GERMANY AWAKE

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1930, Page 9

GERMANY AWAKE

PARADING OF HITLERITES VIOLENT SCENES IN BERLIN MARCH INTO REICHSTAG RIOTING TN THE STREETS ; ’ I ’ • • ■ „ HUNDRED ARRESTS MADE ' I ;■ ' : ■ Sy Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. Berlin, Oct. 13. • The reinoval of inkpote, previously used as missiles, from the desks of the Reichstag was one of the precautionary measures the authorities adopted for to-day's opening, in view of the expected liveliness due to IQ7 Nazis and 77 Communists, taking their seats.. Other precautions included the massing of many police inside and outside the building. . i >■ - The Communists were shouted down with the Nazis leaders when making efforts to epeak, but the Deputies heaid the statement of the Communist urging the stoppage of the Young reparations, which was negatived.

The Nazis. Party members left their places vacant until the last moment, wheh they marched in in a solid block, all uniformed and looking like a body of troops, : They considerably startled the elderly moderates, especially several ■white-haired women, ■by their martial 'appearance. While the scene were, not as stormy as expected, enormous crowds gathered outeide, shouting: “Hail, Hitler. Germany awake!” The Communists coun-ter-demonstrated. Many attempted to rush the. Reichstag. The police charged with batons, ahd mounted police rode into the crowd. Stone-throwing began, hut the crowd dispersed after nearly 100 arretste had‘been made. Meanwhile the Fascists were taking advantage of the police concentrating on the Reichstag and raided unprotected business streets with their cries of “Hail Germany ayake!” and attack-, ed supposedly Jewish shops, cafes and hotels, smashing all the windows, especially in thq. big stores.. /Reports indicate that rioting in one of Berlin’s chief, shopping centres was thp most serious of all the incidents. Th© mob driven back from the Reichstag broke into organised groups, numbering from 20 to 200, and streamed about” the streets, shouting “Down with the Jews.” . •. ■ ■/ ,‘"G ■

Big general stores on Werthciffi Tietz, with enqrmous frontages, were attacked and windows smashed. The damage would have beeij, more extensive hud. not other shopkeepers hurriedly shuttered their windows, and extinguished the lights. Motbr-c ar B were also attacked and windows broken. A large force of .police, withdrawn from the Reichstag, charged the mob/ cleared the streets and made a score of arrests.