GERMAN ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1933, Page 5

GERMAN ELECTIONS

NAZI MAJORITY POLITICAL CLASHES OCCUR.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

In tha Prussian Diet ©lection, official results are;

During .the elections clashes, gome otf which were fatal, occurred in the provinces, the polling generally was ' orderly, I

The arrests Jin Berlin numbered 341, oetng much fewer than at the last election.

The police at Breslau, -replied with a machine gun to fifing from a .house, which resulted in a constable’s death. The inmates of the house wer© dragged out. (Seventy arrests were made. Ther. e was a. clash at Worms, whjch resulted in a Nazi being wounded. Nine Communists wer© arrested. Nazis at Offenbark killed one and wounded another Ifeichsbannerite. A Communist was also' shot at Hamburg. The entire Socialist press' at Thuringia has been -suspended .for a- fortnight. Th e Socialist burgomasters have been deprived of their authority by the police, who placed the leaders under the control ©f National reliable officials.

Th© central association of the Jews in Thuringia has been dissolved “for the protection of the German people, and in order to maintain law and order.” ITerr Goering says- ‘‘lf the Jews behave loyally, and mind their own business, they have nothing to fear, but we won’t trust them in the management of the Reich.”

An instance of the swiftness of Nazi action was seen to-night, when seven hundred 'Hitlerites invaded the Town Hall at Hamburg because the coalition government of the ~ HambUrg Free (State did not include a Nazis. The Federal .Minister of tile interior ordered that tile Cdviernitietlfc 0 f the Free State be transferred fo -Uiu Ideal polico under a Nazi administrator; and the lord mayor, who is a constitutionalist, has resigned. REVOLUTION ON THE. WAY. AN ANALYSIS OF THE. POSITIONBERLIN, March 6. “A National Revolution is on its way and will' continue,” was Hei’r Hitler’s pronouncement on Monday, speaking at the Chancellery, where lie was accompanied by Prince August Wilhelm and o'ther Nazi leaders, who were .particularly delighted with the Nazi gains in Bavaria. For the first time since the war, the Catholic Centre Party has been -deprived of the balance of power in the Reichstag, though Berlaiu remains Rod, despite the i,Socialist and . Communist losses there.

Th P Naz© have 288 seats in the Reichstag compared with 19-6 in the November election and 230 in the July election. The Nazis and Nationalists co n trol about 52 per cent, of the Reichstag and the Catholic Parties -sixteen per cent-., whil© the Left Opposition control about 32 pe r pent,

As tile victory of the Reich extends to /the Prussian Diet, Herr Hitler’s victory means death to the. ;G er man Democrats. Many Germans expect that the Nazis will laD-est all of the Communist deputies, and thus ensure an absolute majority In the "Reichstag.

.Long 'before m'idnigHt, it seemed clear that the Government spokesmen's enrlipr predictions of n majority for the Nazis with the Nationakst and Steel Helmets groups would be fulfilled. Though the Socialists were holding the’-r ground, remnant*; of th P Moderate sections, including the People’s Party, lost heavily. GERMAN COLONY ASPIRATIONS. RETURN OF LANDS DESIRED. LONDON, March 5. The reported statement by General Araki, the Japanese Minister for War, that “If anybody wants our mandates they can take them” implying that Japan will not relinquish her mandates when she leaves the League of Nations —has provoked a vigorous renewal of Germany’s claim for the restoration of her mandated colonies.

Indeed, the main concern in Britain arising cut of the Far Eastern.situation is the possible effect of Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference upon Germ* n.v, where the Hitler regime threatens to bring about a crisis involving mere than Europe. The Germans assert that they are entitled to a mandate for their former colonies as part of their equality in the League. If the League will not,

compel Japan to forfeit the mandates, they say, it certainly cannot continue to deny that Germany urgently needs colonial expansion. The Germans thus are ready to exploit the Japanese withdrawal, contending “What guarantee have wo that the League will safeguard us when it is powerless to raise a fipgei against the Japanese?” It is questionable to what extent the League can pacify Germany, whose present mood is more provocative than at any time siuee li'l4.

BERLIN, March 6. , Th e final provisional result ■ar,3 : — Party Votes Seats. Nazis .. ... 17,042,900 284 ■Socialists 7,103,500 118 Communists ... 4,748,500 79 Centre .. ... 4,298,300 71 Nationalists ... 3,115,700 52 Bavarian 1,206,300 20 German 429,500 7 Christian 379,000 6 State 332,300 •5 Invalid ... ... 313,300 5

.Seats Nazis 206 Socialists 79 .Communists 62 •Centre ... 67 Nationalists 43 Gorman ... 4 Christian ... 4 State * ... . ... ... 3