The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-12
Angry Mobs Sack and Wreck
More Than Sixty German
Shops While Residences
Are Threatened With Fire.
POLICE HARD PRESSED
TO PREVENT MURDER
One Prominent German Citi-
zen soused in Horsetrough
as Illustration of How 1t
Feels to Be Summarized.

Loadon, May is, t2,iO D. m.)--
AntI-German oatbreaks OF particular
severity occurred today IN the neigh
bcrhood OF the east India docks. sixty
or seventy German shops were
wrecked. Germans In the vicinity are
uniting for self-defense and police re-
inforcements are being rushed 10 the
scene
Anti-German riots In the east end
Of London we're renewed this morn
Ing. Whenever German showed
himself he was attacked. The police
force had difiiculiy In dealing with
the angry crowds. Special cons,abiea
had to be called out.
a number Of German establishments
We're raided and sacked and their
contents scattered over the streets.
The Germans themselves were forced
To 10 into hiding. The police In some
cases we're deiied by the angry crowds
ard some officers were Injured. The
furniture and nttings Of German
houses AN dstores were hurled through
windows 10 the streets. When the
pioprietors were caught they we're
severely maulcd In some cases their
clothes were torn from their backs.
| one German was thrown into a horse
trough with the reminder that his
compatriots had been spending their
time drowning women and crildren.
lie was only saved from similar
fate by the Intervention of police,
There were several instances of
German butchers trying 60 escape in
their carts. They went racing down
the street at a mad galiop, but In most
cases they we're ultimately run down
ana their vehicles smashed.
A number of Russian Jews pleaded
~ the east end police station for pr0-
lection. explaining that they were be-
ine mistaken for Germans.
Reports are reachins the police that
private houses belonging to wealthy
Germans In the fashionable west end
are iaOle 10 be burned. Troops are
IN readiness 10 assist the police.
Large placards in the windows Of
almost all business houses bear the
words.
NO business transacted with Ger
mans"
The protest OF the German citizens
of Bradford against the course OF the
German government In the torpedoing
OF the Lusitania Is the first united
public denuneiation by naturalixed
Teutons expressing "lrst horror and
isdlgnation OF the German outrages.'
Letters from individual Germans
ore appearing In the newspapers.
The cabinet was In special confer.
ence today TO review the alien sltua-
titn and the country n expectine
drastic action.
Lord Charles Reresford and VIII
lam JOynson- Hicks presented separ-
ete petitions in the house of commons
asking that the house decree the in
tCrment Of All male aliens OF military
age ana the removal Of other allen
eremies 20 places 80 miles or more
from the coast The petitions bore
about 100000 signatures.
Premier AEquith stated IN this
house of commons today that the cab.
met was quite alive 10 the fact that
the progressive violation OF the rules
~ civilized warfare and humanity by
the enemy. eliminating in the sinking
Of the t.usitanla" and the feelings thus
aroused had made " necessary q
look beyond merely military coasid'
erations. The government thererore
was carefully considering the prac.
ticability OF the segregation and In
fernment Of alien enemies on a mors
comprehensive scale.