CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 32, 7 February 1907, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

THE KAISER'S VICTORY. ♦ PROGRESS OF THE ELECTIONS. "THE REAWAKENED GERMAN SPIRIT." TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM. '■ [PBESS ASSOCIATION.! BERLIN, 6th Februay. On the second ballot yesterday Herr Raempf, tho Radical candidate for the First Division of Berlin, polled 8053 votes. Herr Aron, Socialist, polled '1618. On tho second ballot in 1903 Herr Aron polled 6233. A Socialist defeated a National Liberal at Strasburg. A National Liberal ousted a Socialist at Dresden (old ton n). Socialists lost to Radicals at Frank-fort-on-Main. The Centre supported the latter Socialists yesterday lost fifteen sea^s and gained four. They have lost altogether thirteen out of twenty seats in Saxony. Tho National LiberaJs yesterday gained eleven scats and lost four. General Liebert, a pantCeraian, president of the Imperial Anti-Socialist Union, to which the Chancellor early in January addressed a stirring appeal for support, ousted a Socialist at B^rna. A great procession was held in Berlin at midnight last night, similar to that which took place after the fii-^t elections on the 25th January. Prince Buelow, the Imperial Chancellor, deliverod a speech, acclaiming the re-awakened German spirit, and expressing full confidence- in the future. He called for three cheers for German patriotism and loyalty. Tremendous enthusiasm was displayed, by the crowds. The procession went to the Castle. SPEECH BY THE EMPEROR. (Received February 7, 0.30 a.m.) BERLIN, 6(.h February. ! The crowd at midnight enthusiastically' cheered tho Kaiser and the Empress at the Imperial Palace. Tho Emperor declared that if all classes and creeds stand united Germany would be able to ride down all his enemies. He hoped that the victory was a just one — not a momentary, transient patriotic impulse, but a firmly rooted determination to persist in tlio cour&e adopted. i The speech, was received with great applause. THE CENTRE PARTY. (Received February 7, 8.40 a.m.) BERLIN, 6th February. The German Centre Party has replied to the Archbishops, stating that now, a3 during the 1887 elections, the most reverent submission would be shovrn to ecclesiastical matters, but in political affairs the party claimed unrestricted freedom. COMPOSITIONS THE REICHSTAG. (Received February 7, 9.33 a.m.) LONDON, 6th February. Renter's Berlin correspondent reports that the final composition of the Reichetag will be as follows : —

The Socialists lost thirty-six seat 3. At the general election of 1903 themembers roturned were cla&sified as under: — Centre or Clerical, 100; Conservatives, 73; National Liberals, 50; Social Democrats, 82; Radical Left, 26; Pole 3, 16; Anti-Semites, 9; Moderate Radicals, 9; smaller parties (such as South German People's Party, Guelphs, Danes, and Agrarians), 32; total, 397.

Centre Tarty ... ] Conservatives ... National Liberals Social Democrats Radical p eoplc'a Party jSermau Imperialists >»•* 59 55 43 28 21 Poles 20 Economic Fedcratiot Radical Union [ „ 15 11 [ndependents - . Agricultural Union ... jermaii People's Parly VLwtians German Reform Party 10 8 7 7 6 Suelph. )ane _. .., ... X • 1 1