The Archive · 1930

German Democrats in New Role

Hannover, Nov. 9.

The German Democratic Party having yesterday dissolved its national convention, to-day reopened it} as the "foundation convention of! the State Party" and formally elect~ ed its first president the present Minister of Finance, Dr. Diet ich, one of the old leaders of the Democratic Party.

"Tt was but a few weeks before the si general elections that the Demoferatic Party or actually its committee under the influence of its pres Jdent Koch-Weser decided to change the name and constitution of the party in order to enable the Young German Order to enter the political jand parliamentary field together th the Democrats.

'The hope that this would lead to Jan increase of the new party's fluence was, however, not fulfilled inasmuch as' shortly afterwards it became evident that the Democrats had been intentionally deceived by! the Younz German Ozder which formerly was not represented in the Reichstag, merely wanted to make' use of the Democrat party and par-Vamentary machinery during the elections and as soon' as it had got some of its members elected to the Reichstag, cut off its relations its allies and went over to the Right, this consequently leading to the resignation of Herr Koc} as president of the Democrat Ps Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.

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