LOOTING IN BERLIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 9

LOOTING IN BERLIN.

THOUSAND SHOPS SACKED. 129 PERSONS ARRESTED. ORDER NOW RESTORED. By Telegraph.—Preea —Copyright. (Received 11.5 p.m.) A and N.Z. BERLIN. Nov. 6. A thousand shops were looted and severely damaged in an outbreak of rioting yesterday. Stolen goods include 15,000 pairs of boots. Arrests number 129. The city is now quiet. GERMAN CAMOUFLAGE. FRENCH VIEW OF EVENTS. REVENGE THE OBJECTIVE. Australian »nd N.Z. Cable- Association. (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 6. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that public attention is now diverted from the reparation inquiry to events in Germany. Many here regard the military preparations in Berlin and Bavaria as a camouflage preliminary to a coup d'etat aiming at placing the whole of Germany under the dictatorship of Ludendorff, who will then prepare for " revanche." PRESIDENT'S WARNING. INTERNECINE WAR MAKERS. APPEAL FOR UNITY. A. and N.Z. BERLIN. Nov/ 6. " This is a very serious time for Germany, which is threatened with internal convulsions," runs an appeal to the nation signed by the President, Herr Ebert. The President declares that sections of the community are profiting by the people's distress and threaten to throw the torch of internecine warfare among the people. He urges the maintenance of unity in the Reich and the upholding of law and order, and expects the Rt'chswehr and police will do their duty.