GERMANY.
Prince Bismarck has presented to 'the Federal Council a bill enabling the Beichefcag to inflict penalties on its members, the lightest being reprimand and a compulsory apology, while the most severe is expulsion from the Reichstag, with deprivation of the right of re-election. The bill also enacts that if unbecoming conduct for which a 'member is expelled renders him amenable to the criminal law, he shall be handed over to the judicial authorities. ' » ; The bill, which is obviously aimed against the Socialists, has been vehemently condemned by the German Liberal press, and a motion has been made in the Prussian Diet demanding that Prussian representatives in the Federal Council be instructed to vote against it. A' semi-official announcement states that the bill was directly suggested by the Emperor.
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Southland Times, Issue 3342, 7 March 1879, Page 2
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