RIOTS IN GERMANY.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 13, 2.40 p.m.) BERLIN. October 12. Tho economic situation in the Ruhr is serious, and a cessation of work in numerous industries is expected. The French report that ten thousand unemployed at Solingen looted shops. The police fired on them, and two rioters were killed and seventeen wounded. Five thou c and unemployed besieged the town hall at Dusseldorf. The French commander, in response to related requests from the Burgomaster, sent troops to occupy the town hall to protect the municipality. The crowd welcomed the French troops enthusiastically, crying, “ Get us food.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17170, 13 October 1923, Page 9
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