OUT OF CONTROL

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1932, Page 7

OUT OF CONTROL

NAZIS AND " REDS." AMAZING DIET SCENE. Bloodshed In Desperate Fight In Chamber. TENSE HATRED REVEALED. (United P.A.—Electric Telegrnpli-Copyriglit) (Received 1.30 p.m.) ' BERLIN, May 25. Broken chairs, shattered inkpots, water' bottles, glasses and electric lamps littered the floor of the Prussian Diet, and the walls and benches were bespattered with blood and ink after a battle between 160 Nazis and 54 Communists. The trouble arose when a Communist shouted: "There are murderers in their ranks." The N.-i/.is rose en masse and eharged their adversaries, using their lists, swinging chairs and hurling bottles. Weight of numbers drove the Communists into the lobbies, the victorious Nazis pursuing them to the door. Four Deputies were seriously injured, and there were many minor casualties. A Social Democrat, who tried to restore order after the other parties had withi drawn disgueted from the scene, had his jaw broken and was removed unconscious. A lone Communist later returned to the Chamber, his head swathed in a blood-stained bandage, vowing vengeance. Three ambulances were needed to transport the wounded Communists to hospital. When the last had departed the Nazis, many of whose suits wefe ruined and their noses still bleeding, returned to their seats and eang a triumphant war song. The scene was a revelation of the bitter feeling between the Nazis and Communists and daehes the hopes of an immediate and peaceful settlement of the political crisis. Tho Communists' aggressive tactics and the hatred of the Nazis render any attempt at Parliamentary Government in Prussia impossible. The Diet executive decided to adjourn for a week. The Nazi, Dr. Kcrrl, was elected president of the Diet.