GERMAN ELECTIONS
A RETROGRADE TENDENCY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, May 18. The Landtag elections in Brunswick and Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Constituent Assembly elections in Dantzig reveal a retrograde tendency. Manv Plural Socialists have gone over to the Independent Socialists, while a great many Democrats have joined the Conservatives. The German Popular Party at Dantzig secured 34 seats, the Majority Socialists 19, Independent Socialists 21, and Poles 7. These elections fairly indicate the possible trend, of the Reichstag elections.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ROYALIST ELECTION MANIFESTO. PROMISE OF A MONARCHY. BERLIN. May 19. (Received May 20, at 7.55 p.m.) Munich Royalists numbering a quarter of a million have issued an election manifesto promising a monarchy on the basis of a plebiscite, and the restoration of constitutional independence to Bavaria within the framework of the German Empire.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17941, 21 May 1920, Page 5
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