THE GERMAN RUFFIARS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12012, 15 March 1920, Page 5

THE GERMAN RUFFIARS.

United Press Assoiation —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Berlin, March 10 Savage assaults on Entente representatives continue to excite the country. Eight French flying officers, members of the Aviation Mission, were attacked at Wernitz, near Potsdam, by a mob of peasants armed with hayforks and some firearms. The peasants accused them of poaching and summoned them to surrender. Four obeyed but the others tried to escape. One was killed and two wounded, the fourth escaped. The Foreign Office is inquiring into the matter. The crowd assaulted a British chauffeur attached to the Boundary Commission near Posen because he photographed the William I, statue Joachim and Colonel Von Platen have been lodged in prison, as the result of the Adlon Hotel incident. ICommander Bremnon has appealed to the Entente officers not to wear uniform. Three Allied officers of high rank, members of the Military Mission, were assaulted by a large crowd in the streets of Bremen. An inquiry has been opened,