Bavarian Election

Elections to the Bavarian Landtag (Diet) resulted in a large gain for the extreme Right and fairly large gain for the Communists, both of which were at the expense of the moderate parties. The gains of the Monarchists were described as "most spectacular, even for Bavaria."

The continued trend toward the Right and Left was taken in some quarters as an ominous portent for the coming Reichstag election (May 4). Many moderate Germans professed keen alarm over the effect of the Bavarian election in foreign countries.

The great General Ludendorff was not, however, despondent. According to newspaper reports, he ran with exceeding swiftness to the Buergerbrau Keller, famed beer hall associated with a "brawl" (TIME, Nov. 19) in which "Ludy" was one of the principal figures, to celebrate the Monarchist victory. There he delivered himself of an impassioned oration:

"April 1 (when the verdict was given in the Ludendorff-Hitler trial) was a day of shame, but today is a day of popular rejoicing. Various elements have sought to crush the popular movement, but Heaven has raised it aloft."

Clanking of beer mugs and the raucous-voiced bellowing of Deutschland Ueber Alles, famed German delusion necessary to any celebration, greeted "Ludy's" great words of wisdom.