GERMAN EX-RULERS' PROPERTY
A COMPROMISE BILL (Uy Electric Telegraph .--Copy right.* .Australian & N.Z. Qajjlo Association.) BERLIN, June 10 In the Reichstag, in submitting a compromise bill on the question of the property of former rulers, Chancellor Marx declared that a demand for confiscation without compensation was against the principles of a legal state and against the constitution, which conferred "in air 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 comp'omise in. the "bill, and would riot hesitate to take, the oonsequences if it was impossible for ilie Reichstag to reach an agreement. A centre deputy on behalf of the Government parties approved the Bill. Socialist Muellen- attacked Hindenburg regarding his recent• letter opposing expropriation without' compensation, saying that Hindenburg was. guifty of unconstitutional partisanship. ) Dr. Marx, did not admit that-Hinden-burg violated his constitutional position, but this attitude was not shared by all Government parties, including the Centrist, of which,' Marx is chairman. The'. compromise• bill was finally referred -to the judicial committee.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 June 1926, Page 2
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