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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 48
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eminent h.ivo b.vn i-.mf.-iTIMI upon (hem hy acta of Parliament. i-tl C5ro • ; • of the poor, oiluoatton, public health and the like are subject to A certain control b> the contrul government. Few officials elected choson t ^ In France. The loc.il and mayor** of towns and cities are chosen by the municipal councils but their powers aro very much limited. Many local officials are appointed by the central government at Paris or its representatives in the locality and many acts of mayors and of city councils require the approval of the central authorities. The control and tutelage >ver the local governments are and have been much criticised writers D, In Prussia. The provinces have local assemblies but they are not elected by the people. The assemblies could be dissolved by the Crown and many of their acts required the approval of the Crown or a minister. The circle (Kreise) councils are indirectly chosen under a complicated system which gives the preponderance of power to the large landowners and manufacturers. They are largely under the control of a central official called the Landrath. Town and city councils are chosen according to a three-class system of suffrage which keeps the control within the hands of the large tax payers. Mayors are elected by the municipal councils. In none of the local areas havA thA nAoniA »nv nharA in the election of administrative ment Is government by trained officials. efficient but it is rwf nndemoSchmoUer of the University of cratic. Berlin: "sell government means class role and corruption; i government usually brings forth capitalistic, class *»>•. °°£ ruption, buying of votes and an uncertain changeable foreign policy. Required Reading: Beard and Ogg, Ch. II. Lowell, Ch. 4; pp. 11MI0; 136-160; 276. *< t 19
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