Show GERMANS FAIL TO TAKE LANDS SPECTER OP OF bolshevism IS THI THE THREAT THAT KEEPS MANY PROM FROM POLLS returns shows those who balloted ted favored plan of property betz I 1 ure ur big cities chiefly support referendum 13 orlin first national referendum under tho the republican con ution held hela monday to decide the question of expropriating without corn com ion tho the entire properties and of the former rulers with particular interest cont centering erIng on the for mer etier german clerman emperor and the ciohon lollean zollern family failed to poll an affirm auvo toto tote of halt the eligible eloc el octora tors final return in the referendum show chows affirmative negative the negative vote lind had no relation to the result as the adoption of tho the Ine measure asuro do depended on whether halt half tho the electorate namely about voted ironed affirmatively buly 60 per der cont cent of the eligible voters stayed away from tho the polls polla white while 85 36 per cent indorsed endorsed Indor sed un unconditional condl confiscation defective ballots and negative votes constituted only a small percentage while admitting that tho the advocates of expropriation made a respectable showing in the ball otting the govern mentle ment adera were visibly gratified when final returns definitely presaged the measures defeat their satisfaction was prompted quite as much by internal political considerations as tho the feeling that tho the definite rejection of such a radical law will impress the outside world with the conservative character of tho the german clerman electorate elect regardless of the fact that thai the personal interests of the former princes were at stake an analysis of the vote shows that tho confiscation pro proposal was chiefly supported eup ported by the big cities inthe industrial du sectors as in tho the ruhr and saxony but in the flat country national strongholds strong holds such as 13 bavaria tile the issue was rejected through restricted strict fed ed turnout of voters in munich participation was only 32 per cent while in east prussia it dropped to 20 per cent one of the strongest opponents of the proposed confiscation was president von who in a personal letter declared that the addition of such a measure would be contrary to nil fill right and justice ills his home town Il hanover anover however rolled up a vote of in favor of the confiscation which Is slightly more than halt half the number of eligible voters |