BERLIN VOLLEYS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3465, 20 April 1920, Page 7

BERLIN VOLLEYS.

1 I)e.~:«:?1‘ibi11g‘ the I'Ccollt riot in “I"l’t.>'nf l‘o.fT .[’ar]i:mlonl: Houses in I3<:‘l']ill, the

special corrospondoui? of the London

Expl'e:\‘s sa_Vs:——

K 5‘u«l(l(r11ly :1 I'l.ll(_‘ shut rang out from the door of flux 'Roicllst:lg. followed by the sluzrp crzuzk of :1 ‘pistol. The L‘.l‘()\\'(l \\'uVol.'o(l, antl. then with 21 110 w? of I':«gv, {lH;(‘l‘llpT(‘d to butter clown the doors. At tllis.monlent -.1 W)‘ W 215 "raised: “Scatter! They are going to shoot!”'

i I dashed down to :1 eoriier, \\he"e a ‘ body of tl'o()p.< \\']l..7llllG‘\:“G’nle out froni 3. side door of the Reichstng, imd tTornl- - :1 cordon ucl'o.<S the street with ‘,machine guns and new niaehine rifles. An officer shouted: “Back!" and immediately gave the order to fire. - ~ I throw myself down, and the next inst:.ln<«,e shots were whistling above true. I h(‘:\_rd sc.reanl.< behind lne. When :i'l)(‘ lir.~:t burst of firing was over I ' saw six men lying on the iground a few yards from me. Then I succeeded in getting ‘behind the cordon in time to witness :1 second round of h'r.ing. The rxrowd were streaming away as fast as they could run. Every now and then one crumpled up and lay ‘where he fell. In :1. few ininutes the whole square was cleared. The situaV tion was most eriticxll, as the revolut'i'ol'l:lries are swearing" to be revenged L for the murder of their comrades-.