REICHSTAG FIASCO
SESSION ADJOURNED OBJECTION TO POLICE GUARDS IN THE HOUSE. COMMUNIST UPROAR. Br Telegraph.—Pres* Assn.—Copyright. (Sydney "Sun” Cable.) LONDON, November 21. The "Daily Mail” correspondent in Berlin reports that -what wSts expected to be a fateful debate for the Streseninnn Government ended in a fiasco. Owing to fears of attempts on Herr Stresemann’s life, reinforcements of police were concentrated at tbe Reichstag. It was anticipated that the Chancellor would be called on to face attacks from both Junkers and Socialists, and without the Socialist support he lacks a majority. Only the Junker attack eventuated. Suddenly a Communist deputy, Herr Remmele, lose and declared that there were police in the House. The President confessed that they had been ordered for special duty, in view of threatening letters against the Ministers. Herr Remmele replied that the Reichstag had been turned into a penal prison, and his friends created such an uproar that the President suspended him for eight days, and adjourned the House for an hour. When the members returned, Herr Remmele, backed by vociferous supporters, again provoked a scene, which compelled the President to adjourn the Bouse till rext day.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11684, 23 November 1923, Page 6
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190REICHSTAG FIASCO New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11684, 23 November 1923, Page 6
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