ZABERN DEBATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1967, 26 January 1914, Page 5

ZABERN DEBATE.

UPROAR IN THE REICHSTAG. VIOLENT SPEECHES. BY SOCIALIST MEMBERS. By,T«!ejr«sk---Pr«sVAS3oclaUor.—Ooiiyrljiit. I Berlin, Januan 2,1 ?- : (lurini;-.tho Ziiiicrii dclji'.ie. v'Dr. 'Fran!;, ' n Socialist niombi-r,.attacked: thi> Crown j Prince:. aiiiid'JoiultConsen;.atiyoiprotest's'J? • I to . moderate'.,his hniguai'.e.: • The ;Chan- | cellor .(Ilerr.. Von •'••Beihmiuni-Hollwcg)'- 1 j interposed in.-, the Crown Prime's de-'.. '!sIS;' " J SIOFMV DISCUSSION attack ox thc cromn prince (Rcc Jamian 25, 33pm) Berlin, Janmuj 24 In;i he • Reichsi:)g; Dr. Frank declared that"-hundreds-fof .-thousands : 'of peopleivero stirrod when the future Kaiser displayed, ansintimate ..friendship, with the contemners of.the constitution, and the inciters of a coup d'etat; and they would feel that the nation must take its destinies into its' own hands! ■ : There was a "storm of applause from the Left and protests from tlie Ilight. . Dr. Frank added that what the Crown Prince extolled as his'supreme happiliesa as-a soldier—namely, leading the Hussars , in battle —would be a supreme misfortune for the bulk of the nation. - Th-e Chancellor (Her r. roiußethmantl Hollweg), Tcplying'-.-to- the ■ criticisms, said that a Cabinet order of 1820 empowering the military'to' intervene, if the civil (authorities ■■were.'uMble.. . to niaintaiii-'.orderywas' still valid, though it : had inever been s 'applied' until . tlio Zabern;. incident.. ••-.The Socialists real object, flie! said, jiilwas/itc;;. destroy,,''■'}! the army.'; '/■ The Conire.'aiid the';Natioiial'Liberals supported the Chancellor. !> ;■>. ■ Herr Ledebour,':in.ft tiery. speech, said ■that thef Crown&Prineo's'; farewell .of' tho Dautzie Hussarsiwas'reminiscent of girls at school, Heishotild stick to his trade of making' : 'ciiffi;!>iitto>]S; 'which he had learned. Dr. Delbnick'(Department of the In-, tenor) 1 protested against ■ the ■ intrncluc-' tion?of the .Crown;/ Prince's personality, and .said that his,farewell. .of'tho Hussars 7 showed 1 that ■: he. ws imbued with tha right afnjyfspirit.'?.' I !''"'''''S'/'H ■ MILITARY ACTION APPROVED." •••.-• (Rec. January 2G, 0.13 a.m.). Berlin, January 21. ■iThe': ; Reichstag , adopted the .. Centre motion, ■ approving ef military ■ action in purely ipoitee'ailairs so regit-i lated as to assure independence of civil .authority,' and also the National. Liberals' nudton" in favour of'' t!ic. ■7 .''bo Liberals', motion ill favour of the revision "01. the'- regulations • curtailing the rights of the. military to use anus; The Radicals were indignant, but.the Government did not participate in the debute on tho Motions, .!■■■ ' ■ .'