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Show A REBELLIOUS REICHSTAG. The linal letnrus of the election for the German Beichstag show tha the government is badly defeated iTom the dispatches, it would appear that there is no wac wherein the Ministrv an be backed by a majority vote. The opjiosition membership i- in a clear majority, and the ministry will necessarily neces-sarily suffer defesi in any programme upon which the Socialists, Progressives, and Libera Is are united; and they are united in opposition i" t he ;.ii-ia) increases in-creases desired by the Kaiser in the armv and 1 he na v. The Socialists will form tbe greatest .-ingle group m the new Beichstag. I be- expected to eleel 100 mem ber.; thev hae elected 110, They are a compact, aggressive body( and with he sid of the Progressives and Liberals, can muster members si against anv possible combination of the Ministerialists, which, all told, cannot count more than IfM. It it a gi.ai set bach to the restless, rest-less, and ambitious Kaiser; but i will ipel bim to take ootiee that, the German people arc not supporting him in bit warlike schemes which, is tact, r.'d'.un.i neithei to the prestige nor to the credit of bis country, There is a general feeling m Germany ghat in the recent negotiations with (franco, Ger mam was badly outwitted, and thai though Germany is the great military nation of Europe, ;t wa.- not able t.. bring its power to bens ia anv rf fcr.Uve way in the Morocco diplomacy nd to thai failure it undoubtedly to be ascribed very much of the Nr.cialit. Liberal, and Progressive strength in the new membership ot the Reichstag But, la view of the lack of cohesion .it the parties, it seems likely that ,he dispatches which forecast a short life t the present Beichstag and that a new election may be expected, will, prove to be 601 reef. |