IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16430, 25 January 1919, Page 9

IN GERMANY.

THE GENERAL ELECTION. EXTREMISTS ROUTED. I ! (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright (Australian and N.Z. Ci.blo Association.) COPENHAGEN, January 21. Nearlv forty million peoplo voted alt the German 'elections. The complete returns uro not yet availnbiOj but tlit> polls in Berlin and many of the provincial towns linvo been declared. iho\ show that the Government Socialists ar« oil top, even where victory was unexpected. The Independent Socialists have .secured a few seats but topped tho poll only at Leipzig and Hallo. The Centre Party maintained a strong position in Bavaria, except at Munich, where the Government Socialists pollwl 150,000 and tho Centro Party SO,OOO. Wurtemburg returned seven Government Socialists, four Centro Party candiilatcs, four Doniocrnts* two Citizou • Peasant candidates, and two Indepeu- | dent Socialists. Tho elected members 1 includo Eielihorn, liaase, Scheidemonn, and Erzberser. It is exported that the Government Socialists will be the largest party in the Convention, but they will bo outnumbered by a coalition of the bourgeoiso parties. Hamburg, which the Spartacists and the Independent Socialists regarded as their stronghold, returned seven Government Socialists, three and one Independent Socialist. "Vorwnerts ' declares that tho elections were most orderly, which is a good omen, proving the people's determination to arrive at a democratic regime. THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJORITY. (Router's Tolcspma,) (Received January 2-lth, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, January 22. The German Majority Socialists' plurality in tho National Assembly is IG4. A BLOW TO BOLSHEVISM. NEW YOltK, January 21. The correspondent of tlio "New York Evening Sun" states that there is loss fear of tho spread of Bolshevism in Europe as a result of the Moderates success at tlio German elections. The compromise with Poland, and the prohablo settlement of the Russian question, seem to have solved the Bolshevist danger. CONSTITUTION BILL. AMSTERDAM, January 21. The German Constitution Bill follows the lines indicated by Herr Prouss, Secretary of State for the _ Intpripr, who, assisted by experts in _ inter-, national law, draifted a constitution. ( The constitution mentionod abovo proposes that tho Government shall bo beaded by a President elected by the peoplo, and that the President's authority shall he intermediate between that of the American President and the English King. The President nominates the Cabmet, as is tho practice m tho United States. Instead of tho old Federal Council, Herr Preuss proposos that tho delegates of the various Gorman States shall be constituted a Second Chamber, resembling the United Statos Senate. The President . and the Government will have as much power as is reconcilable with tho independence of each individual State, including the control of railways, post and telegraphs, Customs, and army. ! It is expected that fifteen States will mako up tho new confederation, of I -which tho area boundaries are very different from those now existing. ! SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. LONDON, January 21. A Berb'n Government wireless message states that the newspapers are discussing the placo of mooting of tho National Assembly, and point out that Berlin affords the strongest military » ■ protection. Removal from Berlin j I would be regarded unfavourably as a. i . flight from the Spartacists. | The search for Rosa Luxembourg's body continues unsuccessfully. j