PRUSSIAN FRANCHISE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 192, 3 May 1918, Page 5

PRUSSIAN FRANCHISE

NOISY DEBATE IN THE DIET ! I — | CHANCELLOR'S POSITION j THREATENED ~„ Copenhagen, May 1. . I hero was a noisy meeting of the Prus. emu Diet. Herr Spec, of the -Ctnlro Party, proposed tho postponement of the Franchise Bill till alter the war. The Liberals strongly opposed the proposal. Herr JloJlniann, Independent Socialist, said t!i!it if the proposal ivcro adopted tho party would call on tho sol- I diers to coaso fighting, of "Trai« i tor!") . i Count Herlling said thai; Prussia could ' not ignore the movement' in favour of a general franchise, and urged tho parties ' to como to an understanding. ; Tho motion for postponement was re-jected.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. j GOVERNMENT COMMITTED BY : PROMISES. ' Amsterdam, May I. A\'hcii the' Prussian Chamber rejected tlio proposal to postpone suffrage reform . Count H'orUiiig declared that tho Gov- : ernment would certainly keep its promises. It would not accept any tnodifi- j cation for universal equal suffrage.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. VON ITERTLING'S POSITION IN • '' JEOPARDY. , i London, May I. • Tho "Daily Express'' correspondent at ; Amsterdam says tho position of Count i llertling and his whole administration ' is perilous, owing to the probability that the Prussian Diet will reject tTio Fran- \ chiso Bill. Count Herlling stated on ; Sunday that he will stand' or fa'", irith the! Bill. The Pan-Germans are delighted at the possibility of ousting Count Hertling becuuso lio does not favour tho annexation of Bolgiu,m aud Northern Franco. Thoy believe tho time has come for a purely annexationist Gov-ernment—Ans.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.' 1 '.