Show France Franc Believed on V Verge erge ge of Savage Sa a vase Religious e Religious as Duel Due GERMANS GO TO ELECTION ELECTION- ELECTION POLLS IN WEEK TO NAME NAMEE NAM PRESIDENT FOR FIRST TIME f E r DY BY MAXIMILIAN Central Europe's Foremost Publicist Copyright 1926 1925 l by Tate Con Con- Press I March llarch 21 21 I 11 A In a Ii cek tt colts colt's time the Ger- Ger Gerr GerI r I man people for the first time III history wilt will choose a a pre pres- president pres president ident of or tho the republic ta ss the th nations nation's nation highest representative live tive Until now not much en- en en enthusiasm has been beell remarked The Tho chances in n a or of any ny ho boxer er or c b racer who Is at all Well ell known are ar discussed led Ith Incomparable gl greater eater enthusiasm It If an any German no newspapers sp speak al rather timidly ot or election night It is js to 10 stimulate enough ardor to make a fight possible Possibly Pos this will succeed In the last days or of o the campaign campaign cam- cam sa piL anybody possess posses possessing Ine Ing confidence ot or his fellow cIU Is Is asked dally dill Must we tote ote ote For horn shall ue e rote Can Cant t we wo Wait alt anyway for tor the the second ballot Which will be the only de- de decisive decisive de decisive one ono Must shall cap can Is la this the language ot or passion According to the tile constitution constitution tion an absolute majority Is necessary for victory on the first ballot On the second only tho relatively highest number ot or sates otes Is required As six candidates tl's Ila hate ha e been put up It Is thought Ill certain that no single man will have havo more votes than the rite 0 others together consequently choice Is not likely until the tho second election on the th last Sunday In April This pre Idea Idell which reduces the first ballot hallot to a maneu er or a a re re may be b wrong wrone for tor it t Is Quite to estimate either the effect of Nationalist can can- c n sassing or the e number or of ornon o non non non oter The Th Nationalists who unfortunately are are the shrewdest dest In strategy and nd tac- tac tac tactics tics tres tiCS realize this there therefore Core the they are re Ing to ensure every possible chance chanco In the tho first ballot hallot First the they tried to unite the th bourgeoIse against the Socialists by putting pulling up a member member ot or the Catholic c Center Center Cen- Cen Center ter ter party When Whon tills this s failed CalleJ the nominated a man out or of o I the tho ho political middle west nest soto SO soto to 10 speak the tho ma mayor 01 ot of Duls- Duls Duisburg Duis burg Herr Jarres lica Ice chan chan- chancellor chan chan- chancellor chancellor of ot the Interior Interior and min min- minIster min minister ister lster in the Miri rC cabinet Ito proved to b bo be not an ounce more reactionary than thin nas as hIs Socialist predecessor If It Jarr a is not noC elected at atthe atthe the first election the thc bloc bloc the th Nationalists the Peoples party the tho and the Agrarian J p party parti rt may maintain it has done all nil pos pos- pos possible bible sible for Cor reconciliation and modification ot or the opposition and can return to one or of o the first candidates without re- re repudiating re IHl lI If Its principles principle The other side has lias acted less dl Angry at the tho J ot or the tho Socialists the small Democratic part parI for Instance put up Its on 0 n a politically un- un unknown un unknown known nerv doctor and teacher In a south German Germ college The bourgeoise bourgeois Cen- Cen ler Cen-ler ier par party which former Chancellor Mart Marc did not suIt nominated the minister ter dent or of o Bavaria Batavia Ba aria OC or the sip sl s candidates Herr Jarres has the be best t chance chanco or of being elected on March J 29 2 II I i Not one of o th the candidates Is popular r I Es Ien E en the tho Socialist candidate Otto Braun is a IL stranger to the th masses es The Tho Nationalists X would tote oto for a a Center man or a Democrat Demo Demo- Demo Demo-c crat lt Titus Thus they see In the tho flesh of both their flesh Hers Herl Marx repealed repeated ChrIst e words that be lie hoped the cup cupor or of the th presidential election Would pass him Thus the tto chancellor regards the tho highest state dignity as undesirable martyrdom It Is comprehensible sible under such conditions that there is no greater creater inter inter- interest interest est in the election It If the lure ot or spring does not call p people ople Into tho the coun- coun countr tr coun-tr tr or on excursions excursion next neAt Sunday most of them sill III tote ote for tor a man about whom they know nothing There Thoro I Is still less reason for emotion abroad tha among the electorate For hate er erthe the name ot or the tho new president president dent dont is ts German Germans German's s 's Inter international policy for or the time be- be beIng being be being ing will sill be determined by to a diagonal joining ot oL Ambassador dor s suggestions to General Von Yon will power po pow er |