Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-22
NEW GERMANY TO Be
GROUP OF REPUBLICS
Plan of Federation Embraced III
the Draft of Proposed Con-
stitution: New Deal
for Lands.

london. Jan - Germany. untST the
draft If the proposed new tonStitutlon
l. divided INTO federated republics. hesc
pohncal divisions, according To wireless
a,spatch from Berlin Yesterday include
the foluwIng
The Republic VI Berl,n. heading the list
of the Federated Republics and including
the city and rural districts oi ,'rcater
Berlin. with about 10000 600 inhabitants
Tho Republic OF Prussia, including the
Provinces ot last and Ncst Prussia ana
the Bromhcrg district
The Republic of Sllcsia. including f"sen
and Sudctcn regions east ot Bohcmla
The Republic II lirandcnhurr, including
thai parl ot the Braudcnburg outside "i
Greater Rcrlln. together with fomcfanla,
Nltmark and tn, two MccklcnhurgS
The Republic of Lower SaNony, ncludin
Hanover. Schlcswlg lIolstcin Oldenburg'
and brunswick
The R,pubhc of N,>tphala including
Nc@tph. h.. Nehaumhcrr llpIN and VT
mont
The Republic oi lr~sc including llcSsc-
Nassau and the Grand Duchv Of licssc
The Rcpubhc ot the l;hncland.lncludng
the Rhine rroNucc~, Bavarian ltaiz,
and tile rrncpahtv ot hrA"nicld
The rfurt Government District Is I"
o. Ia Greater thurluUa
Tho Federal state OF Gcrman-AuStrla
) also to br founded and Vienna, like
Berlin. Is "a become subject ot the state
Government rari- d German Nistrn
arr to - t. N,lc,la, lppcr SAXON or
Bavaria
Ii Is provided ii the draft 81 the "ns't-
tuition that the President i. the empire Is
10 h, elected by the cutIrr German people.
and that his term shall bc seven wears
The Chancellor !, 20 tc appointed hy tho
President and IL H. responsible tn "a"
Chamber. Tie must retire II he members
of the Chamber with draw their confidence
hv definite vote
In II. nam feature che proposed con
stttution. which has hecn drafted under
government auspices. provides ior
RDch>taC composed oi two ehaintFTS'
orc 10 ~ Il popular chamhcr and the
at chosen hy the states ne IT"pic
chamber 5 to IT, composed - deputies
al IN, united German people, elected
hv secret. direct and universal inuoi
All mon and women over ~ wears q
arc maV vote The lower chamber vii
D. chosen on the Prlncptc ~ prrIs'r-
tionatc representation
The upper chamber IS to tc composed
Of REPRESENTATIVE 0i Ito Nariou0 states
Tie duration ~ tlr legislative mandate
ci both chambers IS q IL throc N'arS.
Those Who drafted thc TIL evidently
had II mlnd highh centralized gov
trnmcnt, with full cuntWl over n'si oi
The acfiNltic~ tIpun which thc pt"pic
arc dependent il chara,tcu1c~ a> I'M
penal mattci thr following
Foreign relations The a'ttn>e oi th'
Enul. administrator 81 TN hanAS
ami exchanges. currency e,ights and
sFa4Fe4rtsettDE RAILWAY ana
rlycr trsnsportatIun and ~ nl water
vs,S common 10 the several German
states. control of the postal and trlc-
graph service and al motor traffic and
ayiati0n: questions of nationality irct-
dom al domieilc ia a state anu pass
ports the status ot fordencrs emIgra-
tlan civil and criminal law and judicial
procedure. labor legislation, maritime
navigation. legislation bearing on landed
property. on th, pres, IN Iuhhc COM
I,auics and On public meetings, churches
and schools
The usc of the words Empire snd
Imperial n the new German Consutu-
tlnn j. evidently a translation 81 the
words "pa> Rcich ami RGchs II
way thar would not have he approval
ii the Ebert government
II Was correct in the davs oi tho en-
rire for then Das Reich meant first
II all The German empire then the Gcr-
man nation thCn any realm, empire,
Kingdom nation. or state. and Recis
was the adjective However. ~ least
~ far as Germany i concerned. they
have lost their imperial thelr kaiser
Itch attributes and might nc rendered
simply as "nstlcn ana national As
abstract connotations u the originals