GERMAN PLEBISCITE

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 June 1926, Page 5

GERMAN PLEBISCITE

ON ESTATE.

?• MONARCHY V. REPUBLIC.

! (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). j(By Cable--Press Assn.—Copyright.)

BERLIN, June 19.

■ ■ Whether.the, German Government barque 'will be able successfully to 'negotiate The rapids of the next few days’-'eyents is at present the topic "of anxious and excited conjectures. With the approach of the referendum which will'be .taken to-morrow on the subject I 'of t)ie 'djspropriation of the ex-rulers of Germany, the public ferment is' being •. ventilated at monster demonstrations, where prominence is being given' to banners which suggest that, the protagonists interpret the referendum as marking the struggle of .the Monarchy versus tae Republic., literr Stresemann (Foreign Minister)'’jin ah interview, ridiculeu such a’ '/’ont'ention, but he pointed out that whereas the plebiscite was a move by, the .Socialists and Communists'. in. favour of the' dispossession of tire former 1 rulers without compensation, the Government, on the other hand, had prepared a compromise bill, making a distinct difference between the State and the private property, .leaving the ex-rulers a certain amount of. private property. i Governmental circles are confident that ,the requisite nineteen and ahalf million, votes will not be obtained in! favour of confiscation, though, Should their calculations be falsified, tide cdnshquerices will be most disastrous ) since' President Von Hindenburg and the Government wifi resign..?'.'Further than that, the federal Stales, and notably Bavaria, will refuse to carry out confiscation and the result will be chaos. . . | . ■ . . • ■ ; BERLIN DEMONSTRATIONS. BERLIN, June 20. The financial fate of the Hohenzollerns and, ■ nineteen, other Gernian dynasties will fie decided to-day. Property valued ,at two hundred mil-, lioirt is- at stake. Twenty million ayes will be needed if Wilhelm and others are to be deprived of their, patrimonies. Jt is expected that the general result of the, voting tviir be known at midnight, but The formal proclamation of the exact' figures will not be possible for weeks, as the votes in sixty-eight thousand centres must be checked. The plebiscite will cost the . Reichstag £75,000. Propaganda on both sides is becoming more vigorous hburly. De--1 monstrations in Berlin presented a terrible' sjglit. Thousands of war victims were wheeled in handcarts or limped on crutches, accompanied by giant megaphones, chanting “Not a Penny for the Princes.” The authorities are taking extraordinary measures to prevent disturbances. FORECAST OF RESULT. (“Sydney f?un” Service.) (Recd. 2 p.m.) BERLIN, June 20.

Reports countrywide indicate that confiscation is not obtaining the necessary support.