National Socialists and Communists Sweep the Board at the General Election.
Berlin, Sept. 15.
"The extremists, namely the National Socialists (Fascists) and the Communists have swept the board at the general election.
Hight-five per cent, of the electors polled.
Every 60,000 notes polled means one seat in the Reichstag.
The distribution of seats in the new Reichstag, according to the latest calculation, is as follows:
Social Democrats 143
Fascists (National Socialists) 107
German Nationalists Centre Party 68 Communists 76
People's Party State Party (which has absorbed the Democrats) 20
Economic Party Bavarian People's Party Landvolk Business Party Landbund Others.
The mest serious encounter tool complete confusion into Germany' political life. The sweeping vie-tories of the National Social (Fascists) create an unprecedented situation.
The new Reichstag will have over 200 Deputies representing Na. tional Socialists, German Nationale and: Communists, Their opponents will be the middle Parties, have to form a coal tremists if Germany is to be saved from an extremist policy.
Both the Fuseists and the Communists have proclaimed their confemipt for Parliamentarism and the new Reichstag is likely to result in stalemate or, possibly, violence, The amazing thing about the rise of the Fascists is that it has been achieved in the teeth of the hostility of practically the entire. press of the country for the Fascists possess only a few papers of their own. But the Party's active propagand mong the masses and its slogan Down with everything Republics galvanised the working classes and the middle The Fascists do not favour a monarchy but a Dictatorship on the Mussolini lines, The almost fantastic electoral successes of the National Socialists, or Fancists, has caised a tremendous sensation throughout Germany, The fact that the official Party estimate of 60 seats in the Reichstag. thas been 0 overwhelmingly ex. ceded is due to the popularity of the Party's programme, which in-clades a quasi-Fascist dictatorship, the purging of Germany from for-ign yacial influences, particularly Jewish, and the suppression of land-erdism as practised by the big German land-wriers.
Despite the deadly hostility of the Communists against the Fascists, it in expected that the Communists will throw in their weight with the Fascists in the event of the Social Democrats forming a Government, Router.
The newspapers to-day admit that they are staggered at the Fascist successes. They consider that the only possible check to the onslaught ints.
This Would give the combination a majority of 321 against the Communists and Ger-
In official circles ff is emphas-ined that such a coalition would guarantee adherence to the Bruening Government's foreign policy.
The followers of Herr Hitler, the Teader of the National Socialis have already announced their wil-ingness to join in the formation of 8 government on condition that they get the portfolios of Defence and the Interior. They also demand that the Prussian: Diet be dissolved and new Prussian elections be hold, after which the National Socialists sould be appointed to the posts of Prussian Minister of the Interior and President of Police at Berlin.
Those conditions are regarded as unacceptable, for they vould mean giving the Fascists control of the Army and the police, thus enabling them to carry out their object of overthrowing the Republic and Berlin, Sept, 24, he end of the election eampal wag marked by rioting in the capital "and provinces, a place at Berlin yesterday evening. Large crowds of Communists had assembled at their headquarters at Bulow Square, Several lorries containing National Socialists passed by and were fired on by the Communists, with the result that one of the former was killed and several wounded.
'The police had great difficulty in' clearing the square. A dozen Na-Yonai Socialists were seriously in-Jured elsewhere in the city by bot-Yes of hydrochloric acid hurled at them.
'A total of 200 persons were ar-vested throughout Berlin. As the result of similar clashes five persons, were wounded at Munster, six at] Hanau and seven at Aix-la-Chapelle.
President von Hindenburg was} cone of the earliest voters at the yurneyed to Loernach to vote. Spetial polling stations were established hospitals for the benefit of docts ors and nurses. Urns into which patients dropped their voting papers were carried along the wards.
Two persons were killed and a number injured in Berlin to-day in the course of small outbreaks, but the police were able to cope with the disturbances, Four hundred persons were arrested in Berlin last night and to-day, but mpst of them have been released.—Reuter.
Berlin, Sept. 16.
Preliminary final election returns Gefinitely show that the National-Socialists profited most from the economic depression all along the me and will be the strongest party in the now Reichstag next to Social-Democrats who despite slight losses] still head the poll and now probably hold 140 seats as against 152 in the old! Reichstag.
The National-Socialists hold now 12 be-
The Communists have 15 mandates, approximately, compared with 54 they had so far, this being also a fruit of the economic situation.
Notwithstanding this, however, the Clerical Centre Party and' the Bavarian People's Party gained considerably as the only Government parties whereas the other parti which formed the Bruening Cabinet, the German People's Party and the! State Party, formerly the Democratic Party, lost heavily while the Economic Party, another member of [the coalition, maintained its vote.
Of the opposition parties the poll fof the three nationalist groups which formerly were united as the German National People's Party, }was practically cut down to only a half of the former strength which' was 79 mandates.
The. exact number of mandates obtained by the various parties will not be known here before Monday noon owing to the involved calcalaions necessary under the proporional representation system.. However, it can definitely by stated that' there will be a safe major for the present fineneial policy of the Governm: fall members of the Bruening Cabinet including the Chai Foreign Minister wore reelected. Amongst the new members of the coming Reichstag is the former Commander-in-chief of Reichswehr, General von Seeckt, who inc thas enters the political arena' zs a dec
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