GENERAL ELECTION IN GERMANY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 17 June 1932, Page 2

GENERAL ELECTION IN GERMANY

POLLING ON 31st JULY RETURN OF MONARCHY ISSUE LONDON, sth June. To prevent the return of the Hohenzollerns and defend the German Republic will be the aim of the Left and Centre Parties, led by the late Chancellor of Germany, Dr. Bruening, at tho general election for the Reichstag, to be held on 31st July. This they intend to make tho great election issue, says the Berlin correspondent of the “News Chronicle.” They fear that if the reactionary parties gain a majority in the now Reichstag the Re. public will be in danger. The aristocrats and barons in control of the new Cabinet, it is feared, may attempt an immediate revision of the German Constitution which will restore the monarchy. It is possible that Ilohenzollern princes will be nominated as Nationalist and Nazi candidates.

Until the new Reichstag assembles Germany will be governed by decrees. The Nazis, jubilant at their success at the Mecklonbei'g polls, are redoubling their energies and are preparing for an election campaign surpassing their earlier colossal efforts, says the Berlin correspondent of the “Times.” Although good judges favour tho Nazis, they do not predict a majority for them, and it seems improbable that the election will yield the clear result for which everyone longs. “A restoration of the monarchy was not seriously considered until General von Schleicher emerged as the power behind the Government,” declares Dr. Rocrig, the London correspondent of the “Cologne Gazette,” in an article in the “Evening News.” “This is quite natural, however, as General von Schleicher is an intimate friend of the ex-Crown Prince, who, since his return from exile, has assiduously attempted to regain his popularity. I-Ie lias attended all the great sporting events, but his interference in tho recent election did not impress the public, and many considered that it did Herr Iliitler more harm than good.