Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-30
GERMANS CHOOSE
Won H|NDENBURG
Former Field Marshal WINS
Presidency by Margin
of 100000 Votes.

Berlin-Field Marshal Won linden
burg has been elected president of
Germany. The final count announced
was:
Won Hindenburg ------14, $50, 399
Marx -.--..-.-.--.-.---.-.-..----13,75 2 $40
Thaelmann ---------------- l,93l,o9l
The choice OF. Gen. Won Hindenburg
in Germany's first popular presiden-
tial election has stunned, the repub-
lican elements, which consider the old
war chief a chair warmer for the
Hohenzollerns and representative of
the imperialistic ideals which ruled
Germany before the world war.
Marx Leaders Admit Defeat
The defeat of Dr. Wilhelm Marx,
former chancellor and candidate of
the republican coalition, was admitted
by the left groups when, with only p
100000 votes to be counted in the dis
tricts where it wats certain Gen. Won
Hindenburg would make good show
ing, the field marshal had established
more than 100000 lead.
Herr Marks defeat was attributed
to the detection of the workers in
lower Silesa, South Hanover, upper
Bavaria, Madgeburg, Pommerania,
Mecklenburg, Hamburg, middle Ger
many, Schleswig Hollstein, and the
rural districts of Brandenburg
Gen. Won Hindenburg carried the
city of Munich, capital of Catholic Ba-
varia and DR.. Marks home city, Ham
over City, Gen. Won Hindenburg's
home town, gave Herr Marx 10000
and Gen. Won Hindenburg 10000.
Three Killed in Riots
than 100 persons wounded in election
riots which featured the polling. Two
were killed and two seriously wounded
in Karlsruhe, and one was killed and
one is dying in Berlin.
There is hardly any city in Germany
which was not the scene of election
violence. Except in Berlin and Karls-
ruhe, the police were able to keep the
situation under control.
Choice Shock to Washington
Washington, d. C.-News of the
election of Field Marshal Won linden
burg as president of Germany was re-
ceived in official circles in Washing
ton as something of shock.
While it had been realized by those
who have been watching the campaign
that the German war hero was certain
to poll heavy vote, few had been in
clined to think he actually would be
elected, as his triumph is certain to
mean a difficult period for Germany
until it is clear just what the change
in government portends.
There can be no question, despite
the official silence that has been main-
tanned with regard to the German
election, that both government and
diplomatic observers here feel that the
election of Hindenburg is blunder,
it will be viewed with suspicion, par
ticularly in France, and it probably
will result in an attitude on the part
of bankers on both sides of the At
lantic which will make it difficult for
the German people to finance their re-
cuperation from the effects Of the war
during the next few months.
May Delay Dawes Plan
So far as the Washington govern
ment is concerned, it has no direct
interest in the election. It's relations
are with the German government and
are in such form that the German
presidency has little bearing upon the
carrying out of treaty stipulations.
The indirect effect of the election,
however, will probably be more inn
portant, since it is apt to delay exc
cution of the Dawes plan, on which
the Washington administration has re-
lied to restore Europe to sound eco
nomic basis and to free American
business in that way from many EN-
barrassments it has faced.
See Trend to Monarchy
London-News of the election of
Won Hindenburg was received in Lon
don too late for comment by the morn
ing papers, which made only brief an
nouncements of the outcome of the
election in their late editions.
1t is safe to say, however, that the
result will be seen here not only as
an anomaly, but as foreshadowing
restoration of the monarchy at an
early Notwithstanding the con-
tention OF Hindenburg that the ques-
ton of a monarchy was not involved
in the election.
The Daily Express in a news note,
recalls Won Hindenburg's alleged in
tention of raising the question of the
admission of Germany's war guilt in
the Versailles treaty and SAYS:
eff he does he will raise storm in
Europe