BRESLAU RIOTS.
INSPIRATION IN HIGH PRICES.
TEMPORARY MOB RULE
A DESPERATE MELEE
(Received 9.10 a.m.)
BERLIN, July 22.
Messages from Breslau state that for several hours the Silesian capital was in the hands of the mob, which looted cafes and shops. The police were ordered to delay the use of arms as long as possible, but finajy the streets were cleared with carbincs and sabres, about 150 people being injured in .various degrees. Over 1000 arrests were made, though most of these were soon released. The Socialistic Federation of Trade Unions offered to help the police to restore order, and its assistance was accepted. The clause of the riots was the rise in prices, which have been so rapid recently that the new scale of payment provides for a 270 per cent, increase on wages prevailing in June.— A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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