GERMAN OFFICERS' "HONOUR."
THE MILITARISTIC MIND. LONDON, February 24. The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" saya that the Reichswehr has inherited the spirit of the Zabern affair is illustrated by an affray at Rathenau between officers <•' the Reichswehr cavalry and civilians in a cafe. An ensign, Count von Kalckreuth, shot deaa n grooer named Hormann, because he considered his honour had b«en injured. . A number, of officers drinking in tne cate qUurrelled with the proprietor, who was obliged to eject vhem. Count pilati and Count von Kalckreuth went to the barracks ,Pilati writing in the orderly-book that they had been insulted. He then went tp bed. Kalckreuth. breathing vengeance, secure revolver and went back to the caf<s. He sarfr a group of civilians m the bar and fired several Bhots at the group, killing Hormflnn. Kalckreuth then committed suicido. . In characteristic comment, tne "Kreuz Zeitung" savs it is perfectly clear that the officer acted m self defenoe.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17401, 11 March 1922, Page 11
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