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...Reichsrat or "Council of the States of the Republic" rejected a bill proposing that Germany should embark upon a naval building program which called for the construction of one armored cruiser of 10,000 tons. Since the august consent of the Reichsrat must be obtained before a bill can be introduced in Parliament, the proposed "naval program" was definitely quashed. (See COMMONWEALTH and FRANCE...
...After deliberating for two hours last week, the Socialist caucus announced positively that it would throw in its lot with the Government. On that basis Chancellor Luther was generally conceded to have secured more than enough votes to insure ratification of the Locarno Pacts by the Reichstag. When the Reichsrat* endorsed the treaties, last week, by a vote of 34 to 4, the prophecy was considered to have become a certainty...
...Reichsrat is a council of representatives from the component states of the Reich. All bills, before they are presented to the Reichstag, require its endorsement. The significant fact is thus not the endorsement but the majorlty by which it passed...
Germany. The Reichsrat (a council composed of the members of the Federal Governments) approved all the Experts' Plan legislation before it was introduced into the Reichstag (Federal Parliament...
Ever since the death of Dr. von Havenstein, President of the Reichsbank, a terrific battle has been waged in the Reichsrat (Federal Council) over the appointment of a successor...