GERMAN ELECTIONS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 88, 7 November 1932, Page 3

GERMAN ELECTIONS

NO GOVERNMENT CANDI- ! DATES | THE RESULT FORECASTED Press Association —Copyright Berlin "Nov. G. —Polling opened ! this morning in the fifth general election within a year. A far smaller poll lis expected than in the election of | two mouths ago. The opinion is slill ilield that the Hitlerites will lose j seats—some say many. A ciirioiiG feature is thai the ! electors arc unable to vote for or ! against the Government because there are no Government candj. ! dates. The Government stands aloof'and has left no doubt of its intenjion to remain in power whatever the result. i Experienced politicians think Her l -' I von Papen will soon be replaced b> ! another member of the ruling clique, i but no one. expects a. modification or ! the Government's character or pol-

icy. Nazi storm troops gathered around a pool of blood left on the pavement when the police lulled a Nazi customs officer. They dipped a Hag in the blood.

Nazis escorting Hon- Hitler to an election meeting in the JLihiueiaucl cleared Hie paths of the crowd with heavy whips. A girl who was struck in the face is suing the escort. "Under a broadcast threat that any. one interfering with traffic would be shot, this morning was marked by no disorders. Flying squads of armed police were patrolling the city in parts where strikers filled tram rails with cement and erected barricades. A few trams were running, but imses and tubes were idle. Two more Communist newspapers were suppressed. The city dustmen have joined the strikers. A threat of dismissal caused only 2500 of the 24,000 tram and bus strikers to work. Cvowds of cyclists shouting abuse, accompanied the vehicles attempting to run. Many windows were broken. The escorting police were hemmed in by stonethrowing crowds, and they fired, killing two and seriously wounding others, including two women. Herr von Papen in a final election broadcast speech declared that the strikes which the Nazis and Communists were provoking in order to disturb the economic peace were a crime against the nation. Herr Hitler had disappointed the hopes of those expecting him to combat Marxism and assist in rebuilding Germany.

The police raided a suburban house and arrested 50 alleged Communists, including strike leaders. The 'provisional transport services ceased at midnight.