Review of Nationalists and His Presidential Policy: The Need of National Restoration, Peaceful Labour and Unity:
German Prestige the First Thought The Swedish motor vessel Canton to-day sailed for Valencia, The Canton collided on April 13, with the British steamer Rhesus at Siding Devesoir, as the result of Jwhich she had her stem damaged, wile the Rhesus was badly" holed Berlin, Apr 17.
Addressing an audience of 20,000 to-day, Dr. Marx, the Presidentiat leandidate of the Republican bloc, said that Germany must make sacrifices in order to maintain peace fon the western frontier and make secure. A Prance-German understanding was a valuable political aim, but the acceptance of a security act as regards the West afforded fall the more reason why Germany. must remember the unnatural frontier conditions in the East, and the social affinity binding them to Austria.
Dr. Marx concluded by saying that Germany must again put forward a claim for national union with Austei The Nationalist Test Apr. 18, With the Socialists given a quid pro quo in the shape of the recent election of the Socialist ex-Premier, Herr Braun, to the Prussian Premiership, Dr. Marx, the Coalitionist jeandidate, seems to be assured of the Socialist support in the presidfential contest on April 26 against (General vor Hi whose ries have wrested the ascendency the Nationalist Party from the /Stresemann group. Thus the votes given to General von Hindenbury though not return, will be ism, for the chances. of the third candidate nominated, the Commonist, Herr Thaelman fare negli Manifestoes of innumerable re-
Jactionary organizations make a rhapsodical appeal for support, of "our Sather Hi mnburg, the German, the Chi the hero," against Dr. Mat Communist the inveetorgans, while opposing his candidature, treat Gen-feral von Hindenburg ' respectfully. land that Dr. Marx in his speeches refers to General von Hindenburg. with reverence.
German Trade the First Idea is significant, however, that the prospects of German trade have recently been the dominating, note in campaign. The Marxites are ing the recent slump in the foreign Joan market as an argument. against the Nationalists and the latter are labelling Dr. Marx as an. fanti-capitalist candidate on account of his Socialist support. The electors are confronted with a bewilder ing mass of trade statistics con-_ stituting the chief material argument of each side and that its ean-
Jdidate alone is likely to attract foreign capital.—Reuter.
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