GERMANY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 24 July 1923, Page 5

GERMANY

LOOTING BY MOB

BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

BERLIN, July 22. Messages from Breslau state that for several "ours the Silesian capital was in the hands of a mob, which looted cafes and shops. The police were ordered to delay the use of arms as long as possible, but nnaiiy the streets were cleared with carbines and sabres, about 150 people being injured in various degrees. Over a thousand arrests were made, though most were soon released. The Socialistic federation of trade unions offeredto help the police to restore order, and their assistance was accepted. The cause of the riots was the rise in prices, which has been so rapidly recent ly that the new scale of payment projades for a 270 per cent, increase on tfhe wages prevailing in June.