Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-04-01 | Page 50 | Socialists Cause Reichstag Uproar

SOCIALISTS CAUSE REICHSTAG UPROAR Coming of Republic Pro-i Pro-i phesied by Democratic Leader. LONDON, March 31. There were stormv scenes in the reichstag Friday, according to a Router dispatch from AmsteiTlam, when Socialist deputies foreshadowed the establishment of a republic and demanded that the reichs-tag reichs-tag have larger powers in the foreign policy. Dr. Eduard David, the Socialist leader, lead-er, is quoted by the Cologne Gazette as saving: " M.y party has addressed an appeal to foreign Socialists for peace without annexation. It has been rejected. The French want absolutely to annex Alsace-Lorraine. ' ' He declared that the imperial chancellor's chan-cellor's words directed to the new rul ers of Russia had transgressed the military mili-tary censorship, for the military , authorities au-thorities had instructed the press that nothing must be published appearing like approval of the, Russian revolution. He asked for the creation of a constitutional consti-tutional democratic state. George Ledebour, Social-Democratic leader, said: " If the German emperor urgently advised ad-vised Emperor Nicholas in 1905 no longer long-er to oppose the .justified demands of the people, why did not the chancellor venture to give the same advice to Emperor Em-peror William? "Wo regard a republic as a coming inevitable development in Germany. "History now is marching with seven-league boots. The German people, peo-ple, indeed, show incredible patience. The reichstag must have the riht to a voice in the conclusion of alliances, peace treaties and declarations of war. The imperial chancellor must bo dismissed dis-missed when tho rcichstag demands it." Shouts of '''Treason" interrupted Herr Ledebour, and tho president called him to order.