Another constitutional crisis appears at hand in Prussia. It appears
from an over-brief telegram of the 1st of December, that the Government has been appointing honorary judges to the Supreme Court, thus packing that tribunal. Herr Windhorst moved in the Diet that such conduct was illegal. Thereupon the Minister of Justice told him that, if needful, he would appoint more Judges,—in the regular way, we presume,—and put their salaries in the Budget, and if a conflict ensued, the Government would not shun it. For his part, he "had no Liberal tendencies," which seems true enough. The Chamber, however, adopted Herr Windhorst's motion, so that if the new Judges are appointed, the Diet stands pledged to refuse their salaries. Fortunately, Count von Bismarck has returned to Berlin, and will probably discover means of maintaining authority without packing the Supreme Court.
