Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-11-05

Of The United States has no Office that
exactly corresponds to o., so / can
make no direct comparison with our
country But the nearest | can come
10 &C is 10 say that the office Of Chan
cellor corresponds TO a sort Of a cross
between our President and the Secre-
tary Of State"
But why should he be retired
Uncle Harry?" asked Joe. ut Is not
customary for our cabinet officers 10
resign except when new President
takes office, is itg'
NO." replied Uncle Harry. but the
government Of Germany. and in fact,
that Of every European country is very
different from ours. In Germany, the
Kaiser, or Emperor Wilhelm. is ruler
by hcredily. That Is 90 say, under the
present system, when Emperor Will
helm dies, his eldest son, the Grown
Prince. will become Kaiser.
"The German Emperor is absolute
head Of the whole system Of govern
ment. Tie appoints the Imperial onl-
oials. among them the Chancellor, has
them sworn in and if ne deems it ad-
visabe, may discuss them
Germany's Law-Making Bodies.
But hasn't Germany any law-mak-
ing bodies corresponding to our SEN
ate and House Of Representative? %
asked Jimmy.
"Oh. YES" replied Uncle Harry. "tho
German Empire as you probably
know. is made up Of a number OF diff
ferent States, each ruled by a Prince
and each with a separate government
These State governments are repre-
scented by a legislative body known as
the Bundesrat OF Federal Council the
members OF which are appointed boy
the state governments they represent
The German Emperor is President OF
this Council and its sessions are pre-
sided over by the Chancellor OF the
Empire.
".rhe other legislative body is the
Reichstag. or Diet OF the Realm which
represents the people Of the German
nation. The members Of the Reichstas
are elected by the people for period
OF five years. 4 bill. to become a law
must pass both assemblies by an alb
golute majority and, more importan
still. &c must have the approval an'
signature Of the Kaiser and the coun
Ter signature OF the Chancellor,
What the Chancellor Docs.
'Nhat is the Chancellor really sup
posed TO do, Uncle Harry q aske
Helen.
"He is, as I have said, appointed b.
The kaiser who also has full power &
dismiss him. Although the Chancello
Is supposed TO be, i'm measure res
ponsible TO the Reichstag representa-
Inc German people, those German
who are opposed to the present nor
archy and who want a democracy sa
that actually he is not really respof
sible TO anyone but Emperor Wilhelm
"Be that as il may. the Chanceht
Is partly occupied in keeping the var
Gus political parties represented in ti
Reichstag in sympathy with the pre-
gram OF the government and WorNn
I'm harmony. If the majority parties
lhe Reichstag lose confidence IN u
Chancellor, believing that he does M
represent the wishes Of the peopl
thew can demand his retirement
shown I'm the news article that Jimn
read at the beginning Of our talk.
"lf. notwithstanding this deman
the kaiser refuses to reNove Dr. N
ohaelis. the present CHANCELLOR,
would seem 90 prove that the has
Is supreme. that the Chancellor
merely his representative and that q
Reichstag has very little real power
different in England and France.
in England and France there is
quite different state Of affairs. WI
i'm England. King George reigns
heredily and appoints the premi
who corresponds TO the Chancellor
Germany, the Houses OF Parliame