IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16432, 28 January 1919, Page 8

IN GERMANY.

. 4 SOCIALIST COALITION SOUGHT. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Associaijou.} COPENHAGEN, January 24. Owing to the results of the German elections, the Independent Socialists are summoning a conference to . consider the question of rejoining the Majority Socialists. The result of the elections in Wurtemburg and Baden place the Majority Socialists in a leading position without an absolute majority. The Republican Democrats hold the places of power, but have more in common with the Majority Socialists than with the other parties. The results in Bavaria place Dr. Eisner's party at the bottom, and his resignation of the Premiership is regarded as inevitable. Hcre_, also, a coalition of the Majority Socialists and Republican Democrats is expected. (Received January 27th, 7.25 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, January 24. Dr. Eisner, in consequence of the dofeat of his party in the elections, expresses his intention to retire with, his family to England; PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. LONDON, January 24. j Proportional representation in a j novel form was used at tlie German elections. If there were ten seats in any area the party, which, secured ten per cent, of the votes could claim one seat, the party with twenty per cent, two seats, and so on. Prior to the ! election each party handed the returning officer a list of their candidates arranged in order. The voters' did not vote for individuals but for the whole list, the deputies being elected according to the order upon the partyVlist. THE MILITARIST SPIRIT. j LONDON, January 24. ! The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." states that an increasing manifestation of the militarist spirit is creating the utmost uneasiness I in Berlin. This has been augmented by the fact that the official version of the murders of Dr. Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg is almost universally discredited. DISTURBANCES IN HAMBURG. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ' (Received January 27th, 7.25 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, January 24.' Strict martial-law has been proclaimed in Hamburg against the Spartacus terrorists. Imported troops quelled a disturbance in which six people were killed and several injured. Nobody is allowed in tho streets after eight o'clock in the evening. Railway traffic is at a standstill. ELECTRICIANS' STRIKE. (Received January 27th, 7.25 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, January 24. An electricians' strike in Berlin has stopped the telephone and postal services. The inability to sterilise milk for children and invalids has' caused chaos in the hospitals. The coal strike has also plunged the city into darkness.