New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
Ebert Forces
Win at Polls
By l,369,4ll
Majority Se',iaIists Roll Up
Plurality in Almost Every
One of German States
Democratic Party Next
BourScois Factions, How
ever, Together VIII Have
a Majority in Assembly

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21.-Incomplete
returns from the German elections
sbowed last night that the Democrats
nailed 1.24,04l votes; the majority So
eislists, 2,6o3, ,422; the independent So
e;alists. 4o1, 1871; the Christian Peoples
marty 1,110,137; the German Peoples
marty. 266l57 and the Conservatives,
1885,, according to advices received
bv the "Berlingske Tidende.'
While the majority Socialists will
have the ascendancy over any other
single party, the results indicate the
bourgeois parties together will have a
majority in the National Assembly.
Eight for Peoples Party
The German Peoples party has elect
cd eight delegates in Baden, including
Herr Dueringer, former minister. The
Christian Peoples party (the former
rentrists) elected five delegates, one
Of whom is the former president of the
ps;chstag, Konstantine Fehrenbach.
Three delegates were elected by the
German Democrats, one being Herr
Dielsch, Foreign Minister of Baden.
The Social Democrats elected five dele
Gates. one of whom is Herr Rueckert
traffic minister. Ludwig Haas. Min
ister of the Interior. was successful as
= candidate of the German Democratic
party.
saxony. received here from Dresden.
show this result: Majority Socialists,
II seats; German Democrats, 8; Ger
man National party. 4; German Peoples
Darty. ?, and Independent Socialists, 3.
Assembly to Meet at Weimar
The new German National Assembly
will meet al Weimar. capital OF the
Grand Duchy OF -Weimar Eisenach,
according to the Berlin "Lokal-Anzei-
ger" This was decided upon in con-
ference between the German govern
ment representatives and the Prussian
Ministry, after they had agreed that
the session ought to be held a non
prussian town.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 21-The Inde-
PENDENT Socialists generally were de-
feated in the voting in Berlin, accord
ing TO Berlin advices to the "Handesl-
blad." In the Independent stronghold
Of Neu koln neutrality-suspicious. polled
only 4S,750 votes against 2.765 for the
Majority Socialists.
At ten o'clock Monday morning the
totals in Berlin were: German Demo-
Gratis, $4,000; Majority Socialists. 1885,
600; Independent Socialists, 5000;
German Peoples Party, 1880; German
National Party, $1,000; Centrist, H.
500. This incomplete list gives FIVE
Majority Socialists, four Independent
Socialists and two German Democrats
elected.
Scheidemann Winner
In the third Berlin district the
Majority Socialists obtained five seats.
eecting Philip Scheidemann, Herr
Fischer, Herr Pfannkuch, Herr Schmidt
and Herr Heinmann; the Independents
elected four candidates, Herr Eichhorn
Hugo Haase, Herr Leukart and Luise
zleta; the Democrats two, Herr Nau-
mann and Herr Hartmann, and the
Nationalists, the Centrist and the
Peoples Party, one 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 occupy
most Of the Cabinet seats Friedrich
Ebert is presumed TO stand the best
enance OF obtaining the Chancellor.
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