POLITICAL CONFUSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18894, 17 December 1924, Page 11

POLITICAL CONFUSION.

POSITION IN GERMANY. INITIATIVE WITH PRESIDENT. Times. LONDON, Dec. 15. Thp Berlin correspondent of the Times says the Chancellor, Dr. Wilhelm Marx, has definitely given up negotiations with various parties in regard to the formation of a new Government. The initiative in the matter has now passed into the hands of the, President, Herr Ebert and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Herr Stresemann. The latter is suffering from a chill, and is at present in a sanatorium, but is expected to return to Berlin on Wednesday. MANY ROCKS AHEAD. MULTITUDE OF PARTIES. LONDON. Dec. 9. The Times says that Germany has rejected the extremists, both of the Left and Right, by the heaviest vote. The lessening of the popularity of these parties is a most gratifying feature in view of the dangerous and ominous strength they had suddenly developed. The elections have shown decisively that the majority of the German people will support the Dawes scheme. Nevertheless, a .strong Monarchist minority makes it difficult to decide on an internal policy. The admission of Nationalists to the Cabinet, on which the elections were fought, and the multiplicity of parties and policies, makes the formation of a responsible majority Government as difficult as ever.

In similar circumstances German statesmen and parties have always exhibited flexibility and adaption in an extraordinary degree.

Under fl'he heading, " Germans vote for Kaiser's Flag," the Daily Mail points out that the election was a disappointing stalemate. Stable Government, it says, is not assured. Ludendorff w.is elected, and neatly one-third of the voters proclaimed allegiance to the Kaiser's flag and the old regime, .showing hat this is not the moment to make concessions to Germany.