AN IGNOBLE ACT
PROMPTLY AND SEVERELY PUNISHED.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
BERLIN, June 9
• During the Socialist Week the Emperor Fredenck’s statue was disfigured, the words “red week'’ having been painted thereon. Two’ factory hands and a chauffeur were sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, and a publican to a year, for the act. The ( Court attached political significance to the incident It cost 76 francs (£3 2s 6d) to cleanse the statue.
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Evening Star, Issue 15515, 10 June 1914, Page 6
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71AN IGNOBLE ACT Evening Star, Issue 15515, 10 June 1914, Page 6
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