SHOOTING AT FRANKFORT.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1920, Page 5

SHOOTING AT FRANKFORT.

TROOPS FIRE ON THE CROWD. TEN KILLED; FIFTY WOUNDED. Received April 8, 10.5 p.m. London, April 8. Moroccan troops used machine-guns on a crowd in Frankfort, killing ten and wounding fifty. Swiss reports state the crowd hegan the trouble by mobbing French ofliccrs. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, April 7. Herr Ebert has protested against the occupation of Darmstadt. The German Government has issued an appeal to the inhabitants to remain calm. The Paris Matin says advices from Frankfort state some German forces, wiiile returning, fired machine guns on the Frencli cavalry. It is believed the incident was due to some individual becoming excited. The commander of the French, in Frankfort, addressing notables of the city, said he hoped it would not be. necessary to use guns or machine-guns. He counted on their influence for the maintenance of peace, and for securing respect for his orders. Messages to Taris from Coblenz state two thousand Reds entered the British none, where they were immediately in-terned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A NEW DIFFICULTY. BOLSHEVIK RULE IN SAXONY. THREAT TO DESTROY PROPERTY, j Received April S, 10.30 p.m. Berlin, April 7. Hoele continues to hold sway in Vogtland, and is delivering wild speeches threatening to 'burn all Government buildings if the troops venture into Vogtland. He also declares he will raise a Red Army twenty thousand strong, paying the soldiers out of a levy on capitalists. Tie Saxon Government has placed a price o; thirty thousand marks on Hoelz's head.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [A previous message stated'that SpartacisK iT.;lc-r the leadership of a man named Hoelz, established Bolshevik rule in the Vogtland district. Thev commandeered the money deposited "in the banks at Plauen and Chennitz. The Saxon Government threatened to send 30,000 troops to deal with Hoelz.]