GERMAN ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1928, Page 1

GERMAN ELECTIONS

PRONOUNCED SOCIALIST VICTOR V. Tnitoc Press Association.—By Electric 'Telegraph.—Copyright.) BERLIN, A lav 20. An unofficial forecast of the roiistilu- ! ion of the new Reichstag gives the Kisitiuii as follows: .Socialists 100 Nationalists 70 Centre Party 00 Communists 58 People’s Party n>i Democrats 25 Economic Party 23 Fascists 1C Bavarian People’s Party ... 19 Other Parties G

The Nationalists have lost heavily in the big cities, the Socialists and the Communists gaining about 15 per cent, compared with last elections, at the expense of the Nationalists.

A SOCIALIST TRIUMPH. BERLIN, Alav 21. Assuming that tho predictions as to the distribution of the surplus voles are fulfilled, the state of parties will be as follows: Socialists. 150 seats, a gain of 19 seats. Nationalists, 72 seats a loss of 39 seats. Contrcisls. 00 seats, a loss of nine seats. People’s Party, 52 scats, a loss of 7 seats. Bavarian People’s Party, 16 seals, a. loss of 3 seats. Economic Party, 33 seats a gain of 0 seats. Fascists, 13 seats, a loss of 1 scat. The Socialists polled over nine million votes .compared with the Nationalists J. 3-1-1,000 votes. The Centreists polled 3,612,000 votes; the People’s Party 3.004,000; the Communists 3,080,000.

STRESEAI ANN DEFEATED. BERLIN. Afay 21. Dr Ltresemann (Foreign Alinixter). lias actually been defeated in Bavaria, he. polling only 7,600 votes, instead of the- necessary 00.000. He will he elected on the parties’ national list. The "Allgemine Zeitung” points out

that the Socialists’ triumph is considerably diminished by their failure to crush the Communists. EX-KAISER’S SON. BERLIN, A lav 20. There was a sensation at Ptrtsdam

when the ex-Kaiser’s fourth son, appeared on the platform to speak on

behalf of the Labour Party. He assured the audience- of his own democratic principles. He added that the

dynasty to which he Iwlonged had made the fatal mistake of holding aloof from the masses. Had his father not committed that blunder he might still he ruling. One was killed and numerous persons were injured as the result of a fight- between the National Socialists and Fascists, wherein stones, sticks and beer mugs were the weapons. The police were temporarily powerless. It was strange- that tho outbreak should have occurred on the eve of the poll, after a campaign unprecedentedly quiet.

PRUSSIAN ELECTIONS. BERLIN, May 21

Elections for the Prussian Diet were bold simultaneously with the general election and also resulted in the heavy defeat of Nationalists, who lost- fortytwo out of 109 seats. The Socialists are the strongest party with 114, Communist- 50, all others combined 219.