GOVERNMENT LOSING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 April 1932, Page 5

GOVERNMENT LOSING

(Press. Assn.-

GREAT RITTERNESS. MARKS STRUGGLE IN . PROYINCES MANY PARTISAN CLASHES

— By Telegfapli — Copyright).

Rec. April 25, 5.5 p.m. BERLIN, Sunday. The Imperial, Republican, Nazi and Communist flags fluttered throughout PrUssia- to-day. The Nazi and' Communist flag predominated in the workers' districts, making the Diet elect^on polling hrisker than the. second ballot for the Presidential election.. . ' ' The struggle reached its clim^x dt midnight, all the leaders addressiiig massed meetings, although Herr Hitler's efforts at Hambu'rg sulfered somewhat thropgh his oppon'ents tampering with the loud speak'er, resulting in the Nazi chairmaiTs fulminations b'eing temporqrily inaudible." , ^ There were numerous partisan scuffies in Berlin, necessitating 200 arrests. The campaign was condueted with even greater bitterness in the provinces. Serious collisions occurred at Breslau, where over a dozen Nazis and Communists and Socialists were sent to hospital. The progress results of the Prussia elections show that the Government has secured 58 seats, of which the Communists polled 32, the Centre Party 24 and the State Government 2. The Opposition has won 68 seats, including Nazis 54, Nationalists 10, and others 10.