The Upper Chamber of Bavaria has very nearly brought the
country into trouble. It refused to enter the new Zollverein unless Bavaria were allowed a veto upon the prozeedings of the Zollverein Parliament. This demand was at once refused, Count von Bismarck declaring that the veto must belong to the head of the North German Confederation, and warning Bavaria that if she did not sign the agreement by a particular day she would be turned out of the Customs' League, and no guarantee would be given for the integrity of her territory. She must, in fact, have the same military laws and commercial laws as North Germany, as preparations to still more complete fusion. The Upper Chamber is still inclined to adhere to its view, but the Chamber is nearly unanimous, and the King himself has arrived at Munich to induce the Peers to give way, "lest extreme commercial mis- fortune" should fall upon Bavaria. It would be simpler, one would think, to bid Bavaria come in at once, but the Prussian Premier knows his game.
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