DISORDERS IN BRESLAU.
MOB OUTBREAK QUELLED. UNIONS ASSIST POLICE. I 150 PEOPLE INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.30 • jj-.m:) •• _• A. and X.Z. ; ; LONDON, July ',22. Messages from Brcslau' state that for several hours the Silesian : capital was in the hand 3 of i, mob • which looted shops and cafes. The police were ordered to delay • the use of arms as Song as possible, but finally the streets were cleared with carbines' and sabres. About, 150 ; people w'ere injured, and over 1000 arrests were made, tbougn most of those arrested were soon released. - .The Socialist Federation of Trades Unions offered to help. the police to restore order, and its assistance was accepted. The cause of the riots : was the rise of prices, which has been so rapid recently that the new scale of payment- provides for an ; increase of 270 per cent. <on the wages that prevailed in June.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 7
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