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Show ! RAISE OBJECTIONS TO CREATION OF I STATE EXECUTIVE f j BERLIN, .Saturday, March 15. During J the debate today in the chamber of the new Prussian diet over the- question of a .u'oviaior.al constitution for i'rusia, a conservative speaker orgucu in faor of providing for tho ol'fire of prsidm; of Prussia in tlie new document. This was objected to. however, by Paul Hirsm. tlie head of the present cabinet, on the ground that to create a state executive woulo set an unfortunate example to the other federated fed-erated states and likewise would be interpreted in-terpreted as an a tit-nipt to create a substitute sub-stitute for a inonarcn. The assembly postponed a vote on the dt.-mund of the Independent Socialists that the state of siege in Berlin be raised. The vote will be taken on Monday. Mon-day. The party lineup in the new diet has not yet been determined. The present indications point to a working bloc of tiie majority socialists and democrats, who jointly have a rnajoiity of nineteen In the body. Herr HIr.sch, the minister of the interior and tempoi ary head of tho government, and Albert Siiedekum, the minister of finance, are mentioned as candidates for tha premiership of the new cabinet. More than a score of members the diet were unable to reach Berlin in time for the opt ning sessions, because of transportation difficulties'. |