Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-21

German National assembly VIII
meet at Weimar, capital OF the
Grand Duchy of -Wetmar-
Eiscnach, according to the Berlin
cidcd upon in a conference be-
tween German government rep
resemtatiyes and the Prlssian
ministry, after they had agreed
that the session ought to be held
in q non-Prussian town.
Paris, Jan. 21.-Early returns from
the German elections are interpreted
here to signify a promising prospect
for the establishment of a fairly stable
German administration at an early
date. The majority socialists and the
German democrats, who are the sue
cessors of the old radical party, ap
parently will go into the constituent
assembly with a big lead over the In
dependent socialists. Friedrich Won
leader of the democrats, and the So
cialist leaders, Ebert and Scheide-
h demonstrated their ability to
work together in the old reichstag.
They also can. count on Konstantine
F~ehrenbach, the centrist leader, as an
ally in their efforts to institute a gov
eminent with a. basis Of popular sup
port. -
This contamination is regarded
in all allied circles here as an indis-
pensable preliminary to any eac ne.
gotiations. The coming into powers OF
these groups will mean the continual
ton Of the present armistice commls.
sion and the probable appointment OF
Sc~heidemann, Won Payer n Fehren-
bach or Erzberger as the leading
members of the German peace dele
cation.
(By the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Monday. Jan. 2o-It is prob
able that Former Chief OF Police
Eichhorn and Hugo Haase, former
Ebert cabinet have been elected to
the national assembly. Returns are
coming in slowly and the results, even
in Berlin, are as yet uncertain.
Berlin newspapers. announce tnat a
warrant for the arrest OF
has been issued. 1t is said that various
charges. proof of which would make
Eichhorn liable to punishment for ff-
teen years, have been Issued.
The combined bourgeois parties IN
the kingdom of Wuerttemburg IN
the province of Hohenzollern, Prus-
sia. elected ten delegates to the ma
tional assembly. The ma)ori1y 'socia,+
lists seated eve and the Independent
socialists none. The combined popular
vote Of the socialists are 506,000 and
the bourgeois parties 100000.
In Mecklenburg and Lubbock n
combined bourgeois parties eiecteu
three delegates and the socialists
three. -
show an Unexpectedly large i~ndepend-
ent socialist vote.
Returns Incomplete.
Copenhagen, Jan. 21.-Incomplete
eturns from the German electlons
showed last night that the democrats
polled 1 ,234,041 votes; majority So
~ciaiists 2,603,422; independent social a.
lists 4O1,18T; Christian Peoples party
1,11O,137; the German peoples parry,
266.167 and the conservatives 46!,-
1857. according to advices received by
the Berlingske Tidepde.
While the majority socialists WIN
have the ascendancy over. any otner
single party, the results indicate, the
hourgeois parties together will have a
majority in the national assembly.
Charge Irregularities.
Berlin, Monday. Jan. 20.-Based on
incomplete returns available at 3
o'clock tonight the majority socialists
at from 43 to As per cent OF the total
vote in yesterdays election. With n
independent pbOSAoAASbo 0AAN IAAS
m-n democrats the majority socialists
will constitute the left Of the national
assembly with 65 per cent Of h seats.
The democratic party has made an
excellent showing and may outstrip
the centrists in the final count. The in
dependent socialists made q strong
probably will get four out Of the MA
seats from Greater Berlin. The ma
jority socialists will get fve seats from
Greater Berlin, the democrats two
and the three parties Of the right one
each.
contested by the. Independent social
lists who charge the majority socialists
With having used an illegal caption on
their party ballot.
independents Defeated.
Amsterdam. Jan. 2l.--The indie
pendent socialists generally were de-
feated in the voting In Berlin. accord
ing to Berlin advices to. the fHandels-
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