Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
Or. SPAIN DECIDES NOT
TO SEEK REELECTION
Forced From Reichstag by Accept
NM ing Post Of Prussian Min
-et ssr lister of Justice. s
HIS ssAcT1oN CAUSES INQUIRY
Is Catholic Centrist Party Receding
From Attitude Taken In Respect
SSsto Parliamentary Reforms in Re-
g cent Cabinet Party, Is asked.
by Associated Pre.,.1

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y BERLIN, August 10 tyia London.
August 1i).-ls the Catholic centrist
party recedinE from It's attitude taken
in respect to parliamentary reforms in
the course OF the recent Cabinet cri-
sis! The query has been suggested
leader of the party in the Reichstag.
not to seek recollection TO the Reich
staE. from which he has been forced
since accepting the post Of Prussian
Minister OF Justice.
: In a section OF the press and in his
own party IT was taken for granted
he would continue as party leader in
the Reichstag, as his reelection was
positively assured. Germania. organ.
of the CcntAst party. is now author
ised to announce that DR.. SPAIN Will
not bee candidate. This has removed
oneRois&the. parliamontarians from the
Prussian ministry and Bundcsrat, as
Or. SPAIN, in the capacity of Minister
81 JushitesSa lso qualified for member
chip iHstkatF ederal Council.
MAKDeNsFTtsUNNEC
E5EoSeHANGE CONSTITUTION
s His actor Tor tho time being makes
1t unnetessarYgto change the imperial
constitlt,on. (which does not permit
sjmultsh&ohs mem bership in the Bun
desr9tsaassRstS and also possess
sion sttSSthS ReiGhstag mandate while
holdinScRH government position. DR..
Schiller. one of the national Liberal
leaders, who has been appointed I'm
der-Secretary OF the Imperial Finance
Ministry, also will not seek reelection
to the Reichstag. Gcrmania says: ITO
return to the question of the parlia-
mentarization Of the government. we
all know to-day how far responsible
advisers OF the crown have proceeded,
and may recognize in the present &C
complishment the limits to which they
propose to go. We need not reiterato
that these limits coincide with what
tho Centrist party deemed desirable
and aimed to achieve"
Tho TaEeolatt concludes from Ger
mania's comment that the Centrist
party Is wholly in accord with the par.
characterization undertaken by Chan
cellor Michaelis in the reconstruction
or the government. The Socialist or
gan Vorwaerts observes that DR.. SPAIN
and DR.. Schiller. whose Reichstag man
dates now have expired. were repre-
sentatives Of the people. but now have
become officials, and says:
Greek mythology relates that oc
casionally mortals were also received
In Olympus. and as half gods permit
ted to eat ambrosia with immortals.
Hpe EfpQepen. Of the bureaucratic
&ypf1S 6ae6 HSHkA this custom in
Mind Occasionally Vhey honor the
Iasser race OF parliamentarians by ele
waiting one of its members to their
rank, but the chosen one then ceases
TO be parliamentarian. as though he
simply became too exclusive for such
a. purpose.
TRANSlToRY STAGE
CANNOT BE TOLERATED.
1T is plain that the Reichstar
whose position as a whole has not
peen elevated. but rather diminished
as result OF such procedure cannot
iohS Tolerate this tranSitory stage
characterization. practiced by
me government. is tragic misconcep-
lion, which must be cleared IN as
soon as possible. The Reichstag must
not be ladder leading to high posi-
lions. but must be an effective CON
trol!' Sc device for the government The
place for the peoples representatives
must be above, not below. bureau
cracy. -
The Vossische .zeitung says: in view
OF the fact that the members OF The
felchstag, DR.. SPAIN and DR.. Schifr.r
VIII not accept new mandates, small
progress will be made along the route
10 parliamentarization which has been
annulled The favorable moment to
solve the problem has been missed
VIII now be the duty of the Reich
SfE' Immediately upon reconveninc
accomplish revision of paragraphs
sfand u Of the imperial Constitution
decioed In the sessions of the con-
sGtutional committee"