8 JUNE 1872, Page 2

Prince Bismarck has warned the Governments of the Con- federation

that he is about to bring in a Bill "denaturalizing" all German Jesuits. After the passage of the Bill they will all be- aliens, and liable to expulsion from Germany on an order from the Executive. He has also suspended the Chief Chaplain or Army Bishop, as he is called, for having forbidden a chaplain to- preach in an Old-Catholic place of worship, and threatens, it is stated, to abolish the whole order of Army Chaplains. They were- only introduced, he is said to argue, in the time of Frederick William IV., and the old system may be revived once more. It is not likely that this is more than a threat, as the change would, be bitterly felt by the Catholic soldiery, who may be stationed in. Protestant districts for months at a time.