Evening star., 1932-11-06
German and American
Voting Stirs Britons
BY A. G. GARDINER,

LONDON, November SIN view Of
the vast issues impending, public atten-
ton here this week has been preoc-
cupied with the probable results of the
elections il Germany and the United
states and their effects upon the world
situation
Whether right or wrong, opinion here
IS convinced that the American election
result IS foregone conclusion. and
President Hoover's terrifying picture of
grass growing in the street" if he is
not returned IS taken as an unavailing
cry OF electoral despair.
The prospects for the German elec-
tlons are much more obscure. 1t is not
expected that the result VIII affect the
practical dictatorship which is now
estaphshed. The government had prac-
tlcally no following in the last Reichstap
and it is likely to have less in the new
chamber. The Hitlerites will undoubt-
edly return as the most formidable
group, though in diminished strength.
Hlller haVmg lost prestige as a result
OF MS failure to implement his demand
Tor The chancellorship in the Summer.
The Center and Social Democrats sra
expected to lose strength as a result Of
tnelr policy Of moderation, and gains
Tor the extreme parties on the right
and the left are taken for granted
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All onens point to the election NJ
another ungoyernable Reichstag. which
the government will have less reason to
Iear than its predecessor. This means
the continuance of a virtual dictator
snip. but does not mean necessarily the
continuance Of Won Papen as the head
OF the government His policy has
Drought him into deep disfavor in all
sectlons OF the community His subsidy
" souo'oou,0UO to industrialists has
Ialleo 70 arrest the slump in trade and
lhe spread OF unemployment which
now affects 100000 people wbiIe the
peasant farmers are suffering wide.
spread ruin as a consequence of the
catastrophe fall of prices. The Ger
man poor have long had to pay three
OF Jour tunes the world price for bread
ana tnelr position has now brought
tnem to the brink of actual Starvation
moreover, Won Papen'S invasion of the
constitutional rights of the states has
brought him into collision with both
PRUSSIA and Bavaria. His conflict with
the PruSslan government. whose right
10 retain office despite its suppression
py tIle cnancellors decree has been vim
dlcated by the supreme court ba.
gravely weakened Won Papen's nosition.
and Bavaria. alarmed at the Threatened
encroachment of the Reich on the pre-
negatives OF the states, has taken in
the challenge defantly.
Won Papen can make a workable
coalition with the Hitlerites he NAV
save his skin; but this is Improbable
unless the Nazis are now content to ac-
cept secondary position in the gov
ernment. His fate really is in the
hands not OF the Reichstag but of the
president II he retains Won Hinden-
DurgS commence no combination can
overthrow him, but this is Questionable
The President, as a Nationalist naner
observes, has short way with chan
cellors who make mistakes. and Won
Papen's mistakes have been fragrant
Won Hindenburg is not mindful NJ
the discontents on the left and centA
but Won Papen has antagonized the
great industrialists, alarmed the ReishsS
bank and fallen afoUl of conservatives
Bavaria, and criticisms from thase
quarters weigh with the President n
is regarded as probable that as a res,,lt
OF the election Won Hindenbr1rp nav
substitute Gen. Won Schleicher. Reichs,
Wenr minister, for Won Papen as chan.
cellor
The main interest in both the Amer.
lean and German elections arises from
the probable effects on the Disarma-
ment Conference, though the continuity
OF the Washington policy is assumed in
any event. Hopes of a favorable issua
OF the conference are enhanced by Pre-
mier Herriot's new plan, which was the
SUBJECT OF cautious approval by Vis-
count Cecll In an article in the London
cult 70 imagine that the Germans could
REJECT the plan, which makes SO genu-
Inc an attempt to meet their claim Of
equality. Much depends on the attitude
OF the British government which is
Duslly engaged this week on its own
f~or-.~xI .nnc,