GERMAN ELECTIONS
POSITION OF PARTIES. ‘ A ; NAZI PROPOSAL. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Gupy right.) (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) BERLIN, August- 1. Newspapers consider the new Reichstag will be as unmanageable as the old and enjoy a purely theoretical power,, while the government of the Reicnswehr will continue the dictatorship. does not display the least .disposition to hand over the reins of power to any combination of parties. Hitlerites propound a sensational suggestion,' that the Communist party--should be suppressed, by invalidating the claim of eighty-nine; Communist de-' ■ puties to a seat in the Reichstag. Thu s -the Right Wing parties would be dominated by 230 Nazis, who would be assured an absolute majority. Apart from that at Konigsburg, there were numerous bomb outrages against buildings in fcichiesweig-Hol-steip,. belonging to Communists. Buildings were damaged though they were unoccupied. However, there were thirty-five to forty deaths elsewhere in Germany, traceable to faction fights following the announcement of the eiettion results.
NAZES WREAK VENGEANCE.
SEVERAL MURDEROUS OUTRAGES
(Received this day at 12.25. p.ui.y BERLIN, August 1. Infuriated by .the election results, gangs of Nazis at Kcmgisberg wreaked vengeance on Communists and Socialists in a series of murderous outrages. The recently deposed Governor Bahrfeild was called to his door' and shot in both arms. Two Socialist journalists were .similarly wounded, and two Communists were./ shot dead in the street. Incendiary bombs were thrown at the office of two 'Socialist newspapers. •
Claiming an amazing victory, Hitler, in a manifesto, says that the Nazis hlave become the strongest party in the Reichstag and must continue to fight for Germany’s freedom. The “Brownhouse” sayls that- the Nazis are determined to implement thiedr gigantic vote, of fourteen millions to press,, for the right to take help especially in view of the Bolshevist danger revealed at the election,
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