Arizona republican., 1918-10-07

and does not draw its leaders there from.
 The war had conducted US beyond the old multifarious and disrupted party life which made it so difficult to put into execution a uniform and decisive political wish. The formation of majority means the formation of q political will, and an indisputable re- suit of the war has been that in Ger many for the first time, great parties have joined together in a firm, har- monious program and have thus come into position to determine for them selves the fate of the people.
 This thought will never die. This development will never be retracted | (applause). And 1 trust that so long as Germany's fate is ringed about by dangers, those sections of the people outside the majority parties and whose | representatives do not belong to the government, will put aside all that sep arates us and will give the fatherland what is the fatherlands.
 Must Give Poland Franchise This development necessitates an alteration of our constitutions provis- | ions along the lines of the imperial de- cree of September 90, which shall make ] | reichstag who entered the government | will retain their seats in the reichstag
 A bill to this end has been submitted 10 the federal states and will immed- lately be made the object of their con- sideration and decision.
 l Gentlemen, let us remember the words spoken by the emperor on Aug ust 4, 1914, which I permitted myself to paraphrase last December at Karls- ruhe: There are, in fact, parties, out they are all German parties (Applause) Political developments in Prussia, | the principal German federal state, must proceed in the spirit of these words of the emperor, and the message of the king of Prussia, promising the democratic franchise, must be fulfilled | quickly and completely. (Applause). do not doubt, also, that these federal states which still lag behind in the de- velopment of their constitutional coE- ditions will resolutely follow Prussia s example. (applause).
 For the present. as the example of all bellgerent states demonstrates, the extraordinary powers which a condi- ton of siege compels cannot be dis pensed with but close relations be- tween the military and civilian author | ities must be established which will make it possible that in all, not purely military, questions, and hence especial ly as to censorship and right of as semblage, the attitude of the civilian executive authorities shall make itself heard and that final decision shall be placed under the chancellor's responsi- bility. (Applause).
 New Epoch in German History
 ITO this end, the order of the em- peror will be sent to the military com- i manders. With September 30, the dIy of the decree, began a new epoch in | Germany's internal history. The inter nal policy whose basic principles arc 1 therein laid down is of deciding i'm portance of the question of peace or | war.
 "The striking force which the gov ernment has in its strivlngs for peace depends on whether it has behind it 1 the united, firm and unshakable will of the people. Only when our enemies feel that the German people stand united back of their chosen leaders-then only can words become deeds. (Applause)
 At the peace negotiations, the Ger man government will use it's efforts to the end that the treaties shall contain