INTERNAL GERMANY
TROUBLE AT THE REICHSTAG.
CAUSED BY INDEPENDENTS
SEVERAL MEMBERS SUSPENDED
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)
Received January 10. 2 a.m. BERLIN, Jan. 15
The trouble- started within the Reichstag itself, the Independents interrupting the proceedings. A resolution to adjourn was negatived, whereupon the Independents went lo the window and waved handkerchiefs. The demonstrators then attacked thebuilding, shouting "Down with Noske s troops." In a wild rush they disarmed the soldiers. The military brought up machine guns, and the crowd lied in a panic. A dozen civilians were kilted in the first discharge. The, Reichstag adjourned after suspending several Independents.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14267, 19 January 1920, Page 5
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