RIOTS IN BERLIN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3387, 16 January 1920, Page 5

RIOTS IN BERLIN.

DEMONSTRATORS FIRED UPON. ._.—..._._.-§. Received 9.0 »a.m. BERLIN, Jan. 13. Extremists summoned _su'pportel's "00 make a demonstration in the Reichstag against. the Industrial Councils’ Bill. A great crowd assembled bearing placards and red flags. Troops in armoured cars, with Inachl"iis‘ guns, surrounded the Reichsta-g. The mob defied orders and approached the building, rushed the troops ‘and attempted to capture the guns. The troops fired, killing and wounding several. Many strikes have already occurred against the Bill, notably at I-lamborn, where a nlob invaded the Town Hall and destroyed the .archives; they also plundered shops. ' THE BRONZE UAK LEAF. VVON BY MEN MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. Received 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 13. Official: Those mentioned in despa-t----ches are entitled to: wear the bronze oak leaf on ribboif of Victory Medal. ITALIAN SOCIAILISTS AND CLERICALS. OPPOSE FRANCE AND ENGLAND. Received 9.15 a.m. " ROME, Jan. 13. Socialists and Clerical deputies, numboring 257 out of 503, declare they will (ippose Italy’s partieipati.on in an Angle—Fl-ench alliance. . LOSS OIE‘ TI-IE AFRIQUE. OUT OF 488 ABOARD ONLY‘ 30 SAVED, ~ Received 9.15 am. LONDON, Jam] 13. The loss of the AAfrique is the ‘biggest disaster in the history of -the French mercantile marine. .. Thus far only 30 have been, saved out of 488, of whom 192 were Sengtalese riflemen ‘Tugs and naval vessels are searching for boats, but owing to terrible seas running there is little hope of many further survivors being rescued. Sl'lrvivors narrate how the liner Ceylon came to the Afrique’s assistance in response to distress signals when the storm was at its worst, and was escorting her to port when the Afrique struck the Plateaux Roehebonne, a well-known reef, two fathoms below the surface. The impact came with terrific shock at midnight. The ship plunged into darkness owing to the dynamos failing. The wireless "operator was just able to raise enough power to send out a despairing S.O.S. The captain realising that the Afriqne was doomed, ordered the boats to be launched, despite the huge "waves. The Ceylon, meanwhile, had been unable to keep close owing to Seas. She was keeping a parallel course, and would meet the Afrique at a given spot at (lawn. The Ceylon received the call, “Cannot keep afloat till dawn,” followed by another, “We are abandoning the ship.” The Cey--1011 closed in and commenced a desperate search in the darkness for the boats. They were able to rescue a. few, but there was no trace of the Afrique at daylight; she struck the rocks and sank rapidly.

Gales are general in British-French seas causing numerous wrecks of coastal vessels. Two enormous seas swept the deck ‘of the Belgian mailboat bound from Dover to Ostend. The roll call disclosed that two men and a woman were missing, probably drowned. COTTON MILLERS. PAYING HUGE LABOUR BONUSES. Received 9.0 a.rn. . LONDON, Jan. 13. Cotton manufacturers in Lancashire are paying operatives bonuses aggregating two millions. RAILVVAY TROUBLE ENDED. SETTLED"ON GOVERNMENT BASIS. , Received 9.0 :ar.m~. LONDON, Jan. 15. Railwaymen’s leaders have now, by a. majority, accepted settlement on the basis of ‘the Government’s offer . LANDRU's CRIMES. PA"-RIS:. Jan. "142. After confessing she had inlpersonated two of the victims to enable Landru (charged with the rnurdcr of several Women) to draw their savings, Madam Landru burst into tears, crying: “I am a martyr, not a criminal. My only fault is that I love my husband too Well.” Landru, when confronted with his wife’s confession, admitted the truth of it, but still ‘denied the murders, and 'cl!l:’t-ly refused to any questions‘