HUSHED UP?

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11437, 6 February 1923, Page 6

HUSHED UP?

SHOOTING OVERMANS. CORRESPONDENT'S STORY. Anstralian. and N.Z. Cable Association (Received February 5, 8 p.m.) LONDON, February 4. Tho “Daily Chronicle’s” correspondent at Dusseldorf reports: “French troops at Bochum used revolvers because the Germans refused to obey orders. Two Germans were killed, and four wounded, but the affair hitherto has been hushed up.” MORE BHOOTING NINE GERMANS KILLED. ’ Australian and ?f.Z: Cable Association. (Received February 5, 8.25 p.m.) BERLIN, February 5. French cavalry, infantry, and tanka have occupied Appemveier-Offenbach, which is an extension of the Strasbourg bridgehead. It is stated that a train under French control at Ingelheim was derailed and surrounded by a crowd of Germans, of whom tho French shot nine dead. • CROWD DISPERSED .MACHINE-GUN FIRED OVER HEADS. Published la "The Tlmaa.” (Received February 6, 12.35 a.m.) LONDON, February 4. “The Times” Essen correspondent says that of!O Communists marched past the post office singing tho “Internationale.” Tho German police endeavoured to disperse them without success. The French guard opened fir© with a ma-chine-gun over tho heads of the crowd, which instantly dispersed. Herr Weathelle, ono of S’tinnes’s colleagues, has been arrested and ex"selled.