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...votes. But there were 152 "abstentions." There lay the rub. Those who abstained were the 131 Socialists and 21 Deputies of the Economic Union, a minor-party bloc. Henceforth the Herr Chancellor must continue to curry favor with these "benevolent abstainers," as he did throughout his first chancellorship last year. The German party situation continued muddled...
President von Hindenburg was generally credited in despatches last week with having quelled the strife among German party leaders sufficiently to allow Acting Chancellor Luther to resume the chancellorship at the head of a tolerably workable minority Government...
Last week, Convocation met to elect a Chancellor. The Chancellorship, an honorary position of great dignity, became vacant on the death of Lord Curzon (TIME, Mar. 30). It was offered to Lord Milner, but he died before he could be installed (TIME, May 25). It was then decided to hold an election; and it appeared likely that the Earl of Oxford and Asquith-Premier H. H. Asquith, possibly the most distinguished of living Oxonians-would be chosen...
...Party), Bavarian People's Party (mainly Catholic Monarchists). Dr. Jarres is 51 years of age, a lawyer by profession and from 1914 to 1923 Mayor of Duisberg. Late in 1923, he became Minister of the Interior in the Stresemann Government and held the same post and the Vice Chancellorship last year in the Marx Government. Upon the advent of Chancellor Luther to power, he once again became Mayor of Duisberg...
...learned in the late war, that of hiding military equipment under a pleasing mantle of twigs and greenery, seems not to have been forgotten. It may be only a coincidence that at the same time that the name of the fiery old Grand Admiral von Tirpitz is mentioned for chancellorship by the German Nationalist Party, news of a peculiarly pacific character is circulated on the doings of the erstwhile Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the figure-head of the Monarchists, who is said to have enrolled for a series of agricultural lectures at Breslau University...