FRANCHISE BATTLE IN PRUSSIA
CROWN PRINCE INVOLVED (Rec. May 13, 9.30 p.m.) London, May JL3. TJie "Times" correspondent at The Hague stales that ilic Crown Prince lias been involved in tho dispute which is raging over tho franchise question. Ho telegraphed to Count Spee congratulating him on his motion in tho Reichstag proposing to 6helve the Reform Bill until after the war. Tho German Press, discussing tho incident, notes this indication of increased military interference in Germany's domestic and foreign policy. It is anticipated that Count von Hertling will bo obliged to adopt some powers of jugglery in order to delay the Reform Bill, and gain time. The "Vorwacrts" fiay9:-"TIiG spirit of freedom and the spirit of conquest are- mutually exclusive. Wo cannot establish a military- dictator in tho Ukraine- and adopt a democratic poso at home." Tho "Bremen Burgereoilung declares that a great, wave of discontent is sweeping over the people, due to the costly and resultle.se battle.?, tho burden of expenditure, and the insolent rejection of eqiml suffrage—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 201, 14 May 1918, Page 5
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172FRANCHISE BATTLE IN PRUSSIA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 201, 14 May 1918, Page 5
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