Fascist Victory Brings Crisis Nearer in Reich
Fascist Victory Brings Crisis Nearer in Reich Hitler Victory Is Made At Expense of Socialists Social - Democrats Are Armed, Ready for Showdown — Communist Tactics Problematical ITLBR'S...
...Nationalists, SI...
...Communists, 57...
...Will PUsudski contract with Hitler for a slice of Russian territory...
...How Diets WIU Line Up Seats In the various Diets were allotted as follows: PRUSSIA—Fascists, 162...
...Farmers party, 9; Communists, 8; Nationalists, 3. WUERTTEMBERG — Fascists, 43...
...Whatever may be the answers, Europe may be on the edge of an abyss within the next few years...
...Fascists, 1,271,000...
...Social Democrats, 49...
...Centrists, 67...
...The Prussian Diet has 422 members of which the Fascists have 162, only two more than the Communists and Socialists combined...
...Peoples party, 8,000...
...The Communists and Fascists repeated this alliance in a referendum a week ago last Sunday in Saxony but the proposal to dissolve the Diet was defeated by some 500,000 votes...
...The remaining 12 seats are held by four Insignificant groups...
...Nationalists, 31...
...In Lower Austria the Fascists, formerly unrepresented, won 8 seats...
...Social Democrats, 20...
...Two other numbers are Pina Napolina, soprano, and the Carmen Quartet, both through the courtesy of Station WEVD...
...Communists, 116,000...
...Communists, 2,820,000...
...ANHELT—Fascists, 90,000...
...Centrists, 3,000...
...If the Fascists eventually control Germany its repercussions arc likely to spread to other European countries...
...Then Russia will face a new situation...
...Farmers, 9; Communists, 7; State's party, 4; Nationalists, 3; Christian People's party, 3. HAMBURG—Fascists, 51...
...smaller parties, 714,000...
...Socialists wll be at the head of all districts in Vienna...
...Communists, 26: State's party, 18...
...Nationalists, 128,000, and smaller parties, 122.000 Total— 3,909.000...
...WTJERTTEMBERO—Fascists, 328,000...
...Nationalists, 32,000...
...Communists, 57...
...Social Democrats, 12...
...State's party 3.000: Socialist Labor, 1,000...
...Real Estate Owners party 8,000...
...The new Vienna Diet will consist of 66 Socialists, 19 Catholics and 15 Hitlerites...
...What appears to have happened is that reactionaries who have been divided are gathering under the banner ol Fascism in opposition to the Socialists...
...The Official Count The official final count in the Prussian election showing a total of 22,401,000 votes, was: Fascists, 8,008,000...
...Social Democrats, 75,000...
...Readers of The New Leader and their friends are cordially invited...
...Socialists, 93...
...Centrists, 17' Social Democrats, 14...
...Will the Fascists begin a "holy war" against Russia...
...Centrists, 3,374,000...
...The final returns distributed the votes in other States as follows: BAVARIA—Bavarian People's party, 1,272,000...
...This is a hint of a Fascist march...
...What of Poland...
...Total— 219,000...
...State's party, 84,000...
...the Catholics 28, a loss of 5; the Socialists 20, a loss of one...
...Social Democrats, 226,000...
...The previous election was in 1928...
...This will have far-reaching consequences...
...August Claessens, a branch member, will talk on the significance of May Day...
...They cooperated with the Fascists in a Prussian referendum few months ago to recall the old government but this allied action failed...
...All party members are urged to send in the reservations at once...
...Social Democrats, 206,000...
...Of the 34,500,000 votes cast in the elections to ^Ive Diets the Fascists received 30 per cent...
...Nationalists, 254,000...
...The workers, however, are divided between the Socialist and Communist parties while reaction drifts towards Fascism...
...Communists, 20000...
...The Hitlerites had previously been a mere handful In Austria and were represented by only one member in the Salzburg Diet but as a result of the Sunday elections are said to have a "big representation" throughout the country...
...The program consists of the Manhattan Mandolin Orchestra with Carlo De Filllpis conducting...
...The Heimwehr, for example, the organization that attempted an armed march against Socialist Vienna a number of times, has divided between the Fascists and the Christian Social (Catholic) party...
...Allowing for a reduction in the size of the Diet, this means a gain of one for the Socialists, a loss of 19 for the Catholics and the appearance of 15 Hitlerites, previously not represented...
...Friends and comrades who have not yet sent In their reservations are urged to do so a t once so that complete arrangements ran be made...
...Social Democrats, 604,000...
...HAMBURG—Fascists, 234,000...
...Centrists, 10,000: Economic party 5.000, and Christian Social party, 8,000...
...7; People's party, 5; Centrists, 2; Economic party, 1; Christian Social, 1. ANHALT—Fascists, 15...
...State's party, 332,000...
...Fascist Victory Brings Crisis Nearer in Reich Hitler Victory Is Made At Expense of Socialists Social - Democrats Are Armed, Ready for Showdown — Communist Tactics Problematical ITLBR'S Fascists made the gains expected in Prussia an...
...the Socialists 8, and the Fascists «. Alfred Frauenfeld, a former bank clerk, has become the leader of t he Fascists and he has demanded a national election because of the increased Fascist vote in the provinces...
...Christian Social, 255,000...
...Mayor Hoan to Speak At Rand School Dinner Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee, Heywood Broun, Hendrik Van Loon, B. Charney Vladeck are to be the speakers at the Rand School dinner Sunday night, May 8th, a t 6 o'clock at Webster Hall...
...Farmer's party, 177,000...
...Most of the middle parties were crushed and the results show that a clear lineup is emerging between Fascism on the one hand and the workers on the other...
...The Catholic party will also lose Its majority in the Austrian Senate, Which is elected by the provincial Diets...
...Fascists Make First Gains in Austrian Poll Socialists Better Position in Vienna—Elections in Three States ALTHOUGH news of the elec^ Hons to three Diets In Austria last Sunday report gains for the Fascists this is doubtful...
...Tiic Socialists lost nearly a million votes compared with 1928 when they also won 137 seats...
...Centrials 254,000...
...General Election Asked The tactics of the Catholics have resulted in a great increase in the power of their Socialist opponents in Vienna, who henceforth will be entitled to nominate both deputy mayors instead of only one...
...Communists, 259,000...
...Hitler's bombastic promises to wipe mi: reparations and war debts which have been sapping the economic life of Germany appeal to millions of workers Just as the Ku Klu appealed to millions in this country some years ago...
...Fascists, 43...
...The Socialists have 93 seats and the Communists 57...
...Social Democrats, 4,875,000...
...Here, as In Germany, the work' ers remain armed for any emergenry that Fascism may threaten The Socialists control Vienna and maintain a remarkable discipline (In alliance wiUi the trade union organizations but the Austrian Stiitc faces bankruptcy...
...Social Democrats, 93...
...Nationalists...
...In the Salzburg Diet the Catholics have 12 seats...
...Bavarian Farmers' party, 253,000...
...State'f party, 2; People's party, 7; Christian Social party, 2; German Hanovei party, 1. BAVARIA—Bavarian People's party, 45...
...Nationalists, 13,000...
...He has declared that if the demand Is refused "we will take steps to give emphatic expression of our demand...
...Centrists, 67...
...Economic party, 191,000...
...The Catholics remain dominant in Salzburg and Lower Austria and in the city elections in two provinces the Socialists and Catholics retained their relative strength...
...Thus the strength of the leading parties is in the following order: Fascists, 162...
...Nationalists, 1,525,000...
...People's party, 24,003...
...Debs Branch of W. C. To Celebrate Friday The Debs Branch of the Workmen's Circle is giving a great concert Friday, April 29, at Stuyve•ant Casino, 142'Second avenue, at 8:30 p. m., celebrating May Day and its eleventh anniversary...
...The next largest party is t h e Centrists with 67 members...
...German workers are armed for the struggle...
...The Fascists lead in four states and in Prussia, the most important and the largest state in Germany, they have won 162 s e a t s as against the six they held in the old chamber...
...People's party, 331,000...
...There Is a brilliant array of speakers and the dinner, which is the last dinner to be held by any of the organizations within the Socialist movement, promises to be the distinctive feature of the year...
...a few other states in the German elections last Sunday...
...Com-nunljts, 110,000...
...The Communists gained one...
...The Pan-Germans, the main supporters of former Chancellor Shober, lost heavily and much of their vote went to the Fascists...
...Ccmmunlsts, 3; Nationalists, 2; People's party, 2; Centrists, 1 This uprising of Fascism in Germany is the direct outcome of the intolerable suffering of millions of workers and the hopeless outlook facing the youth of the professional and middle classes...
...In Hamburg the present minority government of Socialists and Democrats will likely continue but main interest centers in the government to be formed in Prussia The Communist Position In that state the Diet will not meet until June and what the Communists will do remains to be seen...
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Vol. 13 • April 1932 • No. 18
