GERMAN CRISIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 244, 14 September 1932, Page 7

GERMAN CRISIS.

POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY.

FUTURE MORE OBSCURE

LONDON, Sept. 13. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says:—“The future is now more obscure than ever. The elections are due iu sixty days and good observers see little likelihood of any but Communist gains. Only exceptional reasons would cause a postponement of the elections, but tlie Government has not excluded this possibility. It is believed that its economic scheme will effect an improvement in trade before the election. Outside observers, however, consider that the political ' uncertainty may wreck these hopes.”

VON PAPEN’S DIFFICULTY

BERLIN, Sept. 13. Some authorities consider that Herr von Papen has scored an initial success in the election campaign, as the Reichstag practically justified the Government’s dissolution by tlieir refusal to accept President Hindenburg’s economic proposals. Herr von Papen’s real difficulty, however, is tho absence of any political organisation for an appeal to the electorate. Meanwhile German authority is in the hands of dictators relying on President Hindenbnrg’s prestige and tho bayonets of the 100,000 soldiery of the German Republic. A high official of the German Government told the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express that if after the general election, Parliament still refused to assist the Government, it would have another dissolution. “Wo must dissolve Parliament as often as is necessary to ensure the continuance of our Government,” lie said.

CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH

BERLIN, Sept. 12. In a speech which was broadcast through Germany tho Chancellor only briefly touched on the developments in the Reichstag. Ho complained that the House could listen to a tirade by Moscow’s emissary, made by Frau Clara Letkin a fortnight ago, when the Reichstag assembled, but was unwilling to hear himself as Chancellor state the Government’s case. He declared that Germany would refuse to participate in a. further Disarmament Conference till her claim to equality in armaments was conceded. “We have finished with reparations,” he said. “The Young Plan is dead, never to be resurrected. It will never be possiblo to demand from us more than was agreed upon at Lausanne. Ho asserted that the Government was determined to proceed with its programme of reconstruction.