The final strength of parties will not be known until after the new Reichstag (elected a fortnight ago) meets on May 22. The Socialists, according to late information, obtained 100 seats, and the Nationalists 96. The latter, however, claim nine votes of the Landbund Party, which would give them 105 seats and make them the largest party in the Reichstag. This question is to be settled by vote of the Reichstagers.
President Ebert held conference with Chancellor Marx regarding the elections (TIME, May 12). Much doubt was evinced in political circles as to...
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