Evening star., 1918-11-26
.bOLSHEv|K GROUPS
SHOWN TObE WEAK
IN HUN ELECTIONS
Movement in Coast Cities of
Germany Turn to More Con-
servative Channels.
SOLDIERS OPPOSED
TO REDS PRINCIPLES
Nation Has Sufficient Food With
Proper Restrictive Measures, Says
Berlin Economic Specialist.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BERLIN Monday. November 90
Reports of tests of strength between
the conservative elements and the in
dependent and "bolshevils' socialists
tn various places in Germany continue
. indicate that as far as mere num-
Jers go tie extremists are almost
nesligib e.
The elections to the soldiers and
workmen's council in Dresden Sun
uay show that the extremists polled
only $500 votes against $4,000 for the
old socialists. Both groups of inde-
pendents woH only three or four seats
in the council of fifty.
Fuller reports from Bremen show
that the movement in the coast cities
already has turned into a more con-
.-erratiye cha: mel.
Stand Behind Government.
A meeting of soldiers. workmen's
and peasants councils, representing
Bremen, Hanover. Hamburg, Olden-
burg Flensburg, Conabrueck, Will
hemshaven and a number of small
places in the provinces of Hanover
snd Schlcywig-H -Holstein adopted
resolution declaring that these coun-
ellis would stand behind the present
government and demand the conyoca-
resolution was adopted by a vote of
81 to 90. There also was crushing
aeteat for the extremists at meet
ing representing the 10th Army Corps
To 4. resolution was adopted
against efforts to establish die
Iatorship and demanding the. sum-
anoning of constituent assembly.
Soldiers Reject Bolshevism.
Soldiers from the front are begin
ming to arrive in Berlin, and men who
have conversed with them express
themselves optimistically as to the
result of their arrival as regards its
effect upon the preservation of order.
These men declare that the great
bulk of the soldiers reject bolshe-
vism in all its phases.
1t also may perhaps be considered
an indication of the general public.s
faith in the conservatism of the sol
diers that German and Prusslan nags
are beginning to reappear over all
Berlin, after having made way for
the red flag since November 10. Only
IN one of the suburbs was any objec-
tion raised to the flying of the ma
1ional flags. Certain elements there
tore the Prussian banners from the
street cars. Elsewhere the emblemS
were not disturbed.
Election at Dresden.
PARIS. November &C (Havas).-It
is reported that at the election for
choosing members of the revolution
ary committee at Dresden the social
lists cast So,4S3 votes against $500
for the Independent socialists. who
will have but three seats in the COM
mittce. which numbers fifty. German
newspapers point out that the result
is clearly hostile to the bolsheyist
current threatening to strangle Ger
many.
Must Reduce Rations.
LONDON. November 25 British
Wireless Service).-The Cologne
Gazette Of November 1S published an
article under the caption, "Armistice
md the Food supply" written by
socialist named Oetelshofen, who
.,rgued that there could be no ques-
tion of shortage of food in Germany,
but that it was urgently necessary
10 reduce rations.
The writer maintained that Germany
to0io ueai " LII lhC transport PToDlcEl
by readjustments, reducing the trans
port of potatoes and vegetables and
confining the transport facilities to
foods OF greater nutritive value in
proportion to their bulk. He advo-
Gated the killing of pigs in particular,
the abolition of the rationing of sugar
and the restriction of railway con-
signments to distances of over $50
miles to consignmentS of corn, sugar,
live cattle. meat. fats, poultry, eggs
and cheese.
Dealing with the harvest, Oetels-
hofen estimated the bread-corn har-
vest, apart from barley and oats, at
not less than 100000 tons, and the
potato harvest at about 47,5eo,000
ions.
Abundance of Food.
The writer pointed out that Germany
snust have an abundance Of sugar, be-
cause most of the German sugar hith-
erto had been used as raw material
for munitions and Germany now had
= sugar harvest Of about 1908 600
tons, rs compared with a peace con-
sumption of only 100000 tons He
said the potato supply also must bene-
1T from the fact that it no longer was
necessary to extract spirits from po-
fatoes for munition purposes Even
after the armistice." the writer said,
there Is abundance of food in Ger