“Down With Hindenburg”

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7026, 9 December 1932, Page 7

“Down With Hindenburg”

NAZI-COMMUNIST CLASH IN REICHSTAG. SPITTOONS AND ASHTRAYS AMONG MISSILES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, Dec. 7. Amid yells of "Down with Hindcnburg! ’» Nazis and Communists exchanged volleys of ashtrays, telephone receivers, spittoons, and inkpots in the Reichstag when a Communist attack on President Ilindenburg let Bedlam loose. Uniformed Nazis hurled themselves at spectators who joined in the fray on the stairs loading to the public galleries, hurling tables, which smashed tho candelabra. Several persons were injured. The session was temporarily adjourned.

Pretexts for the Brawl PEACEMAKERS GET THE WORST OF IT. BERLIN, Dec. 7. The Reichstag brawl was the result of a terrible explosion in the Premniz dyeworks, which killed seven, this being mado tho' pretext for an anticapitalist outburst. Later the attack switched to Hindenburg, whom the Communists described as responsible for the Versailles Treaty. The battle ended with the Communists being driven by superior numbers into their own lobby. A number of the contestants were cut and bruised, but worst to suffer were public officials, who, with arms outstretched, sought to separate the brawlers.