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which the imperial chancellor, DR.. Won
Ret mann III nllWoQ in Decemher de.

which the imperial chancellor, DR.. Won
Bethmann Hollwcg, in December, de-
clared to be unquestionably illegal.
The parties whose vote of nonconfi
dence in the government was prompted
by indignation over an isolated Incl"
dent of military aggression are now lin
ing up. il is said, to defend conStitu-
of the decree. which sets at naught
subsequently enacted laws, and which,
if upheld, subordinates civil to mill
tary authority anywhere in Prussia.
The National Liberals, who were the
most uncertain element in the Decem-
ber majority, according to an evening
paper, will participate in the new at
tack on the government next week
Chancellor Won Bethmann-H II ollweg,
speaking in the hundesrath today,
flung defiance at his political critics,
and pledged himself to allow TO remain
inviolate the army's rights to prevent
parliamentary control. He also referred
TO the ministry's disregard for the res
olution Of non-confidence adopted by
the reichstag.
The court martial proceedings have
apparently turned public sympathies to
certain extent in the direction OF
Colonel Won Reuter- and his officers.
Even opposition papers admit there was
abundant provocatlon Tor the arrests
and hold Won Reuter- blameless for
acting on instructions found in the
service manuel
Supremacy of Saber.
PARIS. Jan. l0.-The acauittal of
the German army officers at Strass
burg is widely commented on in France,
although for the most part the press
refrains from strong criticism, appar-
emily regarding the incident chiefly in
the light of a struggle between the
civil and military authorities, consti-
tuting a landmark in the history of
Germany. The Temps says;
HThe chief point of the incident is
the brutal affirmation by the military
authorities of their systematic indiffer
ence TO all which proceeds from civil
authority. 1T means that the supre-
macy, absolute and unlimited, of the
saber has been proclaimed by the coun-
ell Of war;
ChancellOr's Speech.
BERLIN, Jan. 10.-Count Yorck Won
Wartenburg, conservative member of
the Prussian house OF lords. WAS alter
nately indignant and pathetic today in
speaking OF the attempts Of what he
called "the ruling democracy in the
imperial parliament TO curtail the pre-.
negatives of the Prusslan king.
IneY seek TO cnanPe tne russian
army into parliamentary one,' he de-
clared, "and at the same time they
are invading the rights of taxation Of
the various federated states Of the
German empire.
Imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg as Prussian premier, assured
the Prussian house Of lords that the
ministers of Prussia were on their
guard against permitting Introduction
Of parliamentary control OF the army
or the extension Of the franchise He
spoke on resolution demanding fthat
the government take steps to check the
undermining of Prussia's position in
the German empire through the shifting
Of the constitutional guarantees TO the
disadvantage of the individual states.'
The resolution was adopted by the
house, which, however. assured the
chancellor that its passage did not i'm
ply a vote OF want Of confidence.