Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02

the amount of the budget without
reaching an agreement with the coun-
ell. Imperial postal and telegraphic
rates will be determined by the coun-
Gil, and the railroad systems win be
taken over by the empire and states
Private roads must be given over to
the empire on demand, and the en-
pirc can confiscate railroads not yet
taken over. In case the defense OF
the country requires the step. 1t las
the power to take over the administra-
ton of all water routes.
Judges of the ordinary civil courts
will be chosen for life, and cannot lie
removed except by judicial decision.
The age of retirement will be deter
mined later. Military courts are
abolished, save in wartime and on
board warships, and state courts, which
will try those accused of political
crimes, will be crcatsd by imperial
law. :.
The second main part provides that
all Germans shall be equal before the
law, and that men and women shall
have basicaliy the same rights and
duties. Preferential rights and draw
backs of birth and position are ;reniov-
ed, and titles of nobility are considered
las only part of a persons name. No
more titles will be conferred. and will
be. given only when they describe a
persons occupation. Academic titles,
however. will, still be awarded. No
tokens of honor may be given odt by
the government, and no German may
accept a title or order from foreign
state.
Every citizen of an individual state
Is q citizen OF the empire. Every Ter
man will have equal rights anywhere
within the empire, and may live where
ne pieases. He will have the right to
own real estate and purchase food
in any ctute. Every German permitted
to emigrate viii have the privilege of
being protected in foreign countries,
and no German may be delivered UP to
4 foreign country for prosecution and
punishment. Foreign speaking Ger
mans may not be prevented from
developing the free use of the mother
tongue. In Instruction and legal af-
fairs the freedom of the Individual Is
invulnerable. The Germans house will
be his castle.
Postal, telegraph and telephone Sc
crecy 10 guaranteed. Every German
has the right TO express his opinions
by written or spoken word, print or
picture. There will he no censorship
save for moving picture1, for which
regulations Will be made to suppress
Objectionable films for the protection
OF youth.
Under the heading" Community of
Life" the constitution declares that
marriage constitutes the basis Of fam
ily life and the salvation Of the nation
and it is, therefore, under the special
protection of she constitution on the
basis of equality of the sexes. 1t is
pointed out that il is the duty of the
state to Keep pure and healthy the
family life and that families with sew
eral children have the right to neces-
sary care Motherhood>it is declared,
has prior claim to the protection of
the state. Illcgitimate children, shall
be placed under the same bodily,
spiritual and social conditions as
legitimate ones, and youth must be
protected from moral, spiritual or ply
sical neglect.
Rights OF German Citizens.
A long list of the rights of German
citizens which seem obvious outside
Germany, comes next. The list in
cludes the right to hold gatherings, to
belong to societies and organizations
o. social, political and religious
groups. 1t is declared that petty Of
hcials appointed for life may not be dis
charged unless the complaints against
them ere tirst submitted to them.
Under religion, the constitution 6e
clares that all citizens Of Germany
shall enjoy complete freedom of belief
and conscience. No state church eX-
lists and religion plays no part in citi-
zenship. 1t is provided that there must
be universal attendance at school for q
period of eight years and that pupils
must attend advanced schools until Is
years old. 1t will not be necessary to
pay tuition, and state aid will be given
needy pupils and their families. Pri-
vate schools can be run only with gov
ernmental permission. All schools, It
is provided, must make an effort to
educate their students in the spirit of
the German people and in the spirit
OF reconciliation with the peoples OF
tho world. Instruction in constitution
al government and manual labor is
obligatory in all schools.
The constitution lays down basic
rules for the economic future, guaran-
tee!ng the rights Of spiritual work and,
invention, and protects art A sys-
tenn of councils is created for indus
tries, by which employees will have
voice in the decisions reached by the
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