The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-18
CIVIL COURT JUDGES

Judges of the ordinary civil courts
will be chosen for life and cannot be
removed except by judicial decision
THE age of retirement will be deter
mined later Military courts are apcl-
ished save in war time and on board
warships, and state courts when VIII
try those accused of political crimes
will be created by imperial law.
The second main part provides that
all Germans shall be equal before the
law and that men and women shall
have basically the same rights ana
duties. Preferential rights and draw :
hacks of birth and position are re-
moved and titles of nobility are con
sidered as only the yart of person
name. No more titles will be can
ferred. and will be given only when
thew describe a persons occupation.
Academic titles. however, will stu De
awarded. No tokens of honor may De
given out by the government and no
German may accept a title or oroer
from a foreign state
Every citizen of an individual state
is citizen of the empire. Every Ger
man will have equal rights anywhefe
within the empire and may live where
he pleases. He will have the right
to own real estate and purchase food
in any state Every German permitted
to emigrate will have the privilege
of being protected in foreign coun-
tries and no German may be delive
cred up to a foreign country for prose-
cution and punishment
Foreign speaking Germans may no.
be prevented from developing the free
use of their mother tongue. the Ger
mans house will be his castle.
Postal, telegraph and telephone
secrecy is guaranteed Every German
has the right to express his opinions
by written or spoken word, print or
picture. There will be no censorship
save for moving pictures, for which
regulations will be made to suppress
Objectionable films for the protection
of youth.
EQUALITY OF SEXES
Under the heading Community u
Life" the constitution declares that
marriage constitutes the basis of ram
ily life and the salvation of the ma
ton, and it is, therefore, under the
special protection of the constitution
as a basis of equality of the sexes
1t is pointed out that it is the DUTY
of the state to keep pure and healthy
the family life and that families with
several children have the right to nee
essary care Motherhood it is de-
clared, has prior claim to the pro-
tecticn of the state. lllegitimate chill
dren shall be placed under the same
bodily, spiritual and social conditions
as legitimate ones, and youth must b.
protected from moral, spiritual oil
physical neglect.
long list of the rights OF Ger.
man citizens, which seem obvious oU--
side Germany, comes next. The list
includes the right to hold gatherings
to belong to societies and organiza
lions or social. political and religious
groups 1T is declared that petty OF
ficials appointed for life may not 81
discharged unless complaints agains
them are first submitted to them
Under religion. the constitution de
clares that all citizens of Germany
shall enjoy complete freedom of belle
and conscience No state church ex
lists and religion plays no part in Gill
zenship Tt is provided that thel'
must be universal attendance a. schoo
for a period of eight years and tina
pupils must attend advanced schoo,
until IS years old. It Will not be nee
essarv, to pay tuition and state ait
viii be given needy pupils and thei
families.
Private schools can be run only wiz
government permission. All schools
il is provided, must make an effort Il
educate their students in the spirit 0
the German people and in the spiri
Of the reconciliation with the peoples
of the world. Instruction In constitu
! tional government and manual labo
! is obligatory in all schools.
The constitution lays down basil
rules for the economic future, guar
| anteeing the rights Of spiritual worl
| and invention and protects art. 2
| system of councils is created for in
/ dustries by which employees will hav'
q voice in the decisions reached y.
| the employers.