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GERMAN ELECTIONS FAIL TO BREAK DEADLOCK IN REICHSTAG

NAZIS LEAD

BUT SUFFER

MANY LOSSES

Provisional Returns Indicate Stalemate,

VON PAPEN GAINS.

Berlin, To-day. The stalemate in the Reichstag remums, but the Nationalists gained many seats, while Nazis and So- cialists lost, according to pro. visional final returns.

The final and revised pro-

visional result is as follows:

Nazis, 195, Socialists, 121, Communists, 100, Centre, 70, Ger- man Nationalists, 51; Bavarian People's Party, 18, German

People's Party. 11, State Party, 2, Christian Social Servicé, 6, Economic Party 2; Agrarian 6, Hanoverian Party, 1. The mem- bership of the new Reich will be 582.

The German election has once again resulted in a deadlock, and it is probable that Chancellor von] Papen and his minority Govern- ment, will continue in power.

To-day's results show heavy losses for the Nazi Party, for the followers of Herr Hitler and the Swastika hold only 195 seats in the new Reichstag, where before they had 228.

Socialists dropped from 132| seats to 121 while the Commun- ista gained, from 87 to-100.

The Centre Party, lost seats,

dropping from 76 to 70, but the

to be heard from.

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT RUMOURS

IN STOCKHOLM.

Announcement Expected on November 11.

Stockholm,

Local newspapers have discuss- ed rumours that the engagement of Princess Ingrid to either Prince George or the Prince of Wales will be announced in London on November 11

Princess Ingrid has returned to Sweden after a short stay in Lon- don.

BOLSHEVISTS'

PARTY GAINS

ON HITLERITES

Stalemate Recurs In German Elections.

COMPLICATED POLITICS.

Berlin, To-day. The definite decline of Hitlerism and the advance of Bolshevism among the work- ers, are aversion of the mid- dle class to Radicalism and opposition of the great majority of the electorate to Chancellor von Papen, con- stitute the principal features of yet another stalemate election which leaves the political situation as compli cated as ever.

von Papen Government

The

The Prince of Wales accompanied by Prince George and members of the Swedish Royal Family visit the Royal Opera in Stockholm.

L. to R. Front Row-Prince Gustaf Adolf, Princess Ingeborg, the Prince of Wales, King Gustaf of Sweden, Crown Princess Louise, Prince George (seated, bending over) and Princess Ingrid.

I to H.: Back Row-Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Wilhelm. Prince Carl and Prince Eugen.

Robber Kills

Detective

Brave Effort In Shanghai Shop.

Shanghai, To-day.

ROOSEVELT AS NEXT

Y

U.S. PRESIDENT

DEMOCRAT EXPECTED TO WIN TO-MORROW

Ao unarmed Chinese detective was killed last night during a brave attempt to capture an arm ed robber who had just cleaned out)

The nation to-morrow will choose America's next president a Chinese exchange shop. The detective, in spite of the fact that and so doing will signify its desire with respect to the continuation he was unarmed, grappled with or abolition of Prohibition, the major issue of the campaign.

While both presidential candidates, President Herbert Hoover, Republican, and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, havo made an issue of the economic affairs of the nation, its foreign policy in the matter of its war debts, tariffs and agriculture, the point of greatest divergence is on prohibition.

PROHIBITION THE MAIN ISSUE

Washington, To-day.

the robber but was shot down" and

German Nationalists increased, their representation from 36 to may claim its supporters have died before, medical help was 51. There may be still further doubled since July 31, but it is available. gains for the Nationalists, for still faced with an enormous A Russian named Ellers, though there are 24 constituencies, still hostile majority.

unarmed, joined In the chase and; The total poll is only 79 per the murderer was finally arrested. Quiet and Orderly.

cent. as compared with 84 per The elections were quiet and cent. On July 31, giving 531-Reuter. orderly, and disturbances rare. members seats in the Reichstag

Already it is evident that the as compared with 608. All lead- DEVONSHIRE LEAVES election will again result in aers are automatically re-elected Parliamentary deadlock and the on the party lista.

FOR EXERCISES.

:

U.S. Flagship Arriving On Saturday.

President Hoover is bringing Norman Thomas. Socialist candi- his campaign to, a close while he date, polled 148,079 votes: travels towards his home in The President had only the six California, speaking along the New England states and New Jer

Over Half.

The percentage were as follows: Roosevelt, 55,99. Hoover, 37.53. Thomas, 4.84. -

JAPANESE

PLANES BOMB

VOLUNTEERS

Large Force Advances-

On Anta.

FIERCE BATTLE EXPECTED,

Harbin, To-day. Japanese planes from Tsitsihar to-day bombed Anta, 70 miles north-west of Harbin, where, a large force of anti- Manchukuo troops concentrated.

were

A combined Japan- ese and Manchukuo force is now advanc- ing on Anta, where a severe battle is ex-

pected.

Noho, another anti Manchukuo strong- hold,.90 miles north of Tsitsihar, is sche-. duled to be bombed from the air by the Japánese to-day. Reuter.

BLUE FUNNEL

· LINER SENDS

Mr. H. 8. Chan's Racing Boy being led in after winning the Sub-Griffins St. Leger at Satur- day's Race Meeting. This was the second St Leger victory for Mr. Leo Frost, who is seen in the saddle. (Mee Cheong.)

M.C.C. TAKE

3 WICKETS

FOR 61 RUNS

Victor Richardson One Short Of Century.

278 NEEDED TO SAVE THE FOLLOW ON.

Adelaide, To-day. South Australia yesterday, ad- vanced-their score from 145 for 2. to 206 for B before lunch, thus re- Lquiring 278 runs to save the follow

A crowd of 2,000 saw Yie-

-DISTRESS CALL for Richardson bat patiently

Hong Kong-Bound Ship In Trouble.

MAY CARRY PASSENGERS,

The Blue Funnel vessel, sa, Phemius, bound for Hong Kong, has been struck by B terrible gale in the Caribbean Sen, and in danger of founder- ing. With her funnel carried away and her holds filling“. with water, she is reported to be rolling helplessly in a raging seas, awaiting relief. This report was received here to-

in fine weather. At the close of play the South Australian captain was undefeated, and only one run short of his cen- tury. M

Full scores were as followa M.C.C.: 684 for $ dec., (Sutcliffe -

154, Leyland 127, Nawab of Pataudi 0, D. R. Jardine 108° not out, R. E. S. Wyatt 61, Larwood 81, C. V. Grimmett 4 for 178, M. G. Walte 2 for 108),

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South Australia: (K. Nitsche 69, V. Y. Richardson 99 not out).

-Reuter.

road to farmers and cattle men, sey in his column, while the Demo- miners and lumbermen in the cratic candidate had the rest. von Papen Cabinet will have a Though abstentions may ac

northwestern cities. Governor large majority against it in the count for some portion of Herr

Roosevelt is fortifying his posi new Reichstag.

Hitler's, loss of over 2,000,000

tion in the east and middle east. The Nazi losses are at least 20 supporters and 35 seats. Since

In New York, at the last mo- per cent. by the new count com-¡July 31, .the Nazi percentage of

ment, betting odds are strongly în pared with the July returns. the total poll has fallen by from

favour of the Democrat nominees. Nationalists, Communists and 37.4 to less than 88.

A week ago Roosevelt had 58.19 H.M.S. Devonshiro left Hong) He was given four to one on Wall;

per cent. of the total votes and People's Party gained support.

are millions Hoover 87.88. Since the last election they have

The German Nationalists and Kong at 8 o'clock this morning for Street and there

wagered behind him. The Wall gained steadily, the Centre Party People's Party, both of which exercises outside Hong Kong, she Street odds are the most signi- Comparison of figures this week day by telegraphic despatches from remaining stationary and the support Herr von Papen increas-will returzi, to-morrow morning.

ed their poll by 700,000,, and

ficant of the latter developments. with last showed that in that inter-London at the firm of the ship's GRAIN GLUT Socialists losing slightly.

The U.S.S. Houston, carrying the. Governor Roosevelt would be val Hoover polled more votes than agents, Messrs. Butterfield By 9.45 p.m. yesterday, 12,899,- 200,000 respectively. 000 votes had been counted yes.ists also gained 700,000, chiefly flag of Admiral M. M. Taylor, will the first Democrat in the White Roosevelt in several states such as Swire.

House since 1920. The late Pre-Ohlo, New York and Delaware,

The message stated that the ship terday, of which the Nazis ob- at the expense of the Socialists, arrive from Shanghai on Saturday, sident Harding, succeeded by Roosevelt states, and also in hla was struck by a hurricane, when 250 tained 4,224,000, the Socialists, whose total declined a similar and will be accompanied by

Chicago, Nov. 1. Town states. the President Coolidge and then Pre-

north of Colon, near the Panama With mountains of wheat bulging 2,581,000 the. Communists, number. The Centre Party's loss C-in-C'e yacht, Ianbel.

Roosevelt obtained more sident Hoover, were all Republi-

votes Canal, and that her funnel had a the grauaries of America, ready to 2,810,000, the Centre Party, of 200,000 votes was chiefly due The U.S.S. Black Hawk, depot cans.

than Hoover in the past week in parently been blown away. Her 1,701,000, the Nationals 1,121, abstentions.

most of the states, however. In forward hold was also stated to be for fuel, the price of the world's be exported at any price or burned Hoover's Slight Gain.

cluding such important ones as Cal- leaking badly, ifornia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan

greatest staple to-day dropped to the The ship, which is engaged on the lowest point ever recorded in his New York-Hong Kong, service, loft tory. New York on October 22 and was

Commun

New York.

ahip to the United States East 000, the Bavarian People's Party, It is noteworthy that one per- Asiatic Destroyer Fleet, leavor 220,000, the German People's son in four in Greater Berlin Hong Kong on the morning of Party, 266,000, the State Party, voted Communist and the propor. November 9 accompanied by the The final tabulation of the Liter- 119,000 and the Christian Social tion was only slightly less in Ber- destroyers Barker, Edsall, Paul ery Digest's straw vote on the pre- Service, 142,000.

lin proper.

Nazis lost 114,000 Jones, Peary; Pillsbury, Parrott, sidential race gave Governor Frank- Early Indication. votes in East Prussia; hitherto a Smith Thompson, Stewart, Whipple lin D. Roosevelt of New York One tenth of the Electorate had Nazi strongly, where the Nation- and Pope, and will arrive in 1,715,789 to 1,150,398, for President been counted at 8.40 p.m. total-als gained 60,000, while Mecklen- Manila on Armistice day..

Herbert Hoover. ling 3,000,000, of which the Nazis burg, where a Nazi Government led with 961,000, the Socialists is in power, Nazis and Commun- 594,000, the

Communists, ista both lost 25 per cent, of their 587,000, the Centre 385,000, support, the National candidates Nationals, 293,000 the and People's Party gaining heavi- Bavarian People's, 78,000 and ly, the German People's, 66,000 votes.

the

Look To President. The result does not contri- bules in the slightest to- wards clearing, the political situation, for it appears it will not be possible to group any partles for taking over the Government.”” It is realis- ed that once again the fate of the country depends for President Hindenburg. Poli- ticians are already asking his intentions,

Swing Toward Conservatism Is

and

ON MARKET

and Missouri.

Hoover Gains. However, the race in the last scheduled to arrive here on DecemRecently the dip in the price of wheat shattered all previous lows week in several of these states was ber 9. She is a vessel of 7,615 except during Queen Elizabeth's fairly close, indicating, Republican gross tons, with a net tonnage of reign almost 400 years ago. To-day leaders say, the results of Hoover's 4,165 tons, and was built and that mark was passed, and nowhere. lote, start in his campaign, which gined by Beett's of Greenock for the in history of commerce could be came after Roosevelt had piled up Ocean Steamship Co., Ltd., in 1921. found a figure to equal the low re- large majorities in the Digest poll. The master of the ship is Captain corded on the Chicago Board of

D. CL. Evans...

Trade for December wheat of 48%. The Hong Kong office is not aware cents. of any passengers travelling on the ship, but it is possible she may have the final tabula-carry perhaps a dozen. Her crew

His large. A

The Caribbean Sea is treacher- Hoover Roosevelt ous water and Immensely dangerous

4,272,20,161 to navigation.

The last minute change in Hoo-|

Seen In South American Elections the Republicans zomo encourage- [ver's direction was enough to give

Santiago, Chile, Oct. 31. Alessandri is one of the half dozen ment."

Following was

State

Alabama

A swing toward conservatism in presidents, elective and provisional, both Chile and Ecuador was indicat Chile has had in the last two stormy tion: ed to-day-with returne mounting from years. Col. Grove, erstwhile leader of the presidential elections in the two the federal air forces, returned from exile to be a candidate, having been countries,

Arturo Alessandri, a former presi- made prisoner in June after the new Az

hè revolutionary government in which dent and candidate of the Centre ev parties, was elected president of Child had a part was overturned by Carlos Arkansas in yesterday's oloction, the Anal oil- Davila, former minister to the Unit California

Colorado cial figures, totalled to-day, giving ed States.

It was estimated that 70 per per cent. of the electorate had voted by 4 o'clock and 100 per cent. of the poll had been report- ed from seventeen villages, of Mecklenburg, where the German Nationals scored 305 votes, com- pared with 282 in the last elec tions, the Nazis counted 381 com- pared with 892 and the Socialists 198 compared with: 281.4 Minor clashes were reported from various parts of the toun- try. For example, at Bremen, ernment is concerned, it does not

threatened in Ecuador as the voting Georgia where Communist and Nazis had

party

who

acalo military campaign was in pra-linois a collision, one Nazi was serious intend to take action but to of the official clique, and the backling started. Early in September, 1 large Idaho

Mounted polico charged crowds, et gress at Quito, the capital, where re- Guayagull with a number of injuries bel backers, of President-elect Neptall Indiana resulted. The two-day voting continu-l Bonifar

seized control Continued on Page 4)

bim tentatively 152,367 votes to 57,793 Davila himself was forced out of Connecticut

for his nearest competitor, Col. Mar office a few weeks ago after making Delaware maduke Grove, Socialist.

preparations for the presidential bal In Ecuador disorders accompanied loting. Alconandri was selected for District of the election of president, in which in six-year torm,

Columbia

As far as the von Papen Gov- complete returns indicated a large end The third revolt within a year was Florida

ly hurt and 28 were arrested. await events when the Reichstag In Brunswick, where, the Nazis meets.

(Continued on Pags.7.)

for Jasp de Martinez Mera Liberal

(Continued on Page 18.)

ed today

2,574 4,910

_8,712 | 16,225

81,884 148,832

SINN FEINERS PROTEST VISIT OF PRINCE OF WALES.

Dublin, Ireland.

Decembor wheat rallied at the close, recovering to 44% ants, Identical with the lowest price of the Elizabethan ora

(Continued on Page 4.)

TEAM LEADS IN VANDERBILT TOURNEY.

New York

11,950 14,804)

"Aces" in the world of contract 20,569 16,884

Fbridge led in the scoring today, as 12 2,3842-42,546||

24 teams of four each entered the The forthcoming visit of the second y's play for the Vander- 3,9375,001 Prince of Wales to Belfast to dedi-bilt tropny, emblematic of the team- 8,202 23,606 cate a new parliament building was of four championship.-^^* 4,823 81,849 | protested to-day by the new stand-Ely Culbertson and his partner,

· 8,282 -* - - 6,159 | Ing Committee of the Sinn Fein as Oswald Jacoby, azafated by the team 76,414 105,020 "this latest English act of dedance of Theodore A. Lightner and MF- 40,227 -58,405 of the rights, and Ilberties of › the chnel T. Gotlieb, held first place in 28,872 82,906 Irish people in a further attempt to their section after winning four out (Continued on Page 5.) """ stabiliso the partition Ireland of five matches.

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