A TUMULTUOUS SESSION AT THE REICHSTAG

BERLIN, July 18. The Reichstag yesterday considered the bill on civil servants and state employees. The session was extremely tumultuous. The racists, having demanded the dismissal of all civil servants appointed since the revolution and all Jews who served the state, protested vehemently by the entire House. A Social Democratic amendment, demanding equal rights for married male and female civil servants, was adopted by 180 votes to 179, with one abstention. The racist proposal was rejected.
Violent scenes then ensued when it came to discussing the right to grant President Hindenburg to allow former officers to wear their uniforms. The Social Democrats protested against the bill. The German nationalist deputy, Count Eulenburg, claimed in his speech that the Social Democrats had insulted the President of the Reich, the Hohenzollern family, former officers of the German army, and all currently serving officers. He assured his Social Democratic colleagues that he held them and their party in nothing but the deepest contempt and boundless disdain. The Social Democrats then demanded that the speaker be called to order, but the president declared that he would first review the transcript of the session. The racist deputy von Ramin then took the podium to second the bill. He declared that the Republic was a subjugation of the German people to their enemies. In the ensuing discussion, Social Democratic MP Zollmann, a former Minister of the Interior, called Mr. von Ramin a liar, to which he retorted:
"If I met you tomorrow morning, gun in hand, you wouldn't call me a liar a second time."
There was an indescribable uproar, and the chairman adjourned the meeting. After five minutes, it was resumed, but the chairman announced that the debate would resume on Tuesday. The committees would meet on Saturday and Monday.