1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁After ▁elect oral ▁success ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁general ▁election , ▁the ▁SD AP ▁was ▁offered ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁a ▁coal ition ▁government . ▁The ▁proposed ▁coal ition ▁had ▁plans ▁for ▁universal ▁suff rage , ▁but ▁a ▁party ▁con gress ▁ren ounced ▁such ▁a ▁close ▁co - operation ▁with ▁its ▁traditional ▁enemy . ▁Some ▁MP s , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁SD AP ' s ▁co - found ers ▁ ▁and ▁Sch aper , ▁were ▁very ▁dist ra ug ht ▁over ▁what ▁they ▁saw ▁as ▁a ▁tact ical ▁dis aster . ▁V lie gen ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 : ▁I ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁prefer ▁a ▁government ▁without ▁social ▁dem ocr ats ▁over ▁one ▁with ▁them , ▁as ▁evident ▁as ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁that ▁one ▁cannot ▁entertain ▁all ▁company . ▁I ▁still ▁think ▁that ▁the ▁ref us al ▁to ▁accept ▁government ▁responsibility ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁errors ▁the ▁SD AP ▁ever ▁made . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁evidence ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁Tro el stra ▁himself ▁was ▁rather ▁rel ieved ; ▁he ▁had ▁only ▁rel uct antly ▁supported ▁the ▁request ▁for ▁government ▁participation . ▁Universal ▁suff rage ▁was ▁eventually ▁ste ered ▁through ▁parliament ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁by ▁the ▁liberal ▁minor ity ▁cabinet ▁of ▁Pi eter ▁Cort ▁van ▁der ▁L inden . ▁ ▁Red ▁Week ▁( Nov ember ▁ 1 9 1 8 ) ▁ ▁In sp ired ▁by