New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
VICTORY FOR KAISER
SOCIALISTS Defeated.
NEARLY Half Their Strength IN the
ReichStag Lost.

Berlin, Feb. 5.-The reballoting in the Reich
stag elections which occurred in 40 districts in
the empire to-day emphasized the government
victory OF January %. There were further
heavy losses in Socialist seats. while the Cleri-
Gals more than held their own The Socialists
now return to the Reichstag shorn of nearly
half their strength. They have lost old strong
holds like Dresden, Elberfeld and Frankfort-on-
the-Main and they suffered defeat in Stettin
Darmstadt. Plauen, Grmma, Annaberg and
Munich. On the other hand, they have captured
Strassburg Wiesbaden, Offenbach and Muhl-
helrn-on-the- Rhine. A tabulation prepared by
the "Lokal Anzeiger,' with three districts still
10 be heard from, gives the Socialists forty
three seats in the Reichstag against sew
enty-nine seats in the old body. The Socialists
have returned only eight members from SaXony,
as against twenty-three members in 1903
All political parties have profited from the So
cIalist losses. The complete gains and losses Of
the various political groups are as follows:
The Conservatives gained 10 and lost Il seats;
the anti-Semitic and agrarian group gained i
and lost G. the National-Liberals gained y and
lost rs. the Radicals gained 10 and lost y. the
Socialists gained 6 and lost u. the Clericals
gained 9 and lost : seats. while the Poles
gained and the Guelphs lost seats The
Clericals lost Glewitz. Count Won Ballestrom's
former district in Silesia 10 the Poles, but they
captured Hamm from the National Liberals and
Strassburg from the Radicals. defeating Herr
BlumenthaI Munich reelected Herr Won Voll-
mar the leader of the Bavarian Socialists. who
Is dangerously i'll. Herr Melkenbuhr Socialist.
one Of the abIest economic speakers in the
Reichstag. lost Elberfeld.
Among the Radicals who We're defeated to-day
ere Herr Schmidt, VINO represented Bingen.
Tie ~I.olaI Anzeiger' gives the following es-
Inmates of the composition Of the new house:
The two Conservative parties. 81 seats, az
against a seats in the OLD house; the Agrarlan
and Ants Semitic group. 26 seats. as against 81;
the Clericals. 1O8 seats. against 1o4; the
National Liberals. Sc seats against 81; the
Radical group. 4S seats. against So; the
Socialists. 40 seats. as against "a; the Poles,
20 seats. as against 16. and the Irregulars, u
seats. as against Ii.
No disturbance attended the voting. except at
Dresden. where threatening crowds of Socialists
gathered at the polls and many arrests We're
made.
The new house viii meet on February ~.
The enthusiastic crowds which gathered
around the newspaper Offices tonight formed
procession forty thousand strong. and began
marching through the streets singing The
Watch on the Rhine" and other patriotic songs,
and went to the palace of Chancellor Won Buow.
The prince walked across his garden TO the
street and, speaking through the iron railing,
he addressed the cheering populace as follows
I thank you that your patriotic sentiments
have again brought you here. On December ID
! closed my final appeal TO the Reich@tag with
the words that the government world do its
duty with confidence in the German people.
That confidence was not misplaced. What won
the victory of January % and to-day was the
German spirit, which IS immortal If we re-
main true to this German spirit, especially if
the youths of Germany become thoroughly i'm
bued Herewith, then we can calmly and joyfully
look forward TO the future of the fatherland.
And join with me in the expression Of the
sentiment of love and fidelity to our German
fatherland unto death. Hoch!
When this signal was given the multitude
broke out into a mighty roar of cheering, and.
barring their heads, the people sang 'Deutsch-
land Deutschland, uber Allies"
The crowd then moved toward the palace Of
the Emperor where there was another demon
stration.
Assembled before the palace. the people broke
into prolonged cheering. a naval officer APP
peared on balcony, and announced that the
Emperor and the Empress would appear shortly.
The Emperor, on learning that the people We're
approaching the palace, sent a telephone mes
sage to the semi-official news bureau TO supply
stenographer without loss of time for the purpose
Of taking down a speech he was about TO make
While waiting for the appearance of his majesty
the crowd sang patriotic songs and when the
Emperor appeared the people broke out into
mighty shouts of "Hoch." The Emperor waved
his handkerchief and pronounced in a loud voice
the student command, "Silentium" The crowd
quickly was quiet and then the Emperor said:
I thank YOU with all my heart for the homage
YOU bring to-day. Ii arises from the con-
seriousness Of having done your duty toward the
fatherIand and the word Of our Chancellor
that Germany ride if she Will, has come
true ] am firmly convinced that if all classes
unite tremendously, then we can not only ride,
but override all that oppose us.
Here the crowd broke out into long applause,
and when this had subsidized his majesty con-
tInued:
And now 1 viii close with the words that our
great poet Won Keist, wrote when kottwitZ
met the Great Elector: What care we for the
method according TO which enemy fights if
he only falls before again with all his flags?
The method that beats him is the best. We
have learned the arr Of cOnquering him, and we
viii continue TO practise it," Hence this must
not he momentary and transient patriotic inn
pulse but a resolution firm a rock to con-
tinue in this path.
The crowd here broke out with prolonged
shouts of Yes and applause. Their majesties
remained for some minutes the balcony re-
plying with bows TO the demonstrations