EX-KAISER SITS UP UNTIL 2 A.M. TO HEAR LATEST FROM BERLIN.
Aus. and X.Z. Cable Association. BERLIN, June 21. The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, at Doom, sat up until two in the morning to hear the latest results of the referendum telephoned from Berlin. The public of Germany learnt the progress of voting by means of electric sky signs, and also from special issues of the newspapers every halfhour till it was clear at midnight that expropriation had been defeated. Heavy rain damped the spirits of the rival demonstrators, but did not materially decrease the voting. The Communists and Socialists left nothing to chance. Voters who could not walk were carried to the polls on stretchers. There was a reign of terrorism in many country districts, however, the Monarchists’ agents attending the booths, taking down the names of voters, and openly stating that they would be severely' dealt with later.
The worst disturbances were at Ammendorf, near Halle, where, in a free fight between Communists and Radicals, shots were fired, and twenty people were injured.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17879, 22 June 1926, Page 8
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