Evening star., 1919-01-22
2S DISTRICTS GIVE
132EBERT SEATS
Unofficial German Reports
Show Alignment of. 3lS
Assembly Winners.
EAST PRUSSIA SURPRISE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, January 22.-It is re-
ported unofficially from Berlin that 3fS
delegates had been elected to the ma
tional assembly from twenty -eight dis
tricts in the returns up to 5 o'caock Tues
day afternoon. They were distributed
as follows: Majority socialists, 1872; Ger
man democrats. 5S; centrists, 81; Ger
man national party. 2s; independent So
ciafsts. 90; German peoples party. 14s
scattering, s.
I Unsatisfactory TO Ebert Party.
AMSTERDAM. January 2e-Aithough
the majority socialists obtained an ab0o-
lutte majority in Berlin and the sulsnrbS
Sunday. according to a Berlin dispatch
to the Handelsblad. they cannot con-
slider the results satisfactory as tho
bourgeoise parties found more support
! than had been expected. The LokaI
Anzeiger of Berlin estimates that the
bourgeoise' parties up to Tuesday after
noon had gained as many seats as tho
! two socialist parties combined.
One of the great surprises OF the elec-
| ton was the success Of the socialists
! in East Prussia. where they were form
erly detested by the voters. The con-
servatives polled heavy vote through
| out the country.
Ebert May Be Chancellor.
| AMSTERDAM. January 2l.-In the
third Berlin district the majority So
| cialists secured five seats-Philipp
Scheidemann. Herr Fischer, Herr
| Pfannkuch. Herr Schmidt and Herr
Heinmann: the independents four
| fahh
Herr Leukart and Louise ZietS: tho
democrats two seats-Herr Naunfann'
and Herr Hartmann. and the natfonal-
| ists the centrist and the peoples
party one seat each.
The final results will not be known
until Wednesday. but the Indications
are that the majority socialists will
be the strongest party. and Will oc-
| cupy most of the cabinet seats. FriOl-
! rich Ebert is presumed to stand the
I! best chance of obtaining the chRncel-
| lorship.
Assembly to Meet at Weimar.
COPENHAGEN. January 21.-The
new German national assembly will
meet at Weimar. capital of the grand
duchy of Sake -Weimar- -Eisenach. ac-
lcording to the Berlin Loka1 AH1e3ger.
This was decided upon In a conferences
betw cen the German government rep
Eresentative and the Prussian ministry,
after they had agreed that the session
fought to be held in a ncn-Prusgihzk
town
| Many Women Cast Votes
| CoBLENZ. Monday. January 20 fby
the Associated Press).-In the Ger
man territory occupied by the Amerf-
can Army the extremists poIled m ~
most negligible vote in the elections
for the national assembly. The hum-
Der of votes for the centrist paKty
ans more tlian double at Treses and
Coblens that given to all othsr par
! ties.
Owing to the participation Of NoFf-
en- the vote was unusually heavy, IT,
06e ballots being cast 1t Co6fesK1s
: where the population is approximate
ly 80 600. About half the p6pul6cSo1G
| of Treves also voted. 80
COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, J4nuARy
l21.-Partial reports from the 6fee-
tions in lower Bavaria and HpTeF
PhaIz show that the BavaPfan peo.
pies party won FIVE seats, the ma-
jority socialists two and the pens9nf
alliance two. In SchIeswig- Hofsteln
and Lubbock the majority eocfaASto
won five seats and the German demo-
i Gratis three. The Independent soefA2-
lists and the Christian peoples party
formerly the eentrists, failed 70 VI
a single seat