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NEW CONSTITUTIlN TO FREE GERMANY Popular Government Provided by Organic Law. PEOPLE NAME PRESIDENT Long List of "Rights" Announced in Story From Berlin Berlin, Friday, Aug. 15.-(By the Associated Press).-Under the new German Constitution, which was pass ed by the National Assembly after months of debate, and which became effective this week, the Empire will have exclusive legislative rights gov erning foreign affairs, colonies, citi zenship, immigration, defense customs posts, telegraphs and long distance telephones, repopulation, motherhood, labor, insurance, protection to labor ers and employes, confiscation, care of wounded soldiers and their relatives, socialization of national resources, economic undertakings, manufacture, distribution, price fixing, economic production, trade weights and meas ures, the issuance of paper money, food, luxury, articles - of industry, mines, insurance, the mercantile ma rine, control of lake and coast fish eries, railroad, automobiles traffic, transportation by land, water and air, road construction and theaters. Individual States 'will have legis lative rights, but the imperial law will supersede those of individual States. Rules for Altering Empire. The Constitution lays down rules for altering the Empire territorially, providing that plebiscite shall be heldl in districts affected. The Reichstag supersedes the tem porary National Assembly. It will be elected for a term of four years. The president shall be chosen by the entird German people instead of by the as sembly and will hold office for a term of seven years. He will represent the Empire under international law, will make treaties and accredit diplomats. Declarations of war or peace must be proclaimed by the imperial Reichs tag and treaties with foreign States must be accepted by the Reichstag, The president, as commander of the forces of the Empire, can employ armed force3 for quelling disturbances or may send them against States which do not fulfill their duties, but in CYPRESS SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS AND MILL WORK t P7; RICES of jewelry w .. sonable than they In comlparison with commodities, conlsideri offer, our jewelry pri1ce Whatever you wish i jewelry, in charming sortment will please y Our Prices WNEN YOUi THINK OP/J WD.LM don*ofut oi' h .o Reetog, which is given the power of ,eto. The president's order must be countersign ed by a chancellor or the imperial minister whose department is affect ed. Chancellor is Vice President. The chancellor will occupy a posi tion analogous to that of vice presi dent. He and the rest of the ministry will be appointed by the president. The presideht will determine the Em pire's foreign policy, bear responsibil ity fo rthe Cabinet and in case of a tie vote in the ministry will have the deciding ballot. The Reichstag is given the right to impeach the president chancellor anpd ministers. Charges upon which im peachment proceedings are based must bear the names of 100 members of the Reichstag before the case can be brought before the court. The imperial council will be com posed of representatives of individ ual States, which will have at least one vote apiece. The votes of the larger States will be based on popula tion, being.fixed on the number of mil lions of inhabitants within their bor-. ders. No Stata can have more than two-fifths of the total number of votes in the council. Half of Prussia's votes must come from provincial administra f tions. Imperial legislation cannot be introduced in the Reichstag without the consent of the cc eil, unless the goverr.ment venture , introduce bills. which the Reichstag knows to be dis approved by the council. Budget System. Provided. Provision is made for a budget sys tem and the reichstage cannot raise the amount of the budget without reaching an agreement with the ec.uncil. Military courts are abolished save in war-time and on board warships. All Germans shall be equal before the i law and men and women shall have F basically the same rights and duties. 1 No more titles will be conferred and, wvill be given only when they describe t person's occupation. Every German will have equal c Sights anywhere within the empire s ,ad may live where he pleases. He I vill have the right to own real estate t 1'id purchase food in any Sate. Ev- a 'ry German permitted to e.nigrat3 y v11 have the privilege of being pro-'a ected in foreign countries and r:o. Terman may be delivered up to a for- t ign coutnry for prosecution and pnn- n shment. Foreign speaking German smay not v >e prevented from developing the free ' ise of their mother tongue. 1 e Every German has the right to ex-. )ress his opinions by written or, t poken words, print or picture. There I vill be no censorship save for mov- C ng pictures. 1 Under the heading "community of ife" the the constitution declares that r narriage constitutes the basis of a amily life and the salvation of the i mation and it is therefore, under the s pecial protection of the constitu- d ion on the basis of 6quality of the a exes. Motherhood, it is declared, has t prior claim to the protection of the state. Illegitimate children shall be >laced under the same bodily spiritual ndl social conditions as legitimate No Wormss In a Healthy Child] All chiildren troubled with worms have an un-< enithy color, which indIcates poor blood, and as a] ule, thecre Is more or less stomach disturbance. 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From the first' p day I took itI began ' to feel better and 1 , now I am well and r able to do most any kind of work. I have been recom mending the Com pound ever since and give you my per mission to publish this letter."-Miss FLo KELLY 476 So. 14th St., Newark, N. J. The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kelly's case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to a normal healthy condition and as arresult her ner ""--. q r',sappeared. )mes and youth must be protected From moral, spiritual or physical neg ect. A long list of the rights of Ger nan citizens, which seem obvious out side Germany, come next. The list ncludes the right to hold gatherings, o belong to societies and organiza ions or social, political and religious roups. It is declared that petty of icials appointed for life may not be Iischarged unless complaints against hem are first submitted to them. Under religion, the constitution do lares that all citizens of Germany [ hall enjoy complete freedom of be ief and conscience. It is provided hat there must be universal attend nce at school for a -period of eight ears and that pupils must attend dvanced schools until eighteen years Id. It will not be necessary to pay uition and State aid will be given eedy pupils and their families. Private schools can be run only 'ith government permission. All chools, it is provided must make an ffort to educate their students in the G pirit of the German people and in he spirit of reconciliation with the copies of the world. Instruction in onstitutional government and man-. al labor is obligatory in all schools. The constitution lays down basis ulos for the economic future, guar nteeing the rights of spiritual work rid invention and protects art. A ystem of councils is created for in ustries by which employees will have voice in the decisions reached by he employers. 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