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Show TELEGRAPHIC B Hiu arc kuuiu. Berlio, 15. The key of Bismarck'e preseot policy towurdd tbe Vatican will be tound in a recent speech, ic which he eaid it waa praieewortby undor certain circumfetiiDcea to fiyhl a quarrel to the bitter end, but when ways and tueaDE prcecDted tbeDiBelven of tonirjR dowo tbe acerbity of a conflict without aOecting tbe principle at Blake, be could not deem bimeelf justified in neglecting sucb proflered opportunily. In consequence ol tbe retirement of Dr. Falk from the ministry ol eccleai-ustical eccleai-ustical afiairs, ecclesiastical laws bnve been enforced with more leniency, and this may ultimately have the effect of procuring a recognition of ecclesiastical Uwd by tbe Vatican. Bills have been introduced in the bundesratb for an alteration of those articles of the Germauian institution by which the legislature must meet and tbe budect be voted annually, and by which tbe duration of parlia-meiiU parlia-meiiU are fixed at three years. Tbe bill which proposes to substitute substi-tute biennial, meetings of parlia ment and a biennial budget have created a considerable sennation as tending to further free the government Irom parliamentary control. A technical tech-nical reason alleged for tbe change is in tbe convenience of discussing two budgets, tbe Prussiau and imperial, in tho same year. It was suggested some time ago lhat they might be taken up in alternate years. Tbe creation of a department for 1 tho control of imperial railways, is also regarded as a Btep towards rendering ren-dering the government less dependent on parliament. |