THE HOHENZOLLERNS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 16, 14 October 1926, Page 11

THE HOHENZOLLERNS

SETTLEMENT BILL HOTLY DISCUSSED MEASURES TO SUPPRESS DISORDERS IN DIET BY Telegraph.—press association. COPYBIGHT. (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin, October 12. When the Holieuzolleru Settlement Bill was read a second time in the Prussian Diet, Communist members called the Hohenzollerns a gang of criminals, and the Diet was the dog fetching what they had ordered. One insulting interjector was excluded, while others hurled missiles at the Democrat leader, Herr Falck. Communists continued to cause uproar, and two more were ejected, and the noisy galleries were cleared. A Communist member, Herr Caspar, mounted the Speaker’s desk and hurled objects at the Nationalists, but was forcibly carried out, and the sitting suspended. When the Diet was reopened the President announced that he intended to take energetic measures for the suppression of disorder. NO FEAR OF EX-KAISER’S RETURN COMMUNISTS CAUSE WILD SCENES (Rcc. October 13, 5.15 pm.) Berlin, October 12. Herr Falck declared that, there was no reason to fear the ex-Kaiscr’s return, which the law safeguarding the republic rendered impossible. Wild scenes occurred in tlie evening, and the debate was concluded under police protection. Communists broke up the sitting five times, bombarding their opponents with inkwells, books/tables, and chairs. The VicePresident, Herr Garnisch, was hit by an inkwell and bespattered from head to foot, and also was injured. There were several free fights, in which three were injured. The police arrested ten Communists, whom Herr Garnisch is prosecuting.

THEFT OF ART TREASURES

EX.CROWN PRINCE ACCUSED (Rec. October 13, 5.15 p.m.) Berlin, October 12. The newspaper “Weltamabeud” accuses the ex-Crown Prince of complicity in the theft of art treasures from Hohenzollern castles valued at millions sterling, including Watteau, Rubens, and Boucher pictures Gobelin tapestries, and Sevres vases, including three belonging to the Pompadour, which since have been displayed in antique shops.—Sydney “Sun” Cable.