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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY MARCH 7, 1933.

LATEST CABLE

RESULT OF GERMAN ELECTIONS

NAZIS HAVE WORKING

MAJORITY OF 47-

•

HITLER GIVEN UNPRECEDENTED

POLITICAL POSITION

ANTI-MARXIST MAJORITY - IN

BERLIN

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

BARLIN, March 6,

ACCORDING to final figures issued by the Election Commissar the Nazis, supported by the Nationalists and German People's Party, have a majority of 47 in Reichstag of 847 members.

The final official figures are:--

Nazis

Socialists and State Party

Communists

Centre

Nationslista

Bavarian People's Party

German People's Party Others......

***** 288

125

81

73

52

19

The modifications are due to a pact between parties on the Left by which in some cases excess votes were transferred from one party to another.

BERLIN, March 6.

A semi-official statement issued after the results of the Elec tions declares:-There will be no change in the Cabinet.

It is expected the Reichsing will give the government a Kil enabling it to carry on while Parliament adjourus indefinitely.

Well informed people generally agree that Hitler has been given a position no political leader has ever held, even in Im. perial times, and it is polated out that for the first time since 1918 there is an antiMarxist majority in Berlin.

The Nazis are naturally jubilant. A party statement declares that National Socialism has the power to execute the sentence which the people have passed on Marxism and it knows how to use it.

HITLER OBTAINS MANDATE HE SOUGHT

BERLIN, March 6. Germany has reacted to the Poli- tical excitement of the past few wedes by giving Herr Hitler the mandate he sought.

many.

largest party, the result being: - Nazis, 1,031,045 against 720,813 in

Socialiste, November;

647,231 against 140,644, and Communists, 729,474 against 869,837,

results, and it is regarded as quite The Nazis are exuberant over the probable that they will arrest all the Communist Deputies and thus keep an absolute majority, without the help of their allies...

1,890,500

763,300

550,700,

447,800

siderable share, the figures being:

Nazis qil Socialists Communists Centre Nationalists

Bay. Peoples Part

Ten p.m. Position.

312,500 300,800

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At ten o'clock the swing towards the Nazi was becoming clearer. They had gained heavily at poiats, in some centres as much as sixty per cent, compared with the November election.

The Nationalists had also record- ed slight gains. The Socialists, as a result of the Nazi repressiva. measure were losing ground. The German Peoplea Party were also considerably down on their Novem ber figures.

AND AIR-MAIL NEWS

PLANS FOR FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

No Elections In India

At Present

JAPANESE - DUMPING BEING ACTIVELY CONSIDERED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

NEW DELHT, March 6. THE life of the Indian Legislative Assembly, expiring at the end of the year, will be extended for ach a period se ja expedient in the light of conditions prevailing," according to a decision by Lord Willingdon read to the Assembly. This decision was taken to avoid The Centre Party appeared to expenditure, energy and money be gaining slightly and the pro- entailed by general election, and spect of the Nazis and their poli. in view of plans for Federal Con tical allies obtaining an absoluta velitution,- majority in the Reachstag was.) bright.

Party Votes,

The

Commerce Member, Joseph Bhore, stated that the Siz Indian Government is satively con Party votes in the counting up of goods in India from Japan.

sidering the question of dumping to 10 p.m. were:

Nazia

5,535,000

Socialists

3,550,000

Communists

1,680,000

Centro

1,203,000

Nationalists ...........

892,000

Bav. Peoples Party

687,000

German Peoples Party

179,000

Other Parties

When sixty per cent

430,000

of the

votes had been counted, the Nazis and their closest allies, the Hugen- berg group, had obtained a slight majority over all others, the figures being:

Naris Nationalists Others

158 seats

27 seats

180 seats

Midnight Figures, At midnight, this advantage of twelve seats had been increased to twenty-two, the figures being:

Pro-Government.

Nazis Nationalists

235 42

Neutral.

C'entre Bavarian Peoples German Peoples Gorman State

Anti-Government..

90

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88

KING'S HEALTH

IMPROVING

NOW ATTENDING TO OFFICIAL DUTIES

{THROUGH" "NEUTER'S "AGENCY.]"

LONDON, March 6-

THRILLING LOG OF R.A.F. FLIGHT

DAY AND NIGHT FIGHT. WITH ELEMENTS

(Special Air-Mail Service)

Landon, Feb. 14. - A thrilling story of a successful fight with the eferuents is provided by the log of the R.A.F. record-making flight to South Africa, which Sqdru.-Edr. Gayford cabled to the Air Minis try from Walvis Bay yesterday.

The officer'a modest account of the triumph of him and his col league is as follows:

CHINESE DEFENCE OF JEHOL

T. V. SOONG'S INDICTMENT OF THE ARMY

CHINA'S SOLDIERY DESCRIBED AS HELPLESS MOBS

GREAT NATIONS FORGE AHEAD WITH

BLOOD AND TEARS

"{THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

The take-off conditions at Cran- well were good, and the aircraft f left the ground at 7.15 am. quic ker than was expected. We flow below the clouds until south of

SHANGHAI, Marob B Mr. Sun Fo said that Chang A bitter indiotment of the Chin Heuch Liangas Supreme Com Peterborough, where there was a gap through which we climbed.

age defence of Jebol is contained mander, was responsible for the The automatic control was put Mr. T. V. Soong, who compares the resign, he should be dismissed by in lengthy statement issued by Chinese collapse and if he did not into operation about nine a.m. We highly efficient and mechanised the Government. Mr. Sun Fo ex- no sight of the ground until about fleeing to the gates of Peiping. had come for Marshal Chiang Kai had a glimpse of the Thames, but Japanese Army with the rabble wow pressed the opinion that the time eleven o'clock: We could not iden. Mr. Soong says that the public is Shek to leave the anti-Communist tify our position, so kept on our demanding for the scape-goats, but drive to be directed by others, and courso until we struck the Medi- there will be no scape-goats, The go to the North himself. Mr. San terranean, 20 miles west of Mar- blame lies in the system which per Fo declared that the Legislative seilles, about one p.m.

mits the existence of vast armies Yuan had already passed a resolu We then set course for Sardinia, of ill-fed, ill-armed and ill-trained tion to break off relations, with and later changed course for soldiery which, in a time of crisis, Japan, "The resolution is now Tunis. The ground speed" was degenerate into helpless mobs. He under consideration by the Nation, good, Tunis Was passed at six adds that until the Chinese military al Defence Commission.. p.m. The sky was then clear. authorities begin training a modern We sighter Zafouan, Kairouan army in earnest, so long will pa and Gabes, which confirmed that tional defence be lacking. He com the commencement of our track pares the heroism of the Nineteenth across the Sahara was

Route Army in Shanghai last year Fit Le Nicholetts obtained ex-with the feeble display given by cellent etar sights at midnight, the Chinese soldiers in Jehol.. ́* These enabled us to fix our posi "But we need not dispair. From tion and to confirm that our the depth of our defeat there will course was correct. Broken high arise from, the anvil of Japanese country eastward of the Abaggar aggression something strong and

correct

m.

TANG YU. LIN SEEN IN KUPEIKOW ON SUNDAY KUPRIKOW, March 6,

It is reported here that Tang Yu Lin was seen on Sunday afternoon riding towards Kupeikow with 'a' small escort.

here on Sunday and bombed the A Japanese aeroplane flew over

is stated from Buckingham Plateau looked forbidding in the pure, for great Nations must forge Pass, but there were no casualties.

Palace that HM the King is better, and that his cold is follow ing a normal course.

moonlight from the height of 8,000 feet at which we were then flying, and even after the moon set at about four R.m. masses of tower-

rock could be seen below.

H.M. Majesty is carrying outing his routine of official duties but is is most unlikely he will be able to hold the first Levee of the season at St. James Palace on March 6, in which case the Prince of Wales will-bold the Levce,

Socialists Communists - 67 Christian Socialists..............

3

The Hitler allies wore then prac tically certain of obtaining slight con-ly over fifty per cent. of the seats

Hilter is now the master of Ger His methods have triumph- ed and the people have given him a decisive vote of confidence. Not only has his own party returned a record number, 288 seats, as com-¡ pared with 196 in November, but Meanwhile, the Nazis with the two other Right parties, tinuing their policy of suppressing both in the Reichstag and the Prus- the Nationals and the German Peopolitical opponents. ples, Hitler will have a clear ma jority of forty seven.

Composition of Reichstag.

Prussia, which held simultaneous elections for the Diet, also declar- ed unmistakably for the Hitler re- gime, the Nazis securing 200 seats. in the Diet out of 468 and the Na- tionals and German Peoples, 43 and

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Hitler will thus have a clear ma jority of thirty-eight. The Socia lists in Prussia secured 70 seats. the Communists 62 and the Centre

67.

Swarm to Polling Booths."

People swarmed to the polling booths in a manner which has not been expérienced since the Presi- dential election of last year.

The great increase in the number of voters, making the largest Reichstag in history, has been al most entirely in favour of Hitler.

Provisional Official Figures. Total votes ------ 39,289,854

Votes Nazis

17,284,323

7,176,293

Socialiste

Communista

4,740,034

Contre

4,989,954

Bav. People... 1,200,203

Nationals 3,131,330

Ger. People 438,800 Chr. Soc. State

382,035 335,250

Many of the middle classes, who had not intended to voter changed their minds after the Reichstag, fire and the revelation by the Govern ment of

of a Red conspiracy. Except for the Communiste, who lost 21 sente, the other perties are Jittle changed from November.

A typical Nasi BUCO WAS TE- gistered at Hamburg where the Hitlerites pollad 318,000 age 207,000 at the laat election. The Communists here dropped from 187,000 to 144,000.

Berlin "Red.

Despite the Nazi gains. Communist losses, Bér

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The entire sian Diet. Socialist Press has been suspended for a fortnight in Thuringia, where the Socialist burgomasters have been deprived of all authority over the police.

Further Messages,

The Central Association of Ger- man Jews in Thuringia was dis banded shortly after midnight.

The Nazi Stormtroops occupied the Town Hall at Altona in Prus- sia, opposite Hamburg, without opposition.

At Brealau, a Nazi auxiliary policeman was shot dead and sever- al persons were injured in a street. battle.

At Worms, & Nazi-Communist elash resulted in one Nazi being dangerously injured and nine Com- munists being arrested.

At Offenbach, a, Reichsbanner ad- herent was shot dead and another severely wounded.

All was quiet in Berlin, where there were only forty-one arrests, far less than in the November elec; tions. Scores of alleged Com- munists were arrested in the pro- vinces.

Eighty. Per Cont. Poll.

Final Figures. visional

The final figures, which are pro- and subject to slight amendments follow:

Pro-Government.

Nazis Nationalists

284 :52

333

Anti-Government.

Socialists

118 Communists 79 Christian Socialists

Neutral,

C'entre German Peoples

7:1

Bavarian Peoples

•State Party

20 5

103

BRITISH NAVY ESTIMATES

THE CRUISER PROBLEM

(Specini Air-Mail Service)

London, Feb. 13. The

forth

SILVER MARKET

LONDON PRICES

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

THE

LONDON, March 6. FOLLOWING ARR

SILVER QUOTATIONS ON

w LONDON HARKET TO-DAY:

Mar. 6. Mar. 4 Sror

17.11/16 17: FORWARD

172 17.3/10

POLITICAL "CRISIS IN GREECE

MILITARY GÓVERNMENT

PROCLAIMED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ATHENS, March 5.

GENERAL PLASTIRAS has pro laimed a military government "to avoid disorderers, following the indecisive elections which game the Taaldarist Party the slightest majority. All is at present report ed to be quiet.

Italy may decide upon a similar as an alternative to building new process in regard to her battleships

It is estimated that eighty per cent of the alectorate went to the coming Navy Estimates will be the poll. While there was a complete last. in which provision can be made ships like the French Dunkerque. absence of Republican flags and for obtaining the amount of cruiser The replacement tonnage in "Red" flags, there also seemed to strength fixed in the London Treaty be fewer Nazi flags in Berlin. There of 1830 during the tenure of that cruisers allowed to the British Em were more old Imperial flags.

Twenty thousand "Btafilhelmets are laid down at the normal time wards which there are 66,000 tous pact. If the ships to be authorized Pire in the Treaty was 91,000, to marched to the Unter den Linden at the end of the financial year in hand divided among 10 ships. during yesterday afternoon. They that is in March, 1034 they should eight of 7,000 tone and two of were cheered to the echo by huge be completed by the autumn of 1008 of 25,000 tons four ships require crowds. They formed up in the and the Treaty is in operation to be laid down, two of 7.000 tons 5,000 tons. To make up the balance square outside the ex-Kaiser's palace until December 31, 1938. where they were addressed by their leaders before dispersing...

Polling ended at 6 p.m. last evening and counting began imme. diately.

First; Result

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Battleships,

and two of 5,300 tons. It is con-1 fidently anticipated that provision for these four ships will be includ ed in the new Estimates. The pote

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There is a holiday in battleship of 1,000 tonsill not rive construction on the part of Great than a oricand within & Britain, the United States, and limit of 16 yata sa mga p Japan, who agreed to defer the replacement of ships of this class The 170g down of four cru

The excit ratill leave serveral to be

edient in the ensuing yeara, owing to:

The first result declared (from until after 1930 This does been the coming financial year Diet razazel) showed that the Nazis affect the modernization had gained in considerable number in ships to keeps of votes at the expense of the So Several British abips/ cialists and the Bavarian People's trested, and about,20 Party

Folder

The returns up to

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uately total the

Targe groups of War-built abipy which becom obsolete together In 1934 six cruisers are due for sotape new ping in 1934, seven; and provide seven and in

tobequire programmiss stood that year after 1934 to 0 column wastage from the cause.

Automatic Control Fails,

Daylight at 5:30a.m. revealed fat, featureless desert country be- low, with rocky outcrops to the east. At ainean. cultivated ground appeared, below us, which indicated that Northern Nigeria had been entered.

ahead with blond and tears," con- cluded Mr. Soong.

MINISTER OF WAR INTER. VIEWED

- Field dressing stations line the roads near here and they are bust-" ly occupied.

The place is crowded with peo ple,

· One

replacement Brigade is marching through to a point twenty tions for a stand are being made. miles inside Jehol where prepara

DEATH FOR TANG YU LIN DEMANDED

PEIPING, March 5. Press; General Ho Ying Ching stat- In an interview with the Chinese ed that the purpose of his trip was merely to inspect conditions, as the Government had already ap pointed someone to assume full the Jebol front. Questioned as to responsibility for operations along

NANKINO, March 5. whether he will proceed to Jehol of death for General Tang Yu Lam The Capital is ringing with cries with Marshal: Chang Hsueh Liang, whose precipitated flight... from General Ho replied that this must Jehol City, which he made no at- be decided after a conference with tempt to defend, caused most-bitter

He stated indigation here,

Here Harmattan dust haze com- menced, reducing the visibility to a radius of a few miles only. It was impossible to identify our position.

We passed over many good the Young Marshal. roads and finally saw mines and that the length of his stay in Poi At the same time anciety is falt railways, which indicated that we ping in indefinite and depended for the loyalist generals who, un- were over Bunchi Flatcom, The apon developments. automatic control showed signs of Marshal Chang Hauen Liongplies, will face annihilation in the less they receive munitions and sup- failure in the bumpy weather visited General Ho Ying Ching and hands of the Japanese, to which was experienced about noon, Huang Sifo Hsiung immediately they may be compelled to sur

The sun sat about 5.30 p.m. in after their arrival here and was in der uxloudy, stormy-looking sky, conference with them regarding the Whan darkness came on there was situation in Jebol...

little help from the moon to assist

in checking our drift or to enable SUN FO DEMANDS RESIGNA-

us to identify our position.

About seven pm, when flying through rain clouds, the automa

tie control finally became com- Fletely unserviceable, and was out

TION OF CHANG

SHANGHAI, March 6. Interviewed by Reuter to-day,

T. V. SOONG EXPECTED, IN-PEIPING

PEIPING, March 6 In spite of the very heavy casua ties, the Young Marshal's tro

of action for the remainder of the Mr. Sun Fo, President of the appear to have some fight lelt flight. During the rest of the Legislative Yuan, declared that ed stand between Chengteh and them and may make a determin night we flow completely blind, unless Chang Heuch Liang resign. practically the whole time. The ed, it will be impossible to consoli moon gave little help, and the date the situation in North China clouds and bad visibility made it impossible," "except for short periods, to get an horizon by, which to' fly.

“Faultless " Engina. Dawn found us flying in a clear aky over undulating, park-like forest country, in which occasional houses and roads were to be seen. In order to fix our position we track, and stuck the coast about tunel westward from our direct

Beren a

We landed at Walvis Bay at 440 p.m. with Jess than ten gal lons of petrol left The engine ran faultlessly for the fifty-seven in the air, and we did not ex- hours twenty-five minutes we were

throughout the whole fight. perience one qual on ita account

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upeikow. The troops, numbering kow and have been ordered to mo about 6,000 are at present in Küpe into the Province, 25 miles fr where the retreating troops bass stopped to make defences,

its approach to-day shouted: Of the 20,000 of the Marshal's "Mace, instead of " Speaker.own troppa fighting id Jehol, the official followed by the Sergeant at: The procession consisted only of an majority are believed to be missing Arms carrying the mod, and Canon Carnegie, the Chaplain.

to Marshal Chang's reports of m

A reply from Chiang Kai Bhek

in attended in the procession by his ese and it is stated authoritativels

cent events, is the order to come On normal occasions the Speaker tinue the fight against the Japan day the duties of the Speaker were vince would not be allowed to less train-bearers and his secretary: To that those troops now in the Pr the Deputy Speaker, who, however, Mr. TV. Soong is expected her... taken over by Sir Dennis Herbert, but will be forced to fight took no part in the procession, but very shortly and other Goyen entered the Chamber from behind ment leaders are understood to the Chair.

planning to come to the North

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