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Minister of Posts and Telegraphs- HERR STINGL, Bavarian People's Party...
Attacks of a similar nature have been launched from time to time against the President. Once a Munich newspaper libeled him. The President decided to sue; later, he gave up the idea because the case would have had to appear before a Bavarian court with pronounced monarchical sympathies...
...equally decisive gains; otherwise, taking into consideration the increased vote, the position remained the same. Almost complete returns: Party Seats Gain Loss Social Democratic . , 130 30 0 Nationalist 114 8 0 Centre 68 3 0 Democratic 32 4 0 German Peoples' 50 6 0 Popular 14 0 IS Bavarian Peoples' 19 3 0 Communist 45 0 17 Other Parties 17 0 Totals 489 54 35 Elected. Most conspicuous of those elected was Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, conspicuous for his appearance because of his famous snow-white beard, which reaches his chest in two magnificent and cylindrical cascades...
...miles south of Munich, high in the mountains, is the Walschensee- a lake. In 1918, the Bavarian Government decided to turn its vast water supply to the manufacture of power. Construction of a colossal plant began and is now nearing completion. This giant waterpower project will be the largest in Europe and is designed to operate all the Bavarian State railways by electricity and to supply vast units of power for private enterprise. So great will be the power available from the plant that some of it is expected to find its way to Austria and Württemberg...
...Nationalist Party. Admiral Tirpitz voted for the Experts' Plan; and, if he becomes leader of the Party, it was said that the Nationalists would refrain from attacking the Plan during the elections. ¶An incident only faintly connected with the elections came to light when 27 Bavarian Generals declared a social boycott against ex-First Quartermaster General Erich von Ludendorff because the latter declared that ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, virtual King of Bavaria, had (TIME, Nov. 19, 1923). Further, he had demanded that the ex-Crown Prince should appear before a court of honor to defend himself. The Bavarian...