THE BERLIN RIOTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 5

THE BERLIN RIOTS.

A REVOLUTION IN MINIATURE. SYSTEMATIC ORGANISATION REPORTED. By Telegraph,—Press Association—OopyiisM. Berlin, September 29. Troops are held in readiness in the vicinity of the Moabit quarter. The authorities fear to summon them, lest the Army's intervention would lead to an upheaval in other cities. An official statement from: police headquarters says that this iis an extremely serious affair. It is revolution in miniature. The riots were carefully planned, and there were simultaneous outbreaks at different points. Signals were given by.' loud whistles. The fact that; the "Marseillaise" was sung simultaneously in widely different places reveals system and organisation. Two hundred and seventy-three persons were wounded in the Moabit , quarter on ."Wednesday. ' POPULACE'S EXTREME ANIMOSITY. ' • HOW IT HAS ARISEN. (Rec. September 30, 9.30 p.m.) Berlin, September. 30. . Although the. riots originated through the police. protecting blacklegs, ignoring a- peremptory demand for the arrest "of an escorted blackleg, and firing with their revolvers on the crowd, , the extreme animosity of the populace was •largely due to the provious employment of the police against the suffrage demonstration. It is' semi-officially stated that of twelve rioters' arrested /on Tuesday night nine belonged to Social Democratic organisations, 'and that there, were four strikers among the nine. ' There'is much indignation in Berlin at the wholly unprovoked assault oh the British and American journalists. - A high police official expressed 'regret; for the occurrence,. and: suggested that the supposed detective . belonged to tho Koopenick-typo, implying that a rioter has imposed; upon the police and , had invited the outrage, hoping- to involve them in further trouble.-A rigid inquiry ha", been opened. . ' .