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MOVEMENTS IN GERMAN POLITICS.

TOO MANY PARTIES.

CONFUSION CAUSED BY FAULTY ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

By the last mail a copy of the Minnester Guardian came to hand, in which appears the following informative article on the (then) coming general election in Germany, which we quote as follows:-

of

The Real Danger. A few weeks ago a party called which the police have beda power- the State party was founded to leas to prevent. But the Fascists But the building of new parties bring together all those moderate and their als in bloodshed, the will not in itself solve Germany's elements which were loyal to the Communsite ve not only grown political problems. The real dan- Republic and yet held in one form in violence but in votmg power 21 ger lies in the steady loss of poli- or another definitely Liberal views, | well. The Communist vote, it is tical interest among the people, a as opposed to the Social Demo- true, bas only shown a very modest marked feature of each succeeding cratic party, with its Marxian out- increase, but the Fascists have German election. Germany has a look, the largest and still the most doubled their strength in many mathematically just system powerful of Germany's political recent contests. Herr Hugenberg, proportional representation, but parties.

the newspaper magnate; 'who leads only at the expense of the

This

the Nationalists, has sought to save, elector's freedom of choice. Far new party is a motley

absolutely than in Eng- collection of groups which one his party by compromising with the more would have thought irreconcilable. Fascists. He has failed. His own land the party chooses the can- The old Democratic party, which party has been beaten into frag- didate, the elector only the party. has always been taunted by its opments, while the Fascists have gain. That is an inevitable fault of the porents as being the party of ed all the prestige which attachee list aystem of election as it exists Jewish capitalists, has joined hands to a party which seems to be in in Germany, but though very many the main line of political develop Germans would like to revert to with the Young German Order, aj

some form of individual election, body" springing from the Youth Movement and usually regarded as

"that is not i reform which has any

near prospect of success. anti-Semitic. But, whatever may be thought of its origins, the actions

ment.

German Love of Order.

But Germans are by nature. orderly and intensely loyal to the

of the new party have been excel-State. The great majority could

lent. Strong efforts were made to persuade the People's party to join the new group, but the attempt has Failed.

A Bad Sight..

A Bad System, But there is another bad feature have nothing but dislike for the of the present system which is hysterical nonsense of Herr Hitler, likely to be altered after the pre- the Fascist lender, who blames im- sent election. The extreme ac- partially the French, the Russians,curacy of the present system, with and the Jews for all his country's its very largo constituencies there. Stresemann's old party has aban-ills. But though the good sense and low quota to secure election, are only thirty-five for all Germany doned its Liberal outlook and

makes easy the growth of a multi- turned decisively towards the Right

tude of small parties which confuse. It has just concluded an alliance

the issue and bore the ordinary with the Economic party and the

elector. Thus at the last election there were nine principal parties People's Conservatives, the group

and no fewer than twenty-two) which left the Nationalists over the fantastic referendum against the Young Plan. It is sad to see a party which has given Germany its

greatest

Liberal

in statesman

modern times turning its back on Liberalism, but it may none the less prove to be a good thing for Germany.

Ever since the war Germany has lacked a moderate Conservative party which, by accepting present conditions, would make itself a power in the land Conservatively minded voters will no longer have to choose between old-fashioned Tories, condemned to political im potence by their inability to do any thing but dream of the glories of a rapidly forgotten past, and the newt-model. Fascists who combine foolish romanticism and daily brutality in equal measure..

of the untry was opposed to Fasciam, it had to way of making itself. felt. The bourgeois parties were split into many factions, each, perhaps, more concerned for office than for consistency. The Catholic voter and the Socialist workman had, it is true, their own definite party allegiance, but for the great mase of the German Protestant middle class there was no strong moderate political party to com-

mand allegiance.

splinter" parties. It is now pro- tion by decreasing the size of the posed to alter the method of clee- constituencies and raising the quota so as to make the life of the small impossible. "splinter" parties This will not remove the necessity,| for coalitions, but it will prevent the outlines of the coalitions being

blurred.

Few Parties Needed. The multiplication and the stag-

With fewer parties it would be nation of the Liberal and Conser- vative groups was the Fascists of Government, whereas at present possible to have a complete change opportunity. But the evident decay every new Government contains a of all the historic bourgeois parties large infusion of the representatives has at last come to an end. Now Cabinets was perhaps a good thing of the old one. This continuity of, that her most argent problems in in a period when foreign affairs foreign politics have for the moment mattered most, but it has be been solved, Germany is turning doubtedly made for the rise of the extremist revolutionary parties by with fresh interest and some alarm depriving the voter of his right to to the dificult problems of her home make his dissatisfaction felt. The affaire. Out of the turmoil she has only way to be certain of voting ngainst the Government was to vote thrown up these two new parties for either the Communists or the the Liberal State party and the Fascists. A simpliɓed party system and a reformed method of voting Conservative alliance. They may would provide Germany not, it is give new vitality to the Parlia true, with a two-party system but How serious the Fascist menace mentary struggle and check the had become is made clear by the spread of the malignant growth regular reporta of street affrays of Fascism, the product of decay."

The Fascist Menace.

with two distinct groups of parties. She would thus acquire a real alter- native Corernment, the best guar antee of a democratic State.

Diary of Coming Events.

To-day.

(September 18.)

Queen's Theatre: "Children of Pleasure,

World Theatre: "Deceptive Potion" (Chinese film).

Star Theatre Love Trap," Majestic Theatre: The Last Command."

Central Theatre: "Rio Rita."- Lammert's Auction of Miscellane ous articles, Salesroom, 11 au.

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(September 18.).

Queer Theatre: Divorcea,"

World

Tes 13. Coffee

Potion

Theatre Deceptive (Chinese Film).

Star Theatre:Love Trap.

Central Theatre Rio Rita. Majestic Theatre: The Last Command."

Polo-Finals K.O.Y.L.I. Cap. Competition.

Dinner Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m

European

Mail-Inward: Europe vid Siberia (Kashima Maru),

Tides: High, 6.01 a.m. Lad 8.42 p.m.; Low, 1.50

Baturday. (September 20.): Queen's Theatre Divorce, World Theatre Ded Potion (Chinese Film);

Star Theatre Love Trap" and "Montmarte Follies,"

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European Mail-Inward: Europe. vid Negapatam (Fushimi Maru). Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Kishima Maru), 9,30 am; Europe vid Siberia (Fushimi Maru), 3.20

Tides High, 7.1 a.m. and 8.39 p.m.;.Low, 12.40 s.m. and 234 p.m.

Sunday, (September 21.)

Queen's Theatre:

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World Theatre: Potion (Chiness Film),

Star Theatre:

tion

Deceptive

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