1. The constitution of the German Empire, for the reason that it
guarantees neither protection to personal liberty, nor to the
independence of states, nor to the different ranks of society and
incorporations, cannot establish the true welfare of the German
people.
2. The influence of the so‐called national party, which abjures
the essential rights of the German people and of the
representation of the people, will be the ruin of the German
Empire.
3. The exception laws, by which the German Empire, founded as it
is by a common sacrifice, has deprived one‐third of the citizens
of their essential rights, thereby destroying the peace and the
power of Germany.
4. The unlimited development of military power is incompatible
with natural rights, civil liberty, and the spiritual as well as
the material welfare of the German people.
5. The unchristianizing of public instruction now in progress, the
control by the state of the entire school system, founded as it is
upon compulsion, and at the same time the suppression of the
educational rights of the church and of the family, is a source of
spiritual and moral ruin.
6. The venal press, working in the interests of political
servility and of property‐holders, continually misrepresents
public opinion, and is the principal cause of the social evils
that threaten Germany.
7. The foreign policy of the German Empire, especially in its
relations to the Holy See, is not in harmony with the principles
and interests of the Catholic population of Germany, and is not
capable of securing the preservation of the peace of Europe.