Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-20
German Voters
FAVOR Socialism


|. and Conservative parties; the old
Center Ia now the Christian Peoples
party, and the German Peoples party
is composed of most Of old National
Liberals
! The result so far reported from
| Berlin, therefore. shows the Social
! lists have wone 1855 votes TO the
! bourgeo!sie 9950--a victory for the
Socialists OF almost two TO one.l
4 London, Jan. 20.--(By a. PD--Riot-
ing occurred in Berlin last night after
the Spartacans had attempted to destroy
the ballot-boXes used in Sundays clec-
I tion, according to an Exchange Tclc-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
The Spartacans were repu!sed every
where. Fighting took place It is re-
ported, IN Wlhelmstrassc and licde-
mannstrasSe and at the HalleSche Tor
The Spartacans made an attempt also to
storm the office of the Norwaerts.
Grave election riots took place gen.
orally In Germany. where the people
voted to choose members OF the Ma
tlonal Assembly. general strike has
been declared at Leipsic, which Is with
out gas and water, according TO Copen-
hagen adrices TO the Exchange Tele-
graph Company.
The death Of Dr Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg appears to have made
a deep impression in provincial towns
anu SNTtcl llSHtlng ~ TepOTltN,
Leipsic Mob seires Papers
At LeipsIc a mob is said to have do
stroyed the election bureau of the
Democratic party and TO have conns-
Gated the evening editions Of the Leipsic
Tageblatt. Zeitung and General Gazette.
compelling these papers to publish a
declaration deporng the murders in
Berlin" and blaming the government for
them. Strikes and demonstrations are
| reported in Dusseldorf and other towns
The Jokal Anzciger, OF Berlin, says
It learns the Ebert -Scheidemann gov
ernmsnt has finally decided not to hold
the National Assembly for which cleo
{ tons were conducted yesterday
A German Government wireless mes
sage received in London Saturday said
Philip Scheidemann, the German
| Foreign Secretary, had announced that
$ the German Government had decided 10
convoke the National Assembly Febru-
ary 1el
e Four Spartacan leaders, who were
y arrested during the recent disorders in
e Spandau. were shot and killed by es-
o corting troops when they tried to escape
e on Friday night.
"a Dinsiakcn, Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 90
'r tBy A. PD--bemOnstrants from tn,
l. Lohberg coal mines Yesterday forced gr
'e entrance into the polling booths her,
81 and seized the ballot-boXes and tn,
81 registers of electors.
~ CobIenz, Jan. 2O.-CBy \ PIN,
u extreme radicals are believed to have
y found little support yesterday amonl
10 the German voters in the American Zon'
W OF occupation. Reports last night indt
Gated that the delegates elected to th
's National Assembly were from the NOR
j conservative groups
e The American troops were on the aler
throughout the area Of occupation. pre-
d. pared TO suppress any disorder, but non
" was reported either in Coblenz or in III
" smaller towns in the occupied area. TIL
lie voting was conducted quietly, the onl
$. feature being the participation OF tn
J. women. Both the centrist and Germa
-e democratic parties each had Il woma
l. among their twelve candidates. Th
q Centrst candidate was Marie Schmid
ir who is well known in church circles
y The German Democrats had nominate
lg In. Lima Fischer ECkcrt,
Paris, Jan 2O.--IBy \. PD-niso,
ders in Hamburg. in which several PEI
le sons were killed and others wounde
I'd are reported in dispatches by way
ce Zurich The disorders were incident
X demonstrations in connection with Il
,- who had been imprisoned by the go'
pr crnmeut as the outcome of previous dt'
,e turbanccs,
a. Returns of the election for the Germa
II. National Assembly of the third ciectOra
district of Baden show the Ma jorit
-, Socialists to have won five seats, Ill
,L tentrist party five seats, the Germa
IN Nationalist party one seat and the Gel
-. man Democratic party three seats I'll,
- votes cast were: Majority Socialist
= 3G2.94S: Centris;s. 3SO.64i: Germa
,g Nationalists 1886; German demo
a., Gratis, 22G,Sll.
10 In the karlsruhe district the Ma
~ iority Socialists cast 34,sS7 votes. ,l
=, Centrists 1850, the NatioualiStS Ssi
and the German Democrats 24,so3.
The Grand Duke of Hesse had hin
self inscribed on the lists under h
is old titlc, SLOWING says the Berlin Lok;
IN Anzeiger that Louis Of Brabant. as L
IL is called by the present government. doe
~ rot recognize his depositon,'
T. Berlin. Jan. 20.--CBy y. PIN ,l
Sc Ruhleben precinct the Majority SociaI
en- lists polled 1923 votes and the lndepe nG
RS ent Socialists only seven.
e.. The Municipal Government of Create
Ut Berlin has protested TO the Ebert Cat
10 met against the proposal TO conven
the National Assembly elsewhere tha
n In Berlin.
es According TO the Tageblatt the cab
iS met has not decided on the place tn
le Assembly Will meet notwithstanding re
I'd cent statements attributed to the Coy
ie ernment leaders. Opposition to Berli,
or as the seat OF the Assembly is said {
e emanate chiefly from south German
ct sources which in view of recen, cur
vapraa tI7a caDital rfIlI a tb