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WHY HERMANN MI ST UK DEMOCRATIZED
Writes Ambassador Heral d in his book: “My com
mission had read ‘Ambassador to tiermany. It is char
acteristic of our deep ignorance of ail foreign affairs that
I was appointed ambassador to place which does not exist.
Politically, there is no such plac* as ’tiermany.’ There are
the twenty-five states. Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
Saxony, etc., which make up the ‘Herman Empire,’ but
there is no such political entity as ‘tiermany.’ These
twentv-five states have votes in the bundesrath, a body
which may be said to correspond remotely to our United
States senate. But each state has a different number of
votes. Prussia has seventeen, Bavaria six. Wurtemberg
and Saxony four each. Baden and Hesse three each. Meek
lenburg - Schwerin and Brunswick two each and the rest
one each. Prussia controls Brunswick.’’
The twentv-five states have a total of fifty-nine
votes in the bundesrath. Nine of these states cast forty
three votes, and Prussia alone can say how seventeen votes
shall be cast. Members of the bundesrath are named by
the princes of the twenty-five states. Seventeen mem
bers may sit for Prussia, or there may be but one member
who casts the seventeen votes of that state. Upon every
proposition the votes of each state must lie cast as a unit.
When a new law is made for the Herman people it
must originate in the bundesrath among the representa
tives of the Herman princes. After its adoption by them
it is sent to the reichstag to be returned upon approval by
that body for final action. A majority of a quorum in the
reichstag consists of a majority of the members elected
and in the bundesrath it consists of those members pres
ent. It is the privilege of bundesrath members to appear
in the reichstag and debate measures in which they are
interested.
If any fundamental <>r constitutional change in the eiv
pire is proposed it must originate and proceed in the same
manner as an ordinary law, with some cleverly devised
handicaps, however, which prevents such change unless
it should he clearly in the interests of the German princes
and their junker supporters. With an opposition of four
teen votes no measure of that character can pass the hund
esrath. a provision that is doubly significant when we con
sider the voting strength of Prussia alone. With respect
to rights expressly granted und r the existing constitu
tion to any particular state they cannot be legislated away
without the consent of that state.
The reichstag is the nearest approach in Germany to
a popularly elected body. The elections to the body are
ly indirect suffrage. Kvery male citizen over 24 years
of age can vote, not for the deputy who is to serve in the
councils of the government, but for an elector who. with
others similarly elected, will choose the deputy. In the
American sense the German citizen votes for a delegate
to the convention, and when he votes he does so orally and
in a loud voice, and in the presence of those who may have
personal, financial or political interest in the election, and
at the same time be in a position to visit the penalty of dis
appointment or displeasure upon the citizen who does not
\ote “right.”
With such indirect and second-hand selection the
reichstag is merely a “hall of echoes" as it has been aptly
designated. One-third of its membership is ultra-conser
vative, wholly in sympathy with the Prussian policy of the
Dorman princes, or dominated by the junkers who are
their staunchest adherents. With this ultra-conservative
third the Catholic or Centrist party is closely allied, while
the Social Democrats, who are the only visible embodi
i
ment of all the active democracy there is in the German
empire, constitute a powerless contingent.
The emperor of Germany is also king of Prussia.
The prime minister is his servant, and he in turn appoints
ill the subordinate ministers with jurisdiction over the
colonies, t lie interior, education, justice, and the like. They
are the underlings of the prime minister and responsible
to him, as he is responsible to his master the emperor. No
one is responsible to the German people, as such do not
count, except to pay the taxes, fill up the army and by
their efficient industry keep the war machine up to the
standard which Prussian ambition demands.
The prince-appointed bundesrath is a master of all
legislation in Germany, and in all its collective delibera
tions and energies it is under the thumb and subject to the
I will of the king of Prussia. The power of the reichstag to
block legislation of any sort is theoretical only, for with
the kaiser’s consent the bundesrath may dissolve the reich
stag. So long as Prussia elects 23(i out of 21)7 members of
that parliamentary body recourse to such drastic proced
ure could hardly he necessary.
YYe are in the war to democratize Germany because
Germany cannot be isolated from the great family of civ
ilized nations and for that reason our peace, our freedom
and our safety depend upon whether Germany is to be
made a democracy or remain a military autocracy; wheth
or it is to no feudal or modern, slave or free.
No noe would deny the German people their place in
the sun. Reason and good conscience and a just concept
of civilized progress that will best serve all humanity, de
mand that they should share that place with all other peo
ples. Rut they cannot share it as the political and mili
tary vassals of powerful and unconscionable masters, be
cause those masters will not he content except to monopo
lize the benefits and privileges of such a place, and accord
them to others only by Prussian favor. They have insist
ed on that, and because they have been denied the world
is now weltering in blood.
To democratize Germany is to create a German polit
ical entitv with which the world can deal in faith and con
t
fidence for the establishment of peace. Peace, which will i
be blessed to the German people, as to all other peoples,!
can be had in no other way.
'CORDOVA MEN
ARE ARRESTED
FOR SEDITION
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i OllDOYA, Dec. 2J. — • Dy Mail).!
The federal officials of this division j
* r.ave hei>un an active campaign toi
.ound up all persons who 'll' spread-]
ing the pi*»-(ici*man propognmla in
A a ka. The Jirsl ones gaih»,,c I »>i.
th«* <11: u n-*t were Joe Jan *) and [Job
Schnuth. who were placed an ter ai*i
res* la:! niuht by Deputy .Mar*li;:ij
l*in re.!.n upon information fdedj
I‘ gainst Mum by District .\Do:me> .
Mun'oy. They arc charged with scci-i
ticus tad;, in which they slued that]
in the present war the kuisov was]
i*,gi»t :u*d the United States wrong; i
also tlour opposition to the woik of
the lied ( loss. This talk has ext-ndodi
>v *r a p**i *od of two weeks. They were |
forme! !y employed at tie* City bakery |
where it is alleged that most of the]
seditious talk took place, while they
wore working on the night shift and
,iu proprietors were not present. As
soon as the facts became known
'losses. Hartwjg & Kiesling cooperat
ed with the federal authouties and
m dei i i! them valuable service in se
curing evidence against the men,
which resulted in their being placed j
in custody.
Janey and Schmith are at present)
in the federal jail and their cases havej
been reported to the attorney gener
al at Washington, who will determine]
whether they shall remain here for
♦ he period of the war or be sent out
side to an internment camp.
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NEW STEAMER ALASKA
TO RE SOON LAUNCHED
VANCOUVER, Jan. 3. — The 8800
ton steamer Alaska, the largest car
ier to bear that territory's name, will
be launched her Jan. 20th. The steam
er will fly the Noi • eg’an flag. Like
many other boats being constructed
for foreign nations, the Alaska has
aij-r beta command -on ci.
-ft
EVEN THOUGH COLD
ICE INDUSTRY SUFFERS!
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XEYV YORK. Jan. 3. — Aeeordinp
to Charles YV. Merril of the United
States Chemical Bureau the artificnl
ice industry is facing serious condi
tions owing to the war's demand for!
ammonia. He urged natural ice deal-j
ers to fill their storage houses to the
limit, as he could not assure a con
tinued supply of ammonia during the;
winter or next spring until a $10,000,-1
i
Or.U ammonia plant which the govern
ment intends to build is completed.
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NEW WAR OFFIC ER
WASHINGTON, Jan. L L. H.
llornim*;, of Waukesha, Wis., has be» n
named to represent the War Indus
tries Hoard in negotiations for taking
«'Ver part of the motor plants of the
country for war service, and to super
vise all automobile purchases made
by the United States and her allies.
-ty.
REI) GROSS RELIEF IS
SENT TO GUATEMALA CITY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — A Red
Cross Relief ship was dispatched from
New Orleans today for Guatemala
City, scene of the recent earthquake
in which 1000 were killed and 100,000
were made homeless.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
191m, 1914, 1915, 1910. and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
and improvements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the,
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an]
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location j
thereof and deeds of conveyance of!
said interest of record in the record-1
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the years as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the United]
States and district of Alaska concern- j
ing annual labor upon mining claims]
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.,
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un- j
less within ninety (90) days after the:
last publication of this notice you1
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen-j
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Bau- j
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi j
proportionate share of said tepresen-J
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
ithe manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, thN
fifteenth dav of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
Seward Light &
Power Company
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Sailing of Alaska Dec. 8th, connects with Dora to the westward
‘Sailing of Victoria Dec, 16th, is via the outside passage.
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Phone Madison 87 J. L. GRAEF Seward, Afftska
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Taylor's Express meets all boats
and trains. Phone Main 122.
Subscribe for The Gateway.
Boys Regulation Tan Army Shoes.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First”
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City Express. Phone Main 122.
Rayo Table Lamps with shades at
Graef’8. 015tf.
Proof of labor blanks for 5ale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers for Seward
Bakery Bread.
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Pearl Oil $1.7b a can at Graef*. tf
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Impoi-ted Swiss cheese can now be
had at Brown & Hawkins.
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For sleds and ice skates see Graef.
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Andy's Express, phone Madison 143.
They do what no
other cigarette
ever did before:
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