TENSE EXCITEMENT

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11650, 15 October 1923, Page 7

TENSE EXCITEMENT

EMERGENCY LAW PASSED.

GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFUL. Reuter’s Telegram. (Received October 14, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, October 13. Tire Reichstag passed the Emergency I.aw by 316 votes to 24. Seven members abstained from voting. The Reichstag's decision saved Herr Stresemann from the necessity of dissolving Parliament. The House was packed and there were thousands outside. The debate began with the usual denunications by the Communists, but the spokesman of the Bavarian Pteople’s Party announced that the party would not withdraw if the measure were passed. This settled the fate of the Bill, which the withdrawal of tho German Nationalists was unable to alter. The voting was awaited with tense exoitement and received with cheers, except by the Communists, who hissed.

STINNEB STAMPS OUT CABINET NOW DICTATORS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October Id, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 14. The Berlin correspondent of the “Sunday Express” says:—“Herr Strese. mann and Herr Stinnes, with pale tense expression and nervous gesture, confronted eaoh other before the sitting began. Then Stinnes stamped out.” The “Exchange Agency’s” Berlin correspondent says:—‘“lt is reported that Herr Stinnes, after his encounter with Herr Stresemann, refrained from voting. There was tense excitement in the House galleries and outside. The result was generally applauded.” The Cabinet now possesses dictatorial powers. It is expected that the Reichstag will be indefinitely adjourned, after perhaps one meeting next week. Tho Cabinet on Monday will discuss the new currency and other problems. The work of reconstruction of Germany immediately commences. Drastic measures are expected, dealing first with profiteers and unemployment. It is anticipated that the dismissal of workmen will be prohibited.