GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 847, 26 October 1923, Page 6

GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

SEPARATISTS EXPELLED. REPUBLICAN FLAG BURNED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, Received October 26, 10.aU a.m. BERLIN, Oct. 24; The Separatists were expelled from Aix-la-Chapelle by trade unionists after a severe handling and the flag of the Rhenish Republic was hauled down and burned in the street, the people singing patriotic songs. The Belgians remained neutral. A crowd stormed the Town Hall in Munchengladbach and expelled the separatists, who had taken refuge in a restaurant, firing on the crowd and wounding several. Thereupon the police disarmed the separatists, who disappeared. The Belgians here were also neutral. Cologne reports that the British zone is quiet and not affected by the separatist movement.—Reuter. COMMUNISTS INCITE PEOPLE. Received October 25, 10.30 a.m. BERLIN, Oct. 24. The riots in Hamburg were the most serious since 1903. The Communists incited the populace, wffio erected barricades in the suburbs. Fierce fighting continues. The casualties are serious and all works and harbour traffic are at a standstill, The railway between Hamburg and Lubeck was torn up to prevent the Reichswehr reaching Ham-, burg, but this was repaired almost immediately. The centre of the city is quiet and is patrolled by the police. —Reuter.