GERMANY.
THE ELECTIONS. SPEECH BY THE EMPEROR. Received February 7, 8.30 a.m. BERLIN, February 6. The crowd at midnight enthusiastically cheered the Kaiser and the Empress at the Imperial Palace. The Emperor declared that if all classes and creeds stand united Germany would be able to ride down all her enemies. He hoped that the victory was a just one—not a momentary, transient patriotic impulse, but a firmly rooted determination to persist in the course adopted. The : speech was received with great applause.
THE CENTRE PARTY. Received February 7, 8.40 a.m. - BERLIN, February 6. The German Centre Party has replied to the Archbishops, stating that now, as during the 1887 elections, the most reverent submission would be shown to ecclesiastical matters, but in political affairs the party claimed unrestricted freedom.
COMPOSITION OF THE REICHSTAG. '■ „.,„ r „. \ " ' ■ ' Received February 7,9.33 a.m. LONDON, February 6. v Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the final composition of the Reichstag will be as follows J Centre Party ... 105 Conservatives .... 59 National Liberals ... 55 Social Democrats ... 43 Radical People's Party 28 German Imperialists... 21 ' Poles ... 20 Economic Federation 15 Radical Union ... 11 Independents ... 10 Agricultural Union ... 8 - German People's Party 7 Alsatians ... 7 German Reform Party 6 - Guelph ... 1 Dane ... 1 The Socialists lost thirty-six seats. (At the general election of 1903 the members returned were,'classified as under:—Centre or Clerical, 100; Conservatives, 73; National Liberals, 50; Social Democrats, 82; Radical Left, 26; [Poles, 16; Anti-Semites, 9; " Moderate Radicals, 9; smaller parties (such as South German People's Party, Guelps, Danes and Agrarians) A 32; total, 397.) \
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8353, 8 February 1907, Page 5
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