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the former as Colonial Secretary, the
latter as Vice Chancellor. They both
sustained vow HERTLINe's policy so
long as he was Chancellor, and they
will support, MS voN HEnTLINe did,
any other policy that the military
party represented by the German
General STAFF sees At to enforce.
1t would be Interesting to know
what was the effect upon the people
Of the Kaiser's statement, 81 desire
that the German people shall coop
crate more effectively than hitherto
In deciding the fate of the father
land" The Germans seem to have
the illusion that they have had very
material part in the Government;
that through their votes on members
Of the Reichstag they exercise the
right Of franchise, and that they like
wise possess certain rights and priv
ileges secured to them. by the Con.
stitution Of April 10, 1871.
That the Reichstag has no power
other than to serve as a medium for
the expression OF the opinions Vt the
various political parties, that Its chief
function is that Of debating club"
and that 1t has been aptly styled "the
hall Of echoes" has not tended to
awaken the German people to the
fact that 1t is not in the sense as are
legislative assemblies In constitutional
governments representative body.
The Hohenzollern opinion of the Con-
stitution was expressed by WILLIAM
l.. when he declared that the Crown
came to him not by the win of any
parliament but by the will Of Cop,
whose instrument am"
Sometimes Germany Is shocked by
the defiant assertion Of one of its
bolder men that no such thing as civil
government exists in Germany. LIEB-
KNEcHr is prisoner for daring to
make such q statement, and Count
Won LAcHyowsKY is an exile In Swift
zerland; while only a few days ago
the Socialist leader ScHEIDEMANN
was called traitor for venturlng to
declare that LupENDoRrr, as the chief
Of the General STAFF, was the real
ruler Of Germany and not Chancellor
Won HERTIING or any of the Imperial
Secretaries.
A proposed change, which was re-
ported at the same time as the EN-
peror's desire for more effective "co-
operation Of the people," was the
formation Of a parliamentary Gov
eminent with responsible Ministry"
An agreement looking forward to this
move, 1t was stated, was reached by
the three majority parties in the
Reichstag." To secure this right,
vouchsafed by every constitutional
government in the world, would re-
quire a revision Of the German Con-
stitution. AS the change would affect
the privileges Of the Bundesrat, the
Council Of Princes Of the German En-
pire, there Is little reason to believe
that the change will be made. The
Bundesrat is strong defender Of the
constitution when its own privileges
or prerogatlves are in jeopardy.
All these reported evidences of the
growth in power of the German peo-
pie. whether manifested in riots for
peace or revolts against Prussian
mil i'm ris m M rtoka foo much of tho
nature of similar disturbances pre-
viously so industriously reported from
Berlin, to gain credence in Allied ma
tons. Hohenzollernism Is struggling
to maintain its dynastic hold upon
the German Empire and Prusdan mill
tarism is still force. Until these
are overthrown the world will con-
slider them the dominant power. what
ever scheme they employ to force the
German people into the foreground.