Berlin, Jan, 15.
The unemployment crisis ed to serious rioting in several German} cities causing the deaths of five people and a large number of wounded, The most serious encounter took place at the small town of Hartmannsdorf near Chemnitz where strikers broke the window-panes of a factory. On the appearance of the police, the strikers were joined by a large crowd of unemployed who began throwing stones at the police force! of whom three were injured. The police seeing themselves seriously threatened by the mob, used their firearms, killing four and severely wounding 16 besides injuring slightly several tens of people, Furthermore trouble broke out at the town of Worms where the unemployed organized street demonstrations which had—previously been forbidden by the authorities. The police being unable to disperse the crowd which threatened become unruly, fired into the crowd, killing one and wounding several, The rioting, however, went on until the police had been reinforced by arrivals from the neighbouring town of Darmstadt and had succeeded in clearing a narrow street from the roof-tops of which they had been fired at.
Among the large number rioters arrested was Deputy Mueller of the Prussian Diet, member of the Communist Party.
At Berlin the police authorities; who had prohibited all street demonstrations, managed to keep matters well in hand though the unemployed repeatedly and in various parts of the town attempted to organize processions—Trans Ocean Kuo
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