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long before he came into conflict with the government; an electioneering pamphlet published in 1867 was confiscated; he was put on his trial but acquitted. In 1867 he was elected a member of the newly formed Reichstag, and in 1869 of the Prussian See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament. He soon became one of the most influential politicians in See also:

Germany. A member of the Progressive party, in 188o one of the founders, and eventually the See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, of the Freisinnige, he was always in opposition. Next to See also:

WINDTHORST, LUDWIG (1812–1891)

Windthorst (q.v.) he was See also:

Bismarck's most dangerous opponent. After the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of policy in 1878, for a See also:

time his See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was a great impediment to the government; as a consistent adherent to See also:

FREE

free See also:

trade, he was the leader of the opposition to the introduction of See also:

PROTECTION

protection, to the new colonial policy, and to See also:

State See also:

SOCIALISM

Socialism.

It was after 188o that he raised the cry Bismarck muss fort. He always took a great See also:

PART

part in debates on the military and See also:

NAVAL

naval establishments, in vain opposing the See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant increase of See also:

army and See also:

NAVY

navy. It was his refusal to support the government proposals in 1893 for an increase of the army which led to the break up of his party: he was See also:

LEFT

left with only eleven followers; and, except among the See also:

MIDDLE

middle class of Berlin and some other Prussian cities, the old See also:

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical party, of which he was the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief representative, from that time had little influence in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. In 1885 he founded the Freisinnige Zeitung,-which he edited himself; of his numerous brochures the most successful was his attack on Socialism, entitled Sozialdemokratische Zukunftsbilder (Berlin, 1891), a See also:

CLEVER

clever and successful See also:

SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on the Socialist state of the future. This has been translated into the See also:

ENGLISH

English. He also wrote much on Prussian See also:

FINANCE

finance, and under the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Das politische A, B, C See also:

Buch compiled a very useful See also:

POLITICAL

political handbook for Radical voters. He also published in 1892 reminiscences of his youth (Jugenderinnerungen), and two volumes of See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary reminiscences (lm See also:

ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)

alten Reichstag, 1894–1896). IHe died at See also:

JENA

Jena on the 26th of See also:

JANUARY

January e906.

End of Article: RICHTER, EUGEN (1839–1906)

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