NEW REICHSTAG

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21251, 3 August 1932, Page 11

NEW REICHSTAG

PARTY STRENGTHS NAZIS WIN 230 SEATS bold bid for power STARTLING SUGGESTION BARRING COMMUNISTS By Telegraph—Tress Association—Copyright 1 (Received August 2. 5.25 p.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 1 The final general election returns show the,state of parties in the new Reichstag to bo as follows: ; Nazis . . . . . t . 230 ' Socialists .-• , . v. 133 Communists . .. v. 89 Centre Party ~ . . . 76 Nationalists . . . . . . 37 Bavarian People's Party . . 22 German Nationalists, People's Party and other small groups . . . . . 45 Christian Socialists . . . . 4 State Party . . . . . . 4 Peasants . . . * »-. 2 Farmers' Leagues . . .. 2 Practically all the counting of votes svas finished by midnight. The newspapers consider that the new Reichstag will be as unmanageable as the old one and enjoy purely theoretical power while the Government and the Reichswehr continue the dictatorship. General Schleicher's Attitude The Minis'jr of Defence, General Schleicher, djes not display the least disposition to hand over tho reins of power to any combination of parties. The Hitlerites propound the sensational suggestion that the, Communist Party -should be suppressed by invalidating the claims of the 89 Communist deputies to their.seats in the Reichstag. If that were done the Right parties, dominated by tho 230 Nazis, would be assured of an absolute majority. Claiming an amazing victory Herr Hitler, in a manifesto, says the Nazis have become the strongest party in the Reichstag and must continue to fight for Germany's freedom. The Nazis are determined to implement the gigantic vote of 14.000,000 by pressing for the right to. take the helm, especially in view of the Bolshevik danger revealed at the election. Government to Remain la Office The Government announces that in view of the result of. the election b will return to its original task of constructive legislation. It will view the impeding of debates calmly since a majority sufficient to reject it could not easily be found. The Cabinet has drafted s. comprehensive plan of reconstruction which it believes will be approved by the majority of the members of the Reichstag. It is stated semi-officially that ths Reichstag will be asked to pass a law giving the Cabinet a free hand in financial and economic affairs without; recourse to Presidential decrees. If tho .Souse proves recalcitrant it will probably be dispersed. In the course of a recent speech to Nazis Herr Rotschke, a prominent Hitlerite, declared :—Herr * von Papen can govern until Sunday night, but must hand his power to Herr Hitler oh Monday. It the power is not given we are prepared to take it," he said. "Whatever happens, we are going into office. The Nazi banner will soon be Germany's national flag. We are going to cleanse the country with an iron broom." Officially tbe Nazis discountenanced the outburst. Herr Hitler, addressing an audience of 100,000 Nazis, was far more moderate. He said the election would justify the policy of legality he had practised for 10 years. POLITICAL TRUCE RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT 420 ARRESTS IN BERLIN (Received August 2, 825 p.m.) » Time 3 Cable LONDON, Aug. 2 The Berlin correspondent of the Times says the Prussian Minister, of tho Interior, Dr. Bracht, has warned all organisations and individuals against further incitement to "bloody terror.'' Ho says the Govern ment will not shrink from drastic measures to enforce the political truce. The press is ordered to refrain from inflaming the passions of ths people under penalty of rigorous repression. There were 420 arrests in Berlin last right. COMMENT IN FRANCE NO REAL SURPRISE HITLER'S CHANCE LOST (Received August 2, 8.25 p.m.) PARIS, An sr. 1 The result of the election in Germany has occasioned no real surprise in Paris. The press is neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, declaring that Herr von Papen and General Schleicher have got exactly what, they wanted—a divided Reichstag which they can rule, ignore or suppress, according (o circumstances. The general impression is that Germany's "fateful day" has not changed the political outlook. Herr Hitler is held definitely to have Jost. his chance oi gaining power, nl least by constitutional means. WAR ON THE REDS OUTRAGES BY NAZIS BOMBS AND FIREARMS USED BERLIN. A up. 1 Infuriated by the. result of tho general "lection, gangs of Nazis at Konigsberg wreaked vengeance on the. Communists and Socialists iu a scries of murderous outrages. Tho recently deposed Governor, Herr Bahrfeld, was called to his door and shot in both arms. Two Socialist journalists were, similarly wounded. Two Communists were shot f| c ; 'd in a, street and incendiary bombs were thrown into the offices of two Socialist. newspapers. There were numerous bomb outrages against buildings in Schleswig Holstein *-longing to Commui ists. These structures were damaged, but they were not ' occupied. Thirty-fivo to 40 deaths occurred elsewhere in Germany, all traceable to faction fights after the announcement of the election results.