26 JUNE 1909, Page 17

SE WS OF THE WEEK.

IN the Reichstag on Thursday evening a division was taken upon the Government Bill imposing the Inherit- a.o,,,.ilee"tax, and the Bill was rejected by 194 votes to 189. Whether the result of the vote will be the resignation IN the Reichstag on Thursday evening a division was taken upon the Government Bill imposing the Inherit- a.o,,,.ilee"tax, and the Bill was rejected by 194 votes to 189. Whether the result of the vote will be the resignation f ?lines Bfilow seems at present uncertain, but it is difficult toDissolution, see how he will be able to continue in office without a . 118,813,1etion, and from this it is possible the Emperor will ailr'lur. At the same time, we must remember that it may be it.f6„eult, nay, impossible, to find any one to take Prince ,;liew's place, and there is the further reflection that the '''oaucellor is a past-master of Parliamentary arts, and may Very Possibly be able to devise some new combination of groups which will give him the support he requires. We must bier forget, also, that while judging Parliamentary crises t ftcl. we are very apt to be misled by British precedents. There 18 no real analogy.