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Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. pro-Monarchist candidate, had two things in his favor in the Presidential election: 1) Several speeches made, last week, by Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, leader of the German Peo ple's or Industrialist Party, in Hindenburg's behalf, which removed all doubt on the attitude, not only of his party, but of the Government; 2) public denial that U. S. bankers had threatened to withhold credits from Germany should the old soldier, nearly 78 years of age, be elected...
...hours after the closing of the polls, returns began to trickle in. Early reports showed ex-Chancellor Marx, Republican candidate, in the lead; but as time wore on, Hindenburg grew stronger and stronger. Marx captured Berlin by a huge majority. At Nürnberg, Stuttgart, Cassel, Heidelberg, Marx scored slight victories over the Monarchists; but the Field Marshal came back strong in Munich, Stettin, Leipzig, Halle, "the reddest town in Germany," Frankfort, Coburg, home of deposed monarchs. Finally, in the early hours of the morning, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was declared elected President of the German Republic. Returns...
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Germany, with Bulgaria and Russia all too near, has recoiled from the dangers of communism. Marx was too much in sympathy with communistic ideals to guard Germany against a revolutionary future. Von Hindenburg's personel strength and conservative tendencies should be a stabilizing factor in the new political situation. Germany has swung, not towards militarism, but away from communism...