RIOTOUS GERMANS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 8

RIOTOUS GERMANS

' THE "WATOH ON THE RHINE." A somewhat reckless party of. German reservists on parade recently had a narrow- escapo from a severe -handling by a furious Sydney crowd, and ■were, only saved by tho arrival of a strong force of police. n Tl !? ! acts were related,. according to the Sydney "Sun,"'by Senior-Constable Batson au'd Constable' Burke at the Water Court, when Arthur Alfena, aged 33, and Fred Meuno, 20, both German reservists, wero charged with r'iotot's behaviour. The two policemen saw Alfena, Meune, and six other reservists walk out of a hotel. Alfena appeared to be in command; and gave an order in German. .The men sprung to attention, and theiijfAlfena in broken English cried out, "Fall.in!'.' The reservists fell in two deep.. Then in-military fashion they commenced to inarch' down the street toward another. hotel. Before they "had gone many yards Alfena gavethe first strains of the. '.''Watch on the Rhine," and 'his Teuton friends joined in lustily;;-, The song and the soldiermatch , stamp of feet on the pavement attracted ocrowd of people, who threatened to annihilate the.pot-valiant troops of the. Kaiser. The more- impetuous of the allies'-. ; were-held back only by the advicfi'.tof Constables Batson and ■ Burke, but.,when the reservists', entered, the '■ hotel-'they .wero making" for'""and safag. German', patriotic songs even more heartily ,the;; mob became, wild, and surged 'round 'the doors, The. two. constables advised the • 'Ger- : ' mans to retreat and save trouble. The. licensee of the hotel, told them to leave the bar separately, as he did not want his,..pla'cd ..wrecked. - They took the advice, but 20 minutes later they effected a flanking movement and returned to the hotel. Their boisterous behaviour outside attracted another: big. crowd. The strains of the' .'.'AVatcli onjthe Rhine"' could be heard at No. '1 police station, and a message from Constable Batson brought a strong reinforcement of police to the scene. Matters had' reached a crisis, and a serious riot appeared imminent. Batson and Burke arrested Alfena and Meune, and werejiard put to it to protest their prisoners from the mob. The other reservists ran to cover, and escaped. The big number of police eventually scattered the crowd, and Alfena and Meune : were taken to No. 4 station ■ '

Alfeha- pleaded guilty at the Water Court, and was lined £1, in default seven days' gaol, ordered, to find sureties to bo of good behaviour for 12 months, failing in \yhich to go to gaol for two months. Meune said he was not guilty, and stated that he was a reservist on parole, but was not with the other reservists. Ho did not sing the "Watch on the Rhine." Joseph Eckhard, another reservist on parole, said he did not hear Meune sing. . Witness had nothing to do with the. performance. He looked at it from the other side. ' The magistrate (Mr. Smithers) inflicted a ' fine of £1, iu default seven days' gaol, and ordered Meune to find sureties to' be of good behaviour for 12 months, in default' two months' gaol. The magistrate instructed the interpreter to point put tho danger of such conduct, and to tell them that they would have been treated _ differently outside tho British possessions. NO COLD IS "NAZOL" PROOF! That Headache, fullness of the Eyes, Nasal discharge, ami Sore Throat, simply, want a'good treatment with "NAZOL," which is prompt and certain in giving relief. Try it. Price, Is. 6d—Advt. The Netherlands, German, and Runsian merchant, and French tricolours are all apt .to be confused.- The bars on the French national flag are perpendicular, blue next the staff, r>ed on the outside, white in the centre. In tho other thro the bars are horizontal, beginning from the top, blaclr, white, and red lor Germany: white, blue, and red for Russia; red, white, and bluo for the Netherlands, or Dutch. M'Clinton's Colleen Soap softens and protects skin. Countess of Kintore writes: "Jl'Clinton's Soap leaves feeling of velvety softness."—-Advt. "Though it was appaently effected without any resistanco being encountered," says the Melbourne "Argus," "the capture of Samoa is distinctly a feathor in New Zealand's cap. To her has fallen tho honour, of making the iirst considerable etroko in the Pacific, aud it is a trophy she has wolf "merited by her prompt response to every call of Empire that comes her way. The Samoan Islands are a possession well worth having, and to tho oamoans no ■ less than to the British people the change; of-ownership wil-lbu welcome. Ever sirico German traders got a 'hold there turmoil and tribal wars and oppression have prevailed. Germany neither troubles nor cares about the interests and prepossessions of the primitive races under sway; they feel the grinding of the iron 'heel all tho time. It is part of tho Prussian system. The news that war is raging between Great Britain and Germany must have excited lively hopes of ii chango for the bettor in many lilsanioan breast." Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Palmerston North and Pahiahia, have an announcement in this issue concerning tho sals of three dairyfarms on the Manawatu line. ' For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. Sd,*