AN ALARMS REFORT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 6

AN ALARMS REFORT

GERMAN MONARCHY ALLEGED PLAN TO RESTORE KAISER. ANXIETY IN FRANCE. By Telegraph. — Press A«n.—Copyright. Australian ar.<l N.Z. Pa Me Association. FAR IS, .luiic 27. For the past throe months the French Government has boon possessed of information regarding a plot aiming at tile restoration of the Kaiser. Tins information, which is of a definite and conclusive character, has caused the Government great anxiety. It indicated that a Monarchist rising is fixed for the end of June with Lndeudoi IT as the loader, but it is now holivved that tlio assassination of Ra* t'nonan, instead of precipitating the coup d'etat, has led to its postponement. since the murder aroused fierce Republican indignation. A Beil'i. ocrrespomlent reports that the Government and Socialist parties are on the qui vivo, as the storm may. burst. Tlie Government is sensitive of the weakness of its position. There is no concealment of the intentions of the murder gang. Since the murder Rathcnau's sister and aged mother have received a quantity of letters and postcards and even telephone messages, expressing satisfaction at the crime.

PROTECT REPUBLIC

DEMONSTRATION IN HAMBURG. HAMBURG, June 27. At a big demonstration in connection ■with the murder of Dr Ratlienan. speeches were delivered calling upon the public to protect and preserve the Republic. When t hot is amis dispersed they found armed policemen at all points. 'l'll is led to disturbances. Tito police fired, killing one and wounding ten.

RATHENAU’S ASSASSINS

DID THEY ESCAPE IN AEROPLANE ? BERLIN, June 27. The authorities are following a clue suggesting that on the day of Rathenau’s murder three men, believed to be his assassins, hoarded an aeroplane at the Staeken aerodome, near Spandau.

NEW FOREICN MINISTER

AMSTERDAM, June 27. Herr von Haniel succeeds Dr, Rathenau as Foreign Minister.

LAID TO REST

DR. RATHEXAU’S FUNERAL. INCIDENT AT HAMBURG. (Received June 23, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, Jane 27. There was an impressive ceremonial in Berlin in connection with Dr. Kathenau’s funeral. The coffin was brought into the Reichstag at noon, covered with the German flag, and placed under a gyeat crape canopy on the President’s table, with giant palms and flowers on all aides. The Chamber was heavily hung with crape and the galleries were decked with hydrangeas. The official tribute commenced with five minutes’ silence. President Ebert then delivered a funeral oration in the presence of Dr. Rathenau’a aged mother and his daughter. After other leaders had paid a tribute to Dr. Rathenau’s sacrifices in giving up an industrial career for politics, the coffin was carried into the lobby, where students in picturesque uniforms lined the passages, dipping their corps flags as the coffin passed. The coffin was then taken in a motor hearse to Oberschoeneweide, where it was buried in the presence of near relatives. (Received Juno 28, 7.50 p.m.) BERLIN, June 27. As the cortege left the Reichstag an aeroplane, with long crepe streamers, circled overhead. Railway workers and other officials paid a tribute by observing five minutes’ silence. Many workers began a protest strike at midday and attended demonstrations during the afternoon . The country was tranquil, except at Hamburg, where the police held up a workers’ procession with a machine-gun and displayed a placard reading, “Halt! Anyone going further will be shot.” The people were so outraged that they pressed on the police, who fired, killing one person and wounding several.