GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1923, Page 2

GERMAN NEWS.

IUBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABI/E ASSOCIATION. THE HAMBURG RIOTS. MOST SERIODS SINCE 10(:S. BERLIN. Oct. -•!. The riots in Hamburg are ihe must serious since 1908. The Communists cited the pnpulnce to erect bari'icedcs in the suburbs where tierce fighting continues. The casualties are serious. AH works ami harbour traffic is at a standstill. The railway between Hamburg and l.ubeek was torn up to 1 recent the ReichswcTir reaching Hamburg. hut this was repaired almost immediately. The centre of the city is quiet, and is still patrolled by police. The Separatists were expelled from Aix-ln-Cha polio by the trade Unionists after a severe handling and the ling of the Rhenish Republic was hauled down and burned in the street, the people singing patriot ie soups. Ihe Belgians remained neutral. The rr. wd stormed the Town Hall in Meiiuhenslabo.eh and expelled the Separatists who had taken rvtuge in a restaurant, filing on the crowd and wounding several. Thereupon the police disarmed the Separatists who disappeared. The Belgians here were also neutral. Cologne reports state that the British zone is quiet and is not. altected by the Separatist movement.

COM MU NISTS ENTRENCHED. LONDON, October 2-1. The Central News Agency’s Berlin correspondent states: Street lighting and shooting from roofs continued at Handling at 10 o’clock last night. Twenty were killed and a hundred ini tired. BERLIN, October 21. Heavy lighting broke out anew in a •stilnnb of Hamburg (Battues) and in Aeliucide. The Communists tired from the roof tops. The police later pot cunt ml. Further heavy lighting occurred m Hamburg to-day. A cruiser and three torpedo boats arrived in the harbour. The people ''.ere in a state of high tension. anticipating a general outbreak of lawlessness and looting. Tlie Communists are entrenched 30 miles from the city. Soldiers are marching to the scene. Sniping from the windows and roots continued all night. The police arc now using machine guns to control the docks. The death roll already is twenty-live. There are Proletarian militia at Bremen trying to bring about a- general strike. They have succeeded in closing the dockyards and the Vulcan Works, hut elsewhere the response was hal f-hearted. Strikes, rioting, and street lighting are reported in many districts. 'TO RR EVENT DUMBING. [“The Times” Service.] •Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. f>< t. 2d. The “Times” Baris correspondent, sav- that it is understood the I're neb Government lms informed the British Gi vormueiii that ii is taking precautii,lls against ihe sudden throwing of tbr Ruhr manufactured and untnainifat lured steel on the world s markets. This does not represent the now decision for the month's dangers of dumpin'' when normal conditions of trade will, the Ruhr have been sc',l. there In is been, says the French, no threats hanging over England or orher countries, of tlie sudden release of Ruhr

productions. It is not a matter of protecting Britain specially, 'lhe principle applies all round. France herself is aware of the damage , . he. industries if measures are not taken to prevent Hooding. Between I.wo and three million tons ,v Ruhr steel are said to bo under French control. SEPARATISTS HOSED. [“Tnr. Times” Service.] [Received this day at 9.-to a.m.l LONDON, October 20. Hie “Times” Bonn correspondent says the German police witnessed the arrival of the Separatists from the window.-, of the Town Hall in which they were concentrated. As the leaders approached the steps of the- building they weio greeted with powerful jote of water from fire hoses and they retreated, opening fire as they did so. The police for the time being held olf the Separatists with their truncheons and water. Eventually they telephoned to the French that they must, in selfdefence. leturn the fire. French troops, with tanks, arrived and entered the building, the imprisoned police and town councillors being in two rooms. On (heir heels came the Sepaiatists who hoisted a flag. The French afterwards released ten Separatists who had been made prisoners and ret urned their arms. file “limes’' Essen correspondent reports that- all the Ruhr miners, except those employed in maintenance work, aiv being dismissed on the 2!)th. This decision was reached in consequence of the complete breakdown of negotiations with the French and the hopeless transport situation.