THE COMMUNIST MENACE.
GERMAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. FACTION FIGHTS IN STREETS. tKeuter’s Telegram.) (Received October 27, 2 p.m.) BERLIN, October 2(1. The election for the Borlari Muni copal Council, in which .1,77)0,000, or 00 per cent, of the electorate voted, resulted in a victory for Socialists and Communists, who together polled nearly a million votes against threequarters of a million for other parties. The Council hitherto had a small bourgeoisie majority, comprising till the parties except Socialists and Communists. The Communists doubled their poll compared with the last elections in 1921, The Socialists and German Nationalists generally maintained their positions but tlie Peoples’ Party lost heavily. There were tlie customary clashes between the rival factions in the streets, with the result that many were slightly injured and a number ol arrests were madet
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16870, 27 October 1925, Page 13
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132THE COMMUNIST MENACE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16870, 27 October 1925, Page 13
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