GERMAN POLLS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1920, Page 5

GERMAN POLLS.

SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LEAD. THE FINAL RETURNS. V? M«#a»k>-*Mn A»*a.-*CoOTi|ht j Received June 10, 5.5 p.m. m. „ ~ Berlin, June 9. ine new Reichstag consists of 460 members, composed as follows: Social Democrats .. .-.i „ \\q Oentriteg ..:.., ;, gj Democrats .......!....,'j*,'' 45 .ChiiajHan Federalists „ 21 Nationalists ~.' 65 German People's Party ...... 61 Independent Socialists :<•«........ 80 Communists ~! 2 Bavarian feasants ....!....... 4 Guerphs ~.,; 6 Tie total poll was 25,719,000. iHerjJv Schlicke, the Minister of Labor, WW the only member of the Cabinet who failed to secure a seat.—Aus.-N.Z. Oewe ASla. Uwehred June 10, 7.35 p,m, 1/ Berlin, June 8. Tnavfnal; election figures show the foeition as follows: Centre.Party 67 Majority Socialists ......I 110 . Democrats 46 Thia, gives the Coalition 223 seats out of 460. The largest of the other parties are:—" Nationalists .-. 65 Popular Party* .« 61 Independent Socialists ... 80 —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UUELLER TO FORM CABINET. A SHORT REIGN PREDICTED. HOSE DIFFICULTIES FOR ALLIES. Received Juna'lo, 6.5 p.m. Paris, June 9. Adviees from .Berhn state that Herr Ibett has requested Herr Mueller to fortfl 4 Cabinet; The Press is unanimously of opinion that it- is impossiole to form a lasting Coalition. The Tageblatt forecasts an eaUy dissolution of the new Reichstag. The Matin's Berlin correspondent says U k, expected Herr Mueller will form a Miniaity. He will first appeal for the support of the Independents, and if they muse he will seek to secure the popular support. The correspondent adds: "The outlook fe full of menace for Germany, sM earries more difficulties for the Allies. The formation of a Government from the moderate parties is not praeiJsuMe;*

.L* Journal question* whether, apart from other obstacles, the situation created by the elections will allow of the Spa Conference being held' on the date ftwJ.*-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm.

TBE COALITIONS LOSSES. ABSOLUTE MAJORITY GONE. Received June 10, 8.20 p.m. Berlin, June 9. The results show the following election losses:—Majority Socialists, 35 **atsj Democrats, 30; Centre Party, font. The results,show the following gwns:—lndependent Socialists, 58; German People's Party, 39; German Nationalists, 23. Thus the Coalition, which auntbered 328 in the old Assembly, has now only 282 members, while the Opposition, which formerly numbered 86, is Wrtf fSf;—Be tt t« Service.

ROMANCE OF NEW PARTY. THE SAVIGTJIJ, OF GERMANY." Received June 10, 8.5 p.m. London, June 9. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Oftoside says a romantic feature of the ejections U the growth of the so-called PofUkur Pttfcr, which is identical with the- old National Liberals, raised and awftced "by Hujfo Stinner. who now controls afcrty-two newspapers; He is far and away the wealthiest and most powerful German, and is probably worth a thousand million marks. Be made enormous fortunes out of »ar contracts, and has been spending liberally to build up a new party on the tuiiw of the National Liberals, who collapsed with the Monarchy. His name is now in everybody's mouth, and some think he is the great man whom Germany -ie eeektag as the saviour of the country.

The Berlin newspaper Freiheit states that the German workers aTe bent oh following a clear Socialistic policy, and never again will they be used as a tool bf the bourgeois pafties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.