The Washington herald., 1920-06-09
new COALITION
BiER]LIIN'S. / ! HOPE
Moderate, Conservatives
May Be Includedo on a
Broader Basis.
Old PARTIES SMASHED
Bare. Majority in Reconsti-
tuted Reichstag Doubt
ful in Vote Count.
Old PARTIES SMASHED
(washington Herals-Puhlie Ledger
Service, Special Cable Dispateh.)
BY .. b. CONGER

(washinston Herals-ruAlie Ledger
> Service, Special Cable Dispsteh1
BY 3. b. CONGER
Berlin. June, s.-The result Of the
elections. which were q smashing
defeat for the coalition patties. may
result in reconstruction Of the coaii-
tion on q broader basis by inclusion
Of the moderately conservative Ger
man peoples party.
Hopes of the present coalition
party to secure a slender majority
In the new Reichstag may be real
lied.
The formation of a broadened CO.
alition seems to be the only alter
native of absolute political. chaos.
1T is already evident that the social
ist parties will not be strong enough
to form the labor government, which
Vorwaerts today advocated. excepl
In the highly improbable contingen-
cy Of the labor Representatives from
the Catholic centre party joining
the socialists. 1t is equally certain
that coalition Of nom socialist par
ties, even should these possess .
clear majority. could not rule the
country against the labor opposi-
tion.
Blocked NJ, Centralists.
The chief and apparently insu-
perable objection to the formation
OF broadened coalition on the pres
ent lines Is the hatfooted pre-elec-
tion declaration of the centralists
through Chancellor Mueller that 1he
party could. under no circumstances,
admit the peoples party to the CO.
alition. Chancellor Mueller's return
to parliament however Is uncertain
as the results In his home district
are close and he is not among the
socialist candidates at large. His
prediction declaration may yield
to post-election conditions in the
formulation of the party policy,
should such concessions prove nec-
essary to retain for the socialists
their influence.
Dr. Gustav Stresemann, undis-
puted leader CT the Peoples Party,
and one OF the cleverest agents of
big business" in German political
life, will. either ir or out of the
government. be tne big figure in the
coming parlih ment. He has re-
peatedly declared that he and his
party are ready to work in coalition
with the present coalition parties
including the Socialists. providing
the Socialists are willing to drop or
postpone some of their platform de-
mands for socislization Of industry
and certain other radical proposals
Communist Showing Posr.
One feature Of the elections over
which all parties frcn the extreme
right TO the Indepe ndent Socialists
are highly deliEbted L. the poor
showing Of the Communists.
II locked fer a time as IL they
would not secure a single seat in
the sReichstag. But they have now
secured one seat at Chennitz and
one" representative at large. This
one C1mmuf ist representative at
large will. however. be the firebrand
of the House-the noted Clara Zet-
kin, who was a rival of red Rosa
Luxembourg in the vehemence OF her
extreme radicslism and in. COM
pariscR with whom Luise Zietz,, the
flaming woman orator CT tho Inde-
pendent Socialists in the present as
semoly, is but a nickering candle.
Fra'IS Zietz is also returned to the
new parliament In which most of
old war horses OF tho two Socialist
parties will md seats. Many of the
Democrats have fallen by the way
side, including Cont ,Rernstorff.
former Ambas, ador to the United
States. unless he gets enough votes
in adjoining districts to bring his
home ballots UP to the necessary
$4,000. ... -.-.
copyright, 1900. By Public Ledger Coz