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Show 11HI! UU B; ALL CLASSES WILL H SUFFER. !" Some of the statesmen of Europe are beginning to ask, what of the future? fu-ture? In the Prussian chamber of deputies yesterday Herr von Heyde- jjf brand, conservative leader, discussing Hr! taxation prospects, expressed the B gravest concern at the probable bur- HR- dens to be placed on the wealthier Hr classes and feared for the independent H; existence of the individual states HL Things already had gone so far, he Hf' said, that the taxpayers must place Hft a fifth, a fourth, or even a conslder- H ably larger part of their income upon HJi the altar of the country- He warned 8 the imperial government against levy- ing further direct taxes, but admitted M that his confidence in the government M In this matter placed upon incomes B and property from all quarters, that K must lead to the impoverishment of H the wealthier classes, he asserted. B All classes in Europe, when the B war ends, will be poorer than they M were at the opening of the conflict. K The possible exception will be the H very poor who, having nothing, could Hi not suffer a loss. HS oo |