Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . ssion to the Reichs-tag. In the second reading of the bills, begunon November 15th and finished December 3d,the Reichstag in all cases decided, by largemajorities, for the propositions of the commis-sion, and against the objections of the FederalCouncil. After the second reading was fin-ished Prince Bismarck declared that not lessthan nineteen points could not be accepted bythe united governments, and that the wholework would be a failure if the Reichstag wouldnot relent. To avert this, the leaders of theNational Li
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . ssion to the Reichs-tag. In the second reading of the bills, begunon November 15th and finished December 3d,the Reichstag in all cases decided, by largemajorities, for the propositions of the commis-sion, and against the objections of the FederalCouncil. After the second reading was fin-ished Prince Bismarck declared that not lessthan nineteen points could not be accepted bythe united governments, and that the wholework would be a failure if the Reichstag wouldnot relent. To avert this, the leaders of theNational Liberal party, Von Bennigsen, Miquel,and Lasker, declared themselves willing toenter upon some compromise, which offer wasaccepted by the chancellor. A compromisewas finally agreed upon, satisfactory to bothparties, the National Liberals sacrificing theclause with regard to the press, while the gov-ernments consented to relinquish the prepon-derating influence of the administration overthe courts. This compromise was not only bit-terly attacked by the Catholics and the Social. AU«SBURG, GERMANY. Democrats, but also by the Party of Progress(Fortschrittspartei), who thus hoped to drivethe Natioual Liberals from their position as theleading party of the Reichstag. The compro-mise was, however, sanctioned by the Reichs- tag, on December 22d, by a vote of 194 to passing an appropriation of 10,186,000marks for the condensation of the telegraphicsystem of Germany, and for the construction ofseveral main lines by subterranean cables, the GERMANY. 347 session was closed on December 23d by tboEmperor in person. In the speech from thethrone he reviewed the results of the legisla-tive period just completed. lie enumeratedthe more important measures which had be-come law, and expressed his sincere gratifica-tion at what had been accomplished by theHouse. The Emperor thanked the Parliament for the completion of the judicial law, bywhich considerable progress had been madetoward the
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