converted into Empire, 201.

--_Oberlandesgericht_, 243.

--Parliamentarism, absence in German Empire, 213;
absence in Prussia, 254.

--Parties, rise, 229;
older alignments, 229-230;
more recent alignments, 230-232;
minor parties, 232-233;
rise of the _bloc_, 234;
recent developments, 236-240.

--Polish Party, 232.

--Privileges, of members of Reichstag, 225.

--Proportional Representation, in Wuerttemberg, 278.

--Prussia, in Confederation of 1815, 194-195;
voting power in the Diet, 195-196;
Bismarck's ministry, 199;
war with Austria, 200;
leadership of North German _Bund_, 200;
creation of German Empire, 201;
pre-eminence and special privileges, 207-217;
position in _Bundesrath_, 218-219;
regeneration in Napoleonic period, 246-248;
repression of liberalism, 248;
diet of 1847, 249;
revolution of 1848, 249-250;
formation of constitution, 250.

--_Reichsgericht_, 244.

--_Reichsgesetzblatt_, 215.

--_Reichsland_. See Alsace-Lorraine.

--_Reichstag_, composition, 223;
electoral system, 224;
franchise, 225;
privileges of members, 225;
sessions and officers, 226;
committees, 226;
conduct of business, 227;
powers and franchise, 227-228.

--Revolution of 1848, in Germany, 198-199;
in Prussia, 249-250.

--Saxony, made a kingdom, 194;
granted a constitution, 197;
governmental system, 276-278.

--Social Democratic Party, rise, 231;
growth, 232;
triumph in 1912, 236-238;
present programme and character, 239-240;
strength in Prussia, 260-261.

--_Sonderrechte_, 208.

--_Standeversammlung_, of Saxony, 277.

--_Statthalter_, of Alsace-Lorraine, 286.

--Versailles, William I. proclaimed emperor at, 193.

--Vienna, Congress of, arrangements in Germany, 194.

--_Vorparlament_, of 1848, 198.

--William I., proclaimed German Emperor, 193.

--Wuerttemberg, made a kingdom, 194;
granted a constitution, 197;
special privileges, 208;
governmental system, 278-279.

--Zollverein, rise, 197.

Great Britain. See England.

Hamburg, governmental system, 280-281.

_Herrenhaus_. See Prussia and Austria.

Herzegovina. See Austria-Hungary.

Holland:--
--Administration, organization of province, 532-533;
organization of commune, 533.

--Amendment, process, 523.

--Assembly, of province