GERMAN ELECTIONS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 9

GERMAN ELECTIONS.

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reuter’s Telegram.) POSITION OF NEW REICHSTAG COMPLICATED.

EVIL DAYS MAY FALL ON

GERMANY

(Received Mav 6. 1 p.m.) BERLIN, May 5

Provisional final results of the elections show ninety-nine Socialists, fifty-nine Communists, twenty-five Democrats, sixty-one Centre Party, fifteen Bavarian People’s Party, forty-eight. German People's Patty, ninety-three German Nationals, twenty-eight extreme Nationals, five Hanoverians, nineteen other parties. Those elected include Prince BisB ism art k. Count Wests rp, Ludendorff, Deniib-u-rg. Hilfferding. Marx, Wirth, Stvesonuinn. and Von T.ripitz. Seventy-five per cent, of the electors voted.

(Received May 6, 1.15 p.m.)

BERLIN, May 5,

The results' of the elections already have made it clear that the extreme Nationalists have in no wise done as well as they expected'. They must he content to take a back seat in the new Reichstag. Even in an extreme Nationalist stronghold like Munich a large number of votes went to the German Nationalists. It is significant that the extreme Nationalists have not gained a single seat in occupied territory. On the other hand' the German Nationals, of whom the late Helfferich is leader, and who with the Monarchist reactionaries were opponents of the experts' plans, have done extremely well, and will be the second strongest party in the Reichstag, with about 90 seats, compared with 67 previously. The Communists have done better than was expected, having nearly 60 seats, compared with 15 previously. They scored heavily in parts of Berlin and the big industrial towns in Saxony and Thuringia. Seemingly practically every former Independent Socialist, has gone over to Communism.

The German People’s Party, led by Stresemann, has done badly, and is likely to lose seats to the Nationalists. The Catholic Cenire Party and Democrats will have about 60 and 40 seats respectively, as before. No important changes are expected in the other groups.

The position in the new Reichstag is interesting, but complicated. Certainly the majority will favor acceptance of the experts' reports but- a two-thirds majority is necessary for the change in the constitution involved. Acceptance oi the experts’ reports is impossible without the support of the Nationalists. If ihey remain irreconcilable opponents ol the reports, which is doubtful, there will he no chance of flip Reichstag adopting the reports, and evil days will again fall upon Germany.