RELIGIOUS RIOTS.
POLES INVADE A CHURCH. PRIESTS AND POLICE PREPARED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 16, 11.30 p.m. ' Berlin, March 16. During mass in a Dominican Church in the Moabit quarter, hundreds of Poles, insisting on the instruction of their children in Polish, entered. At a given signal, 70 children rushed towards the altar, chanting and Chattering in Polish. Pandemonium ensued, but the priests brought forward some 8(> policemen who had been previously summoned,, as • they expected the intruders. Many women were violent, clinging to the pews and- throwing themselves on the floor till they were forcibly dragged to the street.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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100RELIGIOUS RIOTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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