NEW MOVES IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 15

NEW MOVES IN GERMANY.

COALITION PROPOSAL. REFORM ON PARLIAMENTARY LINES. (T7XITED PRZSS ASSOCT..TIOX—II ELBCTBIC TELEGRAPH—COPIBIGHT..) (Received August 12th, SJO p.m.'N BERLIN, August .12. llorr Fran?: von Papen to-'lnv conferred with the Centre Party leaders, who, it is believed, insisted on the formation of a Cabinet on a Parliamentary basis, with the inclusion of the Nazi leaders as fully responsible partners. The Catholics are rea'dy to join the coalition with the Nazis provided the latter pledge themselves to observe the Constur.t 1 m and to respect tho 1 arlianun . form of government. The coalition with the Catholics and the Hitlerites <mild command a majority in the Reichstag. In the meantime, Cabinet has issued a statement. President von Hindenburg adheres to the idea of a Government independent of Party. llerr Adolf Hitler is to interview the President to-day. President von Hindenbtirg to-day atI tended the commemoration of the Weimar Constitution, at which Baron Wi!hehn von Gayl (Minister for the Interior) outlined a programme, including the establishment of an Upper House or Senate, the substitution of electoral constituencies for the present Party list system, and the raising of the voting age, which at present is twenty. The reforms arc designed to lead to a. closer relationship between the Heich I and Prussia.