INSULT TO FRENCH FLAG.
HUN OFFICIAL APOLOGISES,
(Received July 19.- 9.35 a.m.)' . BERLIN, July 16. „ In connection with the hauling down oMhe French flag," a leading police official called on the French Embassy and expressjd regret. Subsequently a com : pany of Reichswehr marched past the Embassy, where leading French officers and a member of the Embassy stood on the- balcony, and the flag was. re.hoisted. The Reichswehr presented c.rfns and marched off singing "Deutchland Über Alles." The crowd vigorously cheered the Reichswehr, who only participated m the ceremony after influential persuasipn, but refused to don .parade uniforms. — Renter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15270, 19 July 1920, Page 3
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