The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-08

made by the adherents of DR.. Marx
have left these anti-national ele-
ments far from discouraged, even in
the face Of their decisive defeat in
yesterdays test. They point out that
the total ballots cast by the opposi-
ton to Hindenburg, the supporters of
DR.. Marx and Herr Thatelmann, were
more than half Of the total vote, or
SIT per cent.
The Inauguration of Hindenburg
viii be impossible until the official
count Of the ballots is verified. 1t is
estimated that this cannot be accom-
plished before May 10.
As the field marshal throughout his
campaign insisted upon the CLEANS
ing OF public life" there seems likely
to be a considerable conflict over pub
lie Office.
Examination of the official election
returns shows several surprises, no
tably defections among the Socialists
in SaXony and the solidity with which
Bavaria rallied behind Heindenburg.
EX-Crown Prince Rupprecht's en-
dorsement Of the field marshal and
the strong elements In Bavaria op-.
posed to Socialists are believed to &C
count for his heavy vote in those
bailiwicks.
But, in later years, and particular
ly since entering upon the campaign
which has had as its outcome his ele-
walton to the presidency, the field
marshal has included in his ideals
unity of the German people, peace
and good will towards all humanity
and still a place in the sun for the
fatherland.
Born in 1847 at Hoshen, Won Hin.
denburg's career has ever been a
military one. He first saw active
service in the war of 1866 with Aus
tria. Then came the Franco-Prus-
In 1911, he was appointed in 1914
commander of the eighth army corps,
with Ludendrof as chief of staff, and
his victories of Tannenberg and the
Masurian Lakes in the World War,
raised him again as a popular hero
with rapid promotion to field mar
shals baton.
Perhaps one of his greatest ser
vices to his country was his refusal
to desert his post when the revolu-
ton came. After the World War he
personally led the armies back in an
orderly, disciplined manner to their
home bases. He again retired from
active service in 1919 When there
was talk of prosecuting William II,
he offered himself as a substitute for
his emperor.
Field Marshal Won Hindenberg,
lifelong soldier, wartime military
hero of Germany, by training and
temperament, alien to political cam
paigning, was drawn reluctantly in
his old age into an arean unknown
to him when he consented to become
a candidate for the presidency eff
the Republic Of Germany for the par
ties Of the Right, known as the Ma
tionalist-Conservative Bourge o Use
bloc.
The martial figure of the imperial
Germany that has passed seemed to
I mt aWl1wardly into his new role
Speeches were few and brief; ne did
not travel from his home town of
Hanover. His press agents found
nm unsdlled in the wiles of publici-
I ~ t--+1 1-oN etlCDL III lilC ways Oh sell
seeking. Won linden lurg decisred
IN resisting the attempts to make him
g candidate that he was too old. that
he could not understand The new gen
Grafton.
Ills eaCre campaign activities con-
sisted in receiving delegations that
came TO Hanover, max; 70 .everal
short addresses at his home. and TO-
wards the last, giving interviews. The
outstanding points of his speeches
We're an appeal for unity of the Ger
man people, a declaration of his aver
sion to war, his insistence that Ger
many must regain her Independence
and not be dependent upon other ma
tons.
Only the future, he informed ro-
porters, could show whether tba
Dawes reparations plan was canable
OF fulfillment and, asserted the field
marshal, Germany viii not he abIa
to fulfill the conditions unless tbe
foreign powers participating in the
pact evidence political and economic