GERMAN PRESIDENCY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 102, 31 March 1925, Page 5

GERMAN PRESIDENCY.

RESULT OF ELECTION. HERR JARRES LEADING. BERLIN, March 29. Glorious weather favoured tho presidential elections. Many voters preferred to spend tho dty in tho country, consequently the percentage of tho electorate polling was considerably less that at the last Reichstag election. Some buildings wero beflagged, tho Republican colours seeming to predominate. Polling was conducted without incident. It is estimated sixty-five per cent of the electors voted. Partial results in Berlin are: Jarres 47,255, Braun second with 26,428, Marx fifth with 1:921 and Ludendorf sixth with 1332. Herr Jarres’ lead is unexpeatedly large. Reuter’s Berlin correspondent says that, with ten million votes counted at midnight, the indications are that Ilerr Jarres will ultima.aly head the poll, but will not securo an absolute majority, necessitating a further p >ll on April 26th. Tho posit on, roughly, is Jarres four million votes. Braun three million, Marx and Thaila ann, one million each. —Reuter.

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. I JOINT CANDIDATE WANTED. Rece yed March 31, 10.40 a.m. BERLIN, March 30. i Tho prii cipal fact emerging from tho < presidential election is that the possibility < of an extr mist swing to either side has been ruled out by uie sound defeat the i Fascist Ludendorff and the Communist T>> dmann An interesting feature wae : rho failure Df the Rightist. Herr Jarres, to come up to expectations. It is noteworthy tha . the losing votes were at Duis- ■ burg, wher as burgomaster he was ejected by tho o< supation authorities. On the contrary, tlO Socialist Braun did better than was i xpected. Tho pro lem 'now confronts the Republicans < nd Democrats to hit on a suitable joint candidate when a Republican presidency s practically assured; otherwise Jarres wi l continue to be favourite. Roughly, 2 ’,030,000, or 70 per cent of the electorate, voted, being 3,000,000 less than at the Pari amentary election in December. Tho Social Democrats, the Reich bloc, and the Centre held their ground, while the Bavarian 1 'eople’s Purty and the Democrats lost 400,000 votes. The National Socialists o id Communists respectively lost 700.000 an l 800,000 votes.—A. and N.Z. p cable.

Six cand date 3 for the Presidency have been ruent oned in recent cablegrams. They are Dr. Marx, the Chancellor (Centre) ; Hen' Jarres, Vice-Chancellor (Right); I err Otto Braun (Social Democrat) ; Hei ■ Hellpach (Democratic); Herr Thaelmann (Communist); General Von Ludendorff (People’s Party).