But  how  could  there  beany  doubt  about  it,  as  there  had  not  been
the  least  opposition  in  Parliament  to  the  proposition  of  Meyer  ?
The  authorities  must  certainly  have  been  in  favour  of  the  law,
'Otherwise  they  would  have  pursued  a  diiferent  course  of  conduct,
and  it  appeared  to  be  also  certain  that  the  other  Governments
of  tl^e  Diet  would  give  their  hearty  approval.  But  all  doubt
disappeared  when,  on  the  10th  of  July,  the  law,  bearing  date
4th  July,  relative  to  the  Society  of  Jesus,  was  promulgated
in  the  Imperial  Law  Gazette  ;  it  ran  thus : —

"  J .  The  Order  of  Jesus  and  the  societies  allied  to  it,  as  well
ias  congregations  similar  thereto,  are  excluded  from  the  territories
-of  the  German  Empire.  The  establishment  of  settlements  of
the  same  is  interdicted.  The  settlements  at  the  present  time
-existing  are  to  be  dissolved  within  a  period  to  be  fixed  by  Diet,
-which  shall  not  exceed  six  months.
"  2.  Those  belonging  to  the  Order  of  Jesus,  or  to  Orders
.nUied  to  it,  or  to  congregations  similar  thereto,  shall,  if  they  are
foreigners,  be  expelled  out  of  German  territory;  if  they  are
natives  of  Germany,  their  place  of  residence  in  certain  districts
■or  places,  is  prohibited  as  may  be  decreed.
