EX-ROYALTIES’ PROPERTY
1 CONFISCATION PROPOSAL. OPPOSED TO CONSTITUTION. BERLIN, June 10. In the Reichstag, in submitting a compromise bill on the question of the property of former rulers, the Chancellor, Dr Marx, declared that a demand for confiscation without compensation was against the principles of legal state and against the constitution, which conferred on all citizens equal rights. The Chancellor added that .if the plebiscite resulted in a negative, the Government would do its utmost to reach a settlement in the spirit of the Compromise Bill," and would not hesitate to take the consequences if it was impossible for the Reichstag to reach an agreement. The. Socialist, Mueller, attacked President von Hindenburg regarding his recent letter opposing expropriation without compensation, saying that the President was guilty of unconstitutional partisanship.
Dr Marx would not admit that President Hindenburg had violated his constitutional position, but this attitude was not shared by all the Government parties, including the Centrist, of which Dr Marx is chairman. The Compromise Bill was finally referred to the Judicial Committee.— Reuter.
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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1926, Page 5
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