(REUTERS TELEGRAM.)

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 7

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, .-"■■ BERLIN, 4th May. :■'.; ■"■;. Eighty-five per. cent.'of-'the electorate; oolied in some districts. Huge .crowds are parading the -streets,. and .thousands assembled at points where returns ' were . thrown on screens.' ....... „ ..u ;■'■;,.\ . A Cologne' telegram says the election was devoid of excitement, the voting being on religious rather than political lines.. The only noticeable activity was displayedI'by, the Social Democrats and the People's Freedom Party. The slogan of the latter party was "Down with tha. Jews." - -,'. ■ ••' .!■■" t-." "~ ' :..' The main issue at the". elections o£ the1 Beichstag, said a recent cable riies> . sage, K is whether/ the Treaty, of .Versailles and the experts' report shall be : unequivocally, accepted by Germany as .the'basis of peace in Eiiropa.-. The-Tenly • of the supporters oJ the extreme Nationalist and German National parties is in the negative. The supporters of the Soc- . ialist, the German; People's, the Centre, and the Democratic parties reply in the affirmative. The Nationalists and the: Monarchists, who are furiously anti-, Semitic, "aro" expected" to poll heavily; but it: is-'impossible for .them to secure a majority. Dr. Helfferich's:death has . weakened the German National Party. , Herr Stresemanu's German People's Party, -which' includes the prominent industrialists, is .adopting, a middle course, and favours the restoration of the monarchy by constitutional means.-j The majority of -the . Centre 'Party are j . Republicans, as are : the Socialists, while the Nationalists openly appeal for restoration of the Monarchy.' -•■'■■■«