GERMAN CHANCELLORSHIP

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 7

GERMAN CHANCELLORSHIP

CLAIMS BY HERR HITLER HIS CHANCE NOT FAVOURED HINDENBURG’S CONDITIONS COALITION IMPROBABLE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.55 p.m. Berlin, Nov. 22. It is officially announced that President von Hindenburg will give his decision on the problem of the Chancellorship to-day. The prospects of Herr Hitler becoming Chancellor are now remote. The Centre Party is far from enthusiastic about a coalition with the Nazis, while Herr Hugenberg’s Nationals are definitely hostile. It is understood Herr Hitler at his conference with President von Hindenburg asked to be allowed to form a Presidential Ministry similar to Herr von Papen’s, but the President replied in the negative, saying that only a non-party leader was eligible to form a Presidential Cabinet.

According to the Berlin correspondents of several London papers Herr Hitler already has decided he cannot comply with President Hindenburg’s conditions, which two correspondents describe as a trap.

The Daily Express sayS the conclave between Herr Hitler and his leading supporters ended in a victory for the “noes.” Herr Hitler has not given a clear refusal; instead he has sent a long letter to the President requesting further information regarding the conditions, which is expected to result in a letter to-day definitely refusing. The Evening Standard’s Berlin correspondent says that at the end of ten minutes’ interview President von Hindenburg gave Herr Hitler six hours to demonstrate that he could command a majority in the Reichstag.