MAY DAY’S WILD ECHO

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 662, 14 May 1929, Page 9

MAY DAY’S WILD ECHO

COMMUNIST UPROAR IN PRUSSIAN DIET MINISTERS HOWLED DOWN Times Cable. Reed. 12.30 p.m. BERLIN, Monday. “Mui'derer of the Workers'.” “Bloodhounds!” shouted the Communists as Herr Grzesinski, Minister of the Interior, appeared in the Prussian Die):, prior to a debate on a Communist no-confidence motion in connection with May Day disturbances. The Communists declared that Socialist fears of their competition had caused the prohibition of demonstrations and the proscription of the “Red fighting front.” They accused the police chief, Herr Zorgiebei, of responsibility in the bloodshed of Communists, and made objectionable interjections. Pandemonium followed, with calls for order. They ignored Herr Grzesinski and howled down the president when he ordered a Communist, Herr Jandredski, who was shouting “The Red front for ever!” to sit down. The president suspended the sitting and Herr Janderski went out, repeating the battle-cry. The president, on resumption of the sitting, suspended him for 20 days. The sitting was twice again suspended, until Herr Grzesinski completed his remarks asserting ■ that deliberate attacks against the police could not be handled with kid gloves. The Prussian and German police treated journalists much more mildly than did the police abroad. The no-confidence motion was lost, the Communists thrice shouting: “The Red front!” amid derisive laughter from the remainder of the house.

RUSSIANS OFFEND DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST GERMANY COMPLAINT TO SOVIET Times Cable. LONDON, Sunday. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says general resentment is expressed at the Soviet’s unsatisfactory reply to the German Ambassador’s complaint about anti-Gorman demonstrations in Russia on May Day.’ These defnonstrations included a speech by M. Voroshiloff, Commissar of War, and a procession, in which a model of a cruiser carrying the German colours and placards containing insults to members of the German Cabinet were shown; also a parade of Soviet forces outside the German Consulate at Leningrad. It is understood that the reply from the Soviet contains not a single word of regret or excuse. It is said to declare that M. Voroshiloff had no intention of interfering in Germany’s domestic affairs. An authentic report of the Commissar's speech, however, contains nothing that could be so construed, says the reply, and the Soviet would not permit Germany’s sovereign emblems to be insulted, even on May Day. The reply also says the demonstrations at Leningrad were “probably spontaneous” and will be investigated. PROTEST SIDE-TRACKED AFFAIR WAS SPONTANEOUS. SOVIET SAYS DOUBTFUL EXPLANATION (Australian and. N.Z. Press Association) MOSCOW, Monday. The protest from Berlin against the anti-German displays at Moscow and elsewhere on May Day has been sidetracked. The Soviet has explained that the affair obviously was spontaneous and uncontrollable. Nevertheless, the warship and the caricatures of members of the German Cabinet bore signs of long preparation . " _