BERLIN MURDER

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 233, 28 June 1922, Page 5

BERLIN MURDER

A SENSATIONAL CLUE THIRTEEN ARRESTS MADE BY TELBGBAPE.—PE.ESS ASSOCIATION. j —COPTBIGHT. Berlin, June 26. j In connection with the assassination, of Dr. Rathenau, Captain Karl Tie-' lessen (brother of the suspected mur- j derer of Dr. Erzberger), Captain Hoff- , mann (who is also suspected of complicity in a recent attempt upon the life of Herr Scheidemann), and eleven members of a Bavarian secret society, have been arrested. Tielessen was caught when crossing the Danish fronrflfer. * t ‘ 4 sensational clue to Dr. Rathenau’s assailants was furnishedtey a man who met some motorists, with their I glcs off. standing by, a car. Their ! description tallies with that of Schults j and Tielessen, the murderers of Dr. j firzbergor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. J SIGNS OF UNREST MONARCHISTS AND REPUBLICANS Berlin, June 26. , A Republican demonstration in tho Lustgarten made an enormous impression. Two hundred thousand people were present.. Collisions between workmen and Monarchists are reported from Loachwitz, Nuremberg, and Freiburg. The casualties were not serious. In the Reichstag on Sunday, Herr Weis, on behalf of the Majority Socialists, declared that the Monarchist flag in Germany had become the standard of murder. Dr. Helfferich should disappear from public life. Herr Hergt (Pan-German) denounced the tragedy, but said that the Presidential decree was opposed to the spirit of the Constitution and destructive of liberty. ' Herr Crispien (Independent Socialist) declared that all the officers should ‘be dismissed from tho Reichswehr and the police, and tee property of former ruling houses should be confiscated! for tho purpose of paying reparationsDr. Wirth (Chancellor) said he saw the Lustgarten demonstration, which was orderly and calm; but beneath the discipline lay a volcano, the eruption of which would teach a severe lesson. The nation’s enemies were those who poured poison .into the wounds of the nation; and those enemies were on th® Right.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. June 27 11.45 p.m.) ~ ■' Berlin, June 26. An unsavoury incident is, reported from Munich, where a newspaper office was decorated and on '©very door a poster appeared reading, “Rathenau is dead Ebert, Wirth, and Scheidemann are still alive.” Bavaria is the only . State were Dr. Rathenau is not omdally iQouynod. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EFFECT ON EXCHANGE ' RATE (Rec. June 27, 8.15 p.m.) London, June 26. The Berlin exchange rate on Lon-_.j don reached 1590 marks to tho pound, owing to the political unrest following the assassination of Dr. Rathenau, but improved to 1520.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn.