PRUSSIANISM TRIED.
REJECTED BY POPULAR A CRUSHING DEFEAT. (Received 9/a.m.) . ** July 4. - A wireless messageßeceived in Berne, Switzerland, "ives particulars of j brelection for the Reiftstag, held' at "a town in Silesia, irf, which Muller, a Socialist, who is opposed to the Avar, erushingly defeated his opponent. Mulder's victory is noteworthy, from the fact ; that his nominee/was supported by all Other parties. /■'/'■ _••••-•.--;■•- * "\; \ The tesult of'the election illustrates tin-a striking manner the trend~o£ public opinion. This. > the first election contest at which /Prussian militarism has b«en subjected-to the-verdict of the ipeople. Hitherto contests have been ■avoided by a/trace between the\partics. Ctfuller has loudly championed the cause , of Herr Liebknecht, the ex-leader of the German Socialists, who was imprisoned £n a charge of treason.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 159, 5 July 1916, Page 5
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