There are certain signs in yesterday’s poll, the London “Times” writes, that at this level the Nazi wave has reached its high-water mark. These signs were the results in Hessen and Hamburg, both States in which elections have been held since 1930. In both places the Nazi vote decreased in spite of a heavier poll: in Hessen from the 291,000 (37.1 per cent.) of November last to 280,000 (33.7 per cent.), and in Hamburg from 202,500 (26.2 per cent.), in September to 200,500 (24.5 per cent.). There is much to support the view that the electoral strength yesterday mustered by the Nazis is the limit which can be reached simply by indefatigable house-to-house work in the countryside, superlative organisation, and investive without substance.
Yesterday’s vote, if translated into terms of parties, the “Times” adds, suggests that the Centre-Socialist combination could, at a pinch, hold its own against the Nazi-Nationalist attack almost indefinitely at home; the real trouble begins when Germany has to go to the international Conference table. But however German affairs may develop in coming months, President von Hindenburg will continue at the head of them.
The Liberal “News Chronicle”, on the other hand,” heads its report “Hitler’s day is Coming”, and its Foreign Affairs Correspondent concludes his ### by saying: Hitler’s party is easily the largest and most homogeneous in Germany and cannot be debarred from participation in power much longer.
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