GERMANY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 18, 23 January 1919, Page 5

GERMANY

THE ELECTIONS ■MAJORITY SOCIALIST VICTORY. (Beater’s Telegrams.) BERLIN, Jan. 21. The Majority Socialist party, with its supporters, captured 65 per cent, of the seats. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 20. It i« estimated that 80 .per cent, of the electorate of Berlin voted. Soldiers and women were particularly eager. There is no doubt of the Government victory, There were few disturbances, but the Spartacusians made numerous efforts to destroy ballot boxes. Owing ’to the enormous number of votes the result will not be’known before Tuesday.

STABLE GOVERNMENT PROBABLE (Beater’s Telegrams.) PARIS, Jan. 21. The result of the German elections is interpreted here as promising a prospect of the early establishment of a stable government. Besides the Majority Socialists’ big lead over the Independent Socialists, Eberf. and Scheideman n can count upon Fehrenbaoh, the leader of the Centre party, as an ally in their efforts to institute a Governmen f with a basis of popular support THE NEW CONSTITUTION. (Reuter’s Telegrams.! BERNE, Jan. 21. The new German constitution for submission to the National Assembly provides for the federation of ten republics, namely, Berlin, Prussia, Silesia, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Westphalia, Hessian, Rhine, Bavaria, and German Austria.

NEW SPARTACUS DOCTRINE. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 20. The Freisheim, the organ of the Spartacus party, urges the workers to' discontinue force and use their economic and moral powers in a .united effor*. to overthrow the Government of force, crime,, and madness. The: first fruits of the policy would be a general stoppage of railways. A leading, manger states that fourfifths of the workers are willing to carry on, but are terrorised by the minority, CLAIMS FOR RIOT DAMAGE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BERNE, Jan. 20. Claims for damage, caused by the Spartacusians last week already amount to six million marks. , . c . • The garrison of Bremen t .has risen; againsf the Spartacus republic, the President of which has fled. The garrison seized bridges and stations, apd demanded the restoration of Majority Socialist rule.

FOUR BOLSHEVIST LEADERS SHOT, (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ' ZURICH, Jan. 20. Four Bolshevist- leaders, at Spandau were captured on Friday - night. They ' attempted escape when going through a forest to prison, and the, guard shot the four dead.