ELECTIONS IN GERMANY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19311, 24 October 1924, Page 7

ELECTIONS IN GERMANY

BITTER CAMPAIGN ANTICIPATED. MONARCHISTS v. REPUBLICANS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrighl. LONDON, October 22. The Berlin correspondent ,of the Daily News says: The election promises to exhibit unprecedented bitterness owing to the clash between the irreconcilable Republicans and the Monarchists. The Nationalists’ election manifesto declares : “Our party remains Monarchist. Our determination is to create a Germany free from the over-lordship of Frenchmen, Jews, and parliamentary coteries, and from capitalist control, in which we and our children will be able to stand erect and proudly do our duty.” The Junker press is exceeding its customary violent language. It talks about abolishing the Republic. Meanwhile the Republicans, consisting of thp Socialist, Democrat, and Centro Parties, are eager to accept the Junker challenge. They have organised a National Banner League, consisting of 5,000,000 men pledged to < make the Republic a living reality, and to protect the Democratic meetings from Junker rowdies.—Sydney Sun Cable. A JUNKER SPOKESMAN. OPPOSITION TO VERSAILLES TREATY. LONDON, October 25. (Received Ocfc. 25, at 7.40 p.m.) The Morning Post’s Berlin correspondent says tliat Count Losterp, delivering the first Nationalist electioneering speech, showed that the party meant to fight on purely class lines. The Nationalist's would have nothing to do with the League of Nations. They adhered firmly to monarchism and intended to get rid of the Treaty of Versailles.—A. and N.Z. Cable.