are Admon- ished to Speak Guardedlv of Royalty
NJ MEMORABLE DAY
 IN GERMAN HOUSE
When Peace Strength of the Army Was Increased = Something of the System of Taxation in the Fath- crland
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArcHl

1 ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl i BERLIN, July 20-The actual pow
 CT of the German reichstag is so small
 that scoffers have been known to re-
 fer to it as "a gIorffied debating soci-
 ety." The limitations upon the free
 dom of speech of the delegates are. however, so great, that it may be doubted whether this term is apprOpri- ate. For eXprt ssions which would not even excite comment in an American legislature speakers are admonished hr
 the president of the reichstag, and for i expressions slightly more daring there
 is a formal call to order The third call to order forfeits to the offender the right to the floor.
 Every session of the reichstag brings
 amusing examples of this At a recent session the social democrat, Peus. was
 speaking The kaiser" he said.
 "caused to be issued yesterday decree
 which is crouched in q more moderate tone than was the case in former
 times" pr. Kaempf, president of the
 reichstag. interrupted him thus:
 T beg you to cease using such eX-
 nressions. YOu may nCI say thai the
 emperor has n-erne more nn.eratr.
 ? hat gives occasion for tFe contract
 between moderate and immoderate." Scheidemann, another socialist was
 speaking of the armament bill. There is" he said. mo more shameless false hood than the imputation that the French armament bill was the cause of the German bill being sGb-nitted' T trust you Go not refer % members of this house nitE your remark about sahmeIess sa'sehoJds," said President Kaempf.
 T had the Spanish parliament in mind when I spoke" said Scheidemann gravely.
 A burst of iGughter from all parts of the house followed. but Kaempf did
 not join in. He listened while Scheide- mann finished his speech, and then. a half hour after his former remark, said solemnly:
 You said that you had the Spanish parliament in mind when you spoke If shameless faIsenuoas. The remark, however might be construed as refer ring to the reichstag. I call you to or der"
 A former president cf the Prassian diet once called to order a delegate who had -ssA Arted that war 'is a re- proach upon God" Such an expression. said the president, wGs an insult to Germany's great emperor warriors, and particularly to William l. Before the reichstag adjourned on June 90 President Kaempf said that the days session would live as one of the most memora ble in it's history Ills words did not eXaggerate the impor- tance of the work done by the house oTi that day. for this included the btit increasing the peace strength of the army by 1S6000, as well as the finan- cial bills rendered necessary by il. These latter include two classes Of bills. one for meeting the expenses to i be incurred in organizing the new forces, building forts, barracks and other extraordinary purposes; the other for defraying the yearly expenses of the increased military footing. The first class of taxes, which are to bring in at least $40, 0,00O,O0O, consists of direct tax on property and incomes. and it will be distributed over three ! wears Both taxes are on graduated 1 scales, under which the largest for tunes pay $15 per thousand, and the l largest incomes (thOse of $120,000 or more) pay $S per hundred. Foreigners resident in Germany must pay on the same scale as Germans.
 The permanent taxes consist Of q | tax on the yearly increase in wealth from all sources, certain stamp taxes hitherto belonging to the states. an in crease of the existing inheritance taxes and the appropriation by the imperial l government of intestate estates Where 1 there are no near heirs. A part of the revenue also will be obtained by re- ] taining the sugar tax at its present 1 level, instead of reducing it by 40 per i cent, as a resolution of the reichstag 1 some four years ago demanded. 1 The total amount expected from this class of taxes is about $5O.O00,000. An l interesting feature of the tax on in 1 creases of wealth is that it includes 1 inheritances of children from the es- l tates of their parents. Thus the in- | heritance tax whose rejection by the 1 reichstag in 1909 caused the resigna- l ton of Prince BuloW, has now been adopted in an indirect way.
 l A princess and two princes of the house of Isenburg, belonging to the l highest German nobility, were horse l (Continued on Page Three)