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GERMANY

so is the right of meeting. Members of the Legislature of the Empire (Reichs- tag) are to be elected by universal, equal, direct and secret votes of male and female voters, on the proportional system. The Reichstag is to be elected for 4 years. The President of the Empire is elected by the whole German people for a period of 7 years. Declarations of war and conclusions of peace are made by a law of the Empire. The Cabinet appointed by the President must enjoy the confidence of the Reichstag.

The Reichsrat consists of 55 members (Prussia 22, Bavaria 7, Saxony 5, Wiirttemberg 3, Baden 3, and the other States 15).

The Reichstag, in accordance with the elections on June 6, 1920, is com- posed as follows : — Majority Socialists, 113 ; Independent Socialists, 81 ; Centre Party, 69 : German National People's Party, 66 ; German People'3 Party, 62 ; German Democratic Party, 45 ; Bavarian People's Party, 20 ; and minor parties, 10 ; total, 466.

The actual votes cast for the larger parties were :— Majority Socialists, 5,616,164 (21-6 per cent, of total) ;. Independent Socialists, 4,896,095 (18 8 per cent.) ; Centre Party, 3,541,791 (136 per cent.) ; German National People's Party, 3,740,107 (14*4 per cent.) ; German People's Party, 3,610,198 (13-9 per cent.); German Democratic Party, 2,202,202 (8'4 per cent.) ; Bavarian People's Party, 1,172,608 (4'5 per cent.) ; and minor parties, 1,249,197 (4-8 per cent.) ; total, 26,028,362.

Area and Population. I. Progress and Present Conditions. The following table gives the area and population of the present States {Lander) of Germany 1 in the order of their magnitude, according to the returns of the census of October 8, 1919 : —

Area

Population Oct. 8, 1919

Pop.

States of the Empire

English

per sq.

sq. miles

mile 1919

Male 18,046,439

Female 19,679,579

Total

Prussia 2

114,739

37,726,018

327

Bavaria (with Coburg)

29,501

3,394,270

3,746,063

7,140,333

242

Wiirttemberg

7,629

1,195,144

1,323,629

2,518,773

830

Baden.

5,817

1,051,405

1,157,098

2,208,503

379

Saxony, Kingdom of

5,789

2,168,065

2,495,233

4,663,298

805

Mecklenburg-Seh w.

5,068

318,184

340,759

658,943

130

Thuringia 3.

4,546

712,474

795,551

1,508,025

331

Hesse.

2,966

616,521

674,467

1,290,988

435

Oldenburg.

2,482

250,623

267,142

517,765

209

Brunswick.

1,418

226.400

254,199

480,599

338

Mecklenburg-Str. .

1,131

51,170

55,224

106,394

94

Anhalt

888

157,710

173,548

331,258

374

Lippe.

469

71,117

83,201

154,318

329

Waldeck

433

31,065

35,367

66,432

153

Schaum burg-Li ppe.

131

22.148

24,209

46,357

354

Hamburg

160

493,260

557,099

1,050,359

6,564

Liibeck

115

57.539

63,029

120,568

1,048

Bremen

99 183,381

148,466

162,800

311,266

3,143

Total.

20,012,000

31,888,197

60,900,197

332

1 Plebiscite areas, except Schleswig-Holstein, are included in the totals.

' Ineluding the Saar and Eupen and Malmedy. '•> See page 9«1,