ELECTIONS IN GERMANY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8734, 7 February 1907, Page 2

ELECTIONS IN GERMANY.

Prince Bulow Delighted. Press Association—Copyright. Bbulin, February C, Raempf, Radical candidate for Die I’irst Division of Berlin, polled 8063 votes, and Aron, Socialist, 4018. Aron on the second ballot in 1003 polled 0233.

A Socialist defeated a National Liberal at Strasburg, and a National Liberal ousted a Socialist at Dresden old town. The Socialists lost Frankfort-on-Maine to the Radicals. The Centre supported the latter. A great procession was held at Berlin at midnight similar to that cm tlie 25th, Prince Bulow delivered a speech acclaiming tho reawakened German spirit and expressing full confidence in the future. Ho called for three cheers for German patriotism and loyalty. There was tremendous enthusiasm, and tho procession went to the castle. Tho Socialists yesterday lost fifteen seats and gained four. They lost altogether thirteen out of twenty seats in Saxony. The National Liberals yesterday gained eleven and lost four.

General Libert, Pan-German President of Die Union, addressed i h Prince Buelow’s letter cabled on tho third of January, ousted a Socialist at Borna. Reply to Archbishops. Final Results; Socialists Defeated. Berlin, February 6. The German Centre Party has replied to the Archbishops, who protested against supporters of tho Centre voting for Socialists at the second ballot, that now, as during the 1887 election, the moat reverent submission would be shown to them in ecclesiastical matters, bui in political affairs the Party claimed unrestricted freedom of decision.

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the final composition of the Reichstag will be as follows: Centre Party 105, Conservatives 59, National Liberals 55, Social Democrats 4H, Radicals and People’s Party 28, German Imperialists 21, Poles 20, Economic Federation 15, Radical Union 11, Independents 10, Agricultural Union 8, Gorman People’s Party 7, Alsatians 7, German Reform Party 6, Guelph 1, Dane 1. Tho Socialists have lost 3G seats.

[ln the old Reichstag the Centro or Clerical Party had 100 members, Conservatives 52, National Liberals 50, Social Democrats SO. The Imperialists are apparently a now party or a re-arrangement of an old one. The Poles have gained 5 scats, but tho Alsatians and Guelphs have both lost several members.]

Congratulations from the KaiserA crowd at midnight enthusiastically cheered the Kaiser and the Empress at the Palace. The Kaiser declared that if all classes and creeds stood united in Germany ho would be able to ride down all his enemies. He hoped the victory, which was a just one, was not due to a momentary transient patriotic impulse, but to a firmly rooted determination to persist in the course adopted. The Kaiser’s speech was received with great applause.

from its incorrectness had the most paralysing effect on his general administration, with the natural result that time most urgently needed in the public interests has often been wasted in personal squabbles and mutual recriminations between officials. Apart from these considerations, Captain Barton, in his desire to promote native interests, has not kept before him as much as desirable tho question of ths development of the country by the whites. In making recommendations for the reorganisation of the public service the report says that judging from instances of incapacity and even worse faults which came under their notice the Commissioners come to the conclusion that Papua at limes has been regarded as a convenient place to lose certain men not wanted elsewhere. The recommendations for tho development of tho territory include giving Government power to purchase all land not required by natives a Government system of labour recruiting, preference by Australia to Papuan products, a loan for development purposes, wireless telegraphy to Thursday Island, power to grant liquor licenses in exceptional cases.