GERMAN QUARRELS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 19, 20 May 1912, Page 5

GERMAN QUARRELS.

CHANCELLOR AN!) MINISTRY

GET ANNOYED

AND LEAVE THE REICHSTAC

Berlin, May 18

Herr Scheidemann, speaking in the Reichstag, said that the Kaiser icgarded the incorporation of Prussia as the worst punishment he could inflict on the insubordinate province, it was equivalent to penal servitude, loss oi civic lights and degradation to the lowest rank in the Federal system. The Socialists desired that Prussia should no longer be regarded as a German Siberia. The statement was received with tumultuous protests. The Chancellor, Herr von Bethmaun Hoilweg, signalled to the President for a rebuke. As this was not forthcoming, Herr Hoilweg and all the Ministers quitted the Reichstag. They were absent for two hours, and returned only after Herr Scheidemann had been called to order. Herr Hoilweg, referring to the Al-sace-Lorraine Diet's censure of the Prussian authorities for withdrawing orders for locomotives, said that the Kaiser's warning was justified, but it was nob intended to encroach on tin Federal Council's or Reichstag's rights. He concluded by accepting full responsibility for the situation arising out of the incident. INSINCERE DEFENCE. (Received 20, 8.45 a.m.) Berlin, May 19. The intemperate language of the Socialists in tiie Reichstag respecting the Kaiser's indiscretion over AlsaceLorraine, according to the newspapers, evaded the real issue, though both Liberals and Radicals denounce the Chancellor's defence as insincere.