GAINS BY NAZIS

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1932, Page 5

GAINS BY NAZIS

ELECTIONS IN GERMANY

HOUSE HOSTILE TO PAPEN

BOLSHEVISM IN BERLIN

GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN

HERR HITLER SEES VICTORY

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Em. 10 p.m. Berlin, Nov. 7.

The final provisional results of the Geranan general election show that 35,270,000 votes were cast. The state of the panties is:—

Nazis 105 Socialists 121 ‘Communists , 100 • Centre ~.. .........70 Nationalists 50 Bavarian People’s IS German People’s ....... 11 ; Others t ... .................... • Z The outstanding feature of the elections is the growth of Bolshevism in Berlin proper, which is turning quite Bed. Four hundred thousand Communistfi and & quarter of a million Socialists polled, compared with 230,000 Nazis and 150,000 of the bourgeois parties.

Gains by the German Nationalists ■ and the People’s Parties will enable the Papen Government to claim that its number of supporters has doubled since July 31.

Though Herr von Papen has gained slightly in the election there is an enormous opposing majority to the Government in the new Reichstag, as the Nazis, Communists and Socialists are definitely hostile and the Centre Party is not enthusiastic. The von Papen groups polled only 11 per cent, of the total votes. Some express the opinion that what Herr yon Papen calls “the incapacity of Parliament to Rule” would be a pretext for dissolving the Reichstag and holding elections for a constituent assembly. Herr Adolf Hitler says: “The German people have spoken decisively against Herr von Papen. The Nazis are the strongest party in Germany and are on the threshold of complete victory.” Herr Hitler’s biggest loss was in East Prussia, where his vote declined 2'l per cent. The chief losses to the party were in the agricultural districts. CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE. As Herr von Papen’s. continuance in office is a foregone conclusion despite the elections, considerable attention was attracted by the speech of the chairman of the Catholic Centre Party, a Papal prelate by profession, Herr Kaas, who recalled the ostentatious", optimism till the end of IMS. He asked did not the present masters shrink from the day when a shallow,. haphazard optimism would culminate in bankruptcy of unexampled dimensions ? “We are nearer a grave struggle than most think,” he said. “We are now, as it were, in war time, and may the fate of those who then declined to see be averted.from those who are now wilfully blind. We will not become revolutionaries, but legal passive and active resistance is harder to overcome than barricades.” The transport strike was the only novelty in the election scene, a scene to which Germany is becoming accustomed. The absence of trams, buses and under'Tound services meant that., diversions were not available, and consequently there was a heavy poll in Berlin. The Nazis and Communists, who are allied in -the strike, secured comparative electoral peace. There were only a few minor skirmishes and 50 arrests for obstruction, but every policeman available was on duty. Aeroplanes incessantly flew over Berlin to warn the authorities of any impending danger. Numerous disturbances occurred elsewhere in Germany. Nazis shot five Communists with revolvers at Chemnitz. There were 23 arrests at Bremen as a result of a Communist-Nazi clash, three Nazis being seriously injured. Riots, in which several were injured, occurred, in Brunswick, Oldenburg, Djiisbuy and OreEeld.

A fusillade of stones stopped tramcars in the evening. Nine passengers were injured by splintered glass. The police fired three times on strikers and 32 further arrests were made. A later message gives the following totals of votes polled:— Hitlerites 11,712,000 Socialists 7,233,000 'Communists 5,072,000 Centre 4,228,000 Nationalists , 2,950,000 ■ Bavarian People’s' 1,080,000