FRANKFURT RIOTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 1923, Page 5

FRANKFURT RIOTS

SOCIALISTS V. COMMUNISTS OFFICIAL KILLED BY -MOB. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

BERLIN, July 25. w As the outcome of fierce street de it monstrations at Frankfurt, between ts Socialists and Communists, Doctoi n Haas, State Attorney, was brutailj j- murdered. :r A mob, passing his home, dragged e Haas through the street, where he was i- kicked and beaten to death. The mob ransacked the house of Haas’s father, li who was badly maltreated. r The crowd carried banners, inscribf ed, “To the gallows with the exploit--1 ers.” “No justice without blood.” 1 They also visited popular pleasure rea sorts, and turned out the public. The e police repelled attempts to break into a the resaurants and hotels. t FRENCH REPLY TO BRITAIN i PARIS, July 24. t The Cabinet considered the British documents re the Note to Germany. -M. Poincare later had a conference with Count Saint Aulaire (Ambassador at London), who then departed for London. M. Letrocquer reported to Cabinet optimistically upon the situation in Die Ruhr. lie declared the German resistance is lessening, and the railroad eißCulation is constantly improvI ITALY SUPPORTS BRITAIN. LONDON, July 25. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Rome correspondent says: Diplomatic circles consider the British proposal is a noteworthy attempt to find a satisfactory solution. “Giornale d’ltalia,” which is in touch with the Foreign Office, expresses satisfaction that the British proposal represents a near approach to the Italian view, especially in connection between reparations and internal debts. A NEW SUGGESTION PARIS, July 25. Referring to the suggestions that for the next fifteen years Germany’s payments be devoted to the reconstruction of devastated areas and the repayment of the British debt to the United States, “Le Matin” says that the French and Belgian Ambassadors

in London have been instructed to discuss the plan with Lord Curzon. The scheme is favourably considered in Brussels and it will not be surprising if Belgium takes the initiative in progressing it officially. SECRET PHONE EXCHANGE. LONDON, July 25. The “Daily Mail’s” Dusseldorf correspondent says : A secret telephone exchange connecting business men with Essen and also Berlin has bee.n discovered. The operators we.re arrested, and the town is now telephonically isolated. I ’ RINCESS SENTENCE D BERLIN, July 24. Princess Hohenlohe was sentenced to six months on the charge of perjury over Captain Erhardt. She received the sentence with g.rp-i emotion. LATER.— When sentencing Princess Hohenlohe, the Judge pointed out that the trial had proved beyond a doubt the close intimacy between the Princess and the escapee. A political offence such as leaders of the organisation might commit had not any relation to personal honour, but Erhardt ( committed a very mean trick in perjuring himself and persuading the Princess to do likewise. The sequel to the imprisonment of ( Princes Hohenlohe is the arrest of Baron Busch Lobe and the Baroness j who is an Englishwoman, charged with being concerned in effecting the ( escape of Erhardt. The couple were , completely surprised and did not sub- . mit without a struggle. c