THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 29 January 1907, Page 2

THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.

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'HIE SOCIALISTS' REVERSE. IMiSI'LT OF OVKU-C'ONFJMCXCE. ~.:„ , , Merlin, dituiiarv 27, 23 ' U'afn ''"" "*W 'o' The t"„ r ' "''' lna " <-' lections. ing an ( onscrvaiivc* 'll i< ... '">"« "on., ui^^a't*; party, and <.)■> Socinli,!,, topics Very heavy poll, ) mvo ~„,„ <'-Ilie Centre iiminfallied its g,- omul while tne Socialists lost 10 se„,s t0 Conservatives Libera's, „„,, Itu( | joa|)( _ . I t ,'* I»-"'"il'le l'rinee Von ll„|„ w "in have a working mnjoritv of Conservatives and Liberals on national j g . sues, and of Conservative and Clcriiiiis on religious and economic mattors.

he defeat of the Socialist, is attributed to over-em.fi ce. Whether 1" Socinli»| g will be eomp'rtely wreckJ; I '™;i'V'" tl «' "ftitmle of the ' entie at the second ballots.

Fuirnn.:i! iusults. A STAUTLINO AXXOUXCEMEST. KAISER LOSLXG XO TIME. GIJEAT XAVAL C'OXSTRIXTinv PREPARATIONS. Received 28th, 9.58 p.m. Berlin, Jnuuary 28. JHe Conservatives have at'present won 7 and lost 2 seals; the Free Con- A£ servntives and the Centw have each won 2 and last 4, the Xational Liberal* inve won !) and lost 11, the Radicals have won 4 and lost 2, the Socialists have wone 1 (Mulluuisen) and lost 20, and the Guelphs have lost 3. The second ballots take place on February 5.

The Socialists lost severely in urban constituencies, including Kbiiimbcre, Bieslau East and w« st ; and Mamedeburg. Iney lost (1 in Saxonv and 2in Wurtcmlmrg. It is exported" that even niter the second ballots they will not return more than 45 or 50 altogether. Socialists were vlcctcd outright with heavy majorities for all the Berlin-con-.■itituencies except the first. J [err Singer. Ledcnour, Bebel, Yollniiir, lluer, Scluvart, Stradthagcn and Zuebil are among the Socialists elected; Uassormann and Heyl, National Liberals; Spalin, Kryberger, Roren and >Schadler, C'en'tre reps; Kant?., Stollberg, Krocher, and Normann, Conservatives.

The Kaiser's victory at the polls was immediately followed by a startling announcement of the early completion of alteration.; to five shipyards, rendering them capable of building 25,000 ton battleships. Hcrr Dernberg states Hint Count von Bulow will be able to srap his fingers iu the Centre's face.