VON HINDENBURG ELECTED.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 28 April 1925, Page 7

VON HINDENBURG ELECTED.

Germany's Next President. . SENSATION OF THE YEAR. By Cabla—Proas Association—Copyright. Beater's Telegrams; (Received April 27, 5.6 p.m.) BERLIN April 27. It is understood that Marshal Von Hindenbufg has been eleoted President of' the German Republic. The voting resulted:

Von Hindenburg (Nationalist) ... . . . . 14,443,223

Dr, Marx (Republican) , 13,666,793 Herr Thaeimann .(Com-. ’ tmuriist) . . .. . * 1,910,451

Drizzling rain fell ail day. The polling tnrougUout the country, was Heavier man on March 29. ' A few collisions between . rival sections are reported, but non© were serious. ’ -, / The only signs’ of enthusiasm in the capital were displayed by boys and youths dashing turougn tire streets in motor lorries, waving Hags and cheering either von Hiiidenourg or Di\ Marx. . • * - ' .

TURNOVER OF MANY VOTES. VON HINDENBURG’S SUCCESS creates, great Enthusiasm.

tiy —PresA Association —Copyrigbfc. Australian and'N.ii. Olvblo ABBOoiatioa ' (Reoeived April 27, 7.5 p.m.) iJitRLIN, April 27. Th© turnover of only, six per cent, of the votes, compared with the first ballot; was ’ required to give von Hindenburg victory. , Excited crowd© massed at hundreds ■of spots in the city to hear the results. ' " ■. - ’ , The polling closed. at : six o’clock and the first results wefe known at eight. 1 There was immense cheering when the first figures I, published snowed yon. Hinderiourg was victor in the Potsdam district, men and women waving the old Monarchist colohrs, . and singing “Deutschland Über Alles” bareheaded despite the falling l rain. There were further gains for yon Hindenburg. Even in the working districts of. Berlin, any sucoess achieved by Dr. Marx were received with hooting, catcalls and groans. . There were numerous clashes between rival electioneering, factioris. It is estimated 85 por cent, of 'the 1 electors voted. 1

BERLIN’S OFFICIAL FftONOUNCEMENT. VON HINDENBURG elected. By Cubic;—Praia AasociatlonBeutar’a Telegrami. (Received April 27, 9.10 p.m.) * , HEREIN, April 26. : Marshal yon llmuenburg has, been elected. : - ,-V- ; ' Public tension is 'apparently increasing as the results, appear. Strongpolice patrols are posted everywhere: ; Th©' first three Berlin -stations gave Dr,./Marx a 50 per cent., majority; but the later eight combined Berlin districts showed yon " Hindenburg elected. , The voting shows that von Hindenburg .lod in, Pomerania, East Prussia,’ and Bavaria. Marx led in - Berlin, 1 Rhineland and the 1 Ruhr. •■- ■ I -\ Official Figures. The 'official-'provisional figures show that 30;340,U0u votes .were polled, 'as folioWs:. .. . : / , . Marslial yon Hindenburg 14,639,000 Dr. Marx .., ... 13,753,000 Herr Thaeimann ... ... ... 1,932,000 Two were killed and others injured in election riots near Karlsrhue. The Nationalist crowd tried to, storm the' town hall at Katitjof (Silesia), and collided with Many arrests were- made. , \ ! Great -Excitement. There was unprecedented excitement at Cologne, where there was heavy polling. The supporters jofl von Hindenourg were most active. There was a great tux-noVer in the Rhineland, which is the stronghold 'of Dr. Marx. | • — —— ’ ASTONISHMENT AT RESULT. LONDON PRESS COMMENT, By Oiblo—Frsn Asiociation:—Copyright. Beuter'g Telegrami. (Received April 27, T 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. Though most of the papers managed to get the announcement. lof von Tlinuenbuig's election into 'the, stop press, there has riot yet been time for considered comment neyoncl the heaaimes expressing astomshriient ftt the result. . : '! After the initial results to hand, it was repognised that many Refections from the Democrats would prove the determining factor in von Hindenburg’s election. RETURN OF MONARCHY INEVITABLE. DISTINGUISHED BRITISHER’S - GUJSI ELUSIONS.

$y Catle—P.voes Absociatiou —Copyright LONDON, April 26.

“The. restoration of the Monarchy in Germany is onJy 'a matter of time,” writes General Morgan, in an article in the “Weekly Desipatcii.” General Morgan was a member of the Allied Mission of Military Contro* in Germany ixom 1919 to 1929. lie says everything that ,has; happened in Germany during the past live years pouits m tins direction. The change of public temper in Germany respectinf the monarchy is astonisinng. “When I iirst went to Germany in 1919, the Monarchy seemed gone for ever—none so poor as to do it reverence. Witlnu twenty-four hours .22 thrones and sceptres tumbled in the dust. Never was a republican movement more complete. Never was a dynastic capitulation more abject—kings, grand dukes, dukes, serene lugiinesses, bolted for cover like raobits. They stole down the back stairs of palaces at liiglitj aiid vanished across the frontier. No voice wus raised in favour of these vanishing pomps, once so dear to the German—no hand was lifted to prop the fallen thrones. ’How has the prestige of the Hohenzolierns boen. revived! The answer is tradition aided ,by the Nationalist parties’ cunning policy. The Holienzollern tradition is far stronger than any individual member of the dynasty. The Germans forget the ex-Kaiser’s disastrous record. They remember Frederick the Great. Soon after the Kaiser’s debacle, the Nationalists used every propagandist method—films, plays, posters, brochures—to quicken tlio dormant memories' of the King who made Prussia great—the cult .of Frederick the Great. The Nationalists’ most effective electioneering poster is a portrait of Frederick asking ‘What has become of my Prussia?’ If von Hindonburg is elected the restoration of the Monarchy will certainly follow. If defeated, which is probable, the Nationalists will havo nailed their colours to the mast. The defeat of tho Republicans in this momentous election will moan irretrievable defeat. To tho Monarchists it will bo only a check.”