Coming Elections Expected to Favour the Left Berlin, May 9.
The country is warming up to the preparations for the elections on May 20, which, whatever the fortunes of the various parties, will doubtless leave the principal party Tenders in possession of their seats under the prevailing system of proportional representation. Students of polities anticipate that the recent marked swing to the Left will be reflected in an_ increase presentation of the Social ready the strongest party probably a decrease in. the' ra of the Right parties, like the Ger man Nationals, at! present the second strongest party, and the People's Party, of which the Foreign Minister, Herr Stresemann, -member, while the Extreme Nationalists ' will' doubtless suffer heavily as regards sents, as they have already suffered as) regards personnel, through the actual prospective resignation of Gen. van Ludendorff, Admiral von Tir Prince Bismarck, and -Count, Bern storff.
The Communists, with several million supporters, expect to. gain seats. Hence, though the election are unlikely to provide a sensationfal surprise, the new Reichstag ix expected to differ considerably from the Inst.—Reuter.
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