THE BERLLN RIOTS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5918, 4 October 1910, Page 1

THE BERLLN RIOTS.

$ BI'UtLIN, Sept. 2;i. Troops are hehl in readiness in. tinvieinilv of Moakit, -bill the atuhoritics fear to summon them lest the tirmy's_ intcrvei.-tion should lead lo an uplieav-[,-d in other cities. ' An ollieial .statenwiit from the police iicadqiiarters snys it is an exiremely s-rious ali'air. It is indeed a revolu tion in miniature. The riots ha-ebeeii Carefully Jilamied, and there are. simultaneous outbreak at different- points when signals are eiven 'by loud whistles. "'I ho fact that the 'NMavrieillaise" is beiuer [dayed simultaneously at widely different places reveals a svslem of ore-anisalion. 'Two hundri'd aivd seventy-three wc*i uomided in the Moabit (piarter on W.diiesday. Sept. ill). The riots ori-'inaied through the police protjctinj,- blacklegs anrl m\x a peremidory denunid I'o'i' their arrest. The police- escorted the blacld'ec'S revolverine;. (he crowd. The exltoiifc animosity shown lo the police is largely dw. to live previous employment 'of (he police aeainst a sut'frae-e demonstration. It if oilieially slated that of twelve rioters a»i'ested on 'l'iies day nie-ht, nine belonged to Soeiab den oeratic oreanisations. and four strikers were anions the nine. There*is much indignation in Ih-rliu i ;ii the wholly unprovoked assault on the journalists, A hiedi police ollieial ;.-.|inss,-,l ivy-ret. and su'jeested that (he supposed-defective belonged to Uie Loeprniek type, 'implying that a riot'i' impose,-] upon the police and incdi'd (he oiitraee, liopiny' to involve iliein in further trouble. A rie-id in. -jiiir.v into (he affair lias been opened. Later. A fresh but not serious collision t»'rurrcd between the police and the iiolrrs at Moabit. A s'-tion of tho poih'e are armed with carbines. Oct, 1. T'ne American Ambassador at* i'>-erl,u Ims been ins (meted to protest anainst Hi- mipro'sokcd attack which (he poli.-i----made on ih' correspondents of-the New '■for!; Times.