Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-12
Racial Riots, Originating
From Lusitania Incident,
Grow in Violence.
MAY INTERNE ALL
ALIEN ENEMIES
Police Force, Trimmed by Drafts For
Military Service, Unable to Cope
With Mobs-Business Houses Raided
and Sacked and Proprietors Forced
Into hiding-British Establishments
Post Piaeards.

London, May 12.-Anti-German riots
in the east end Of London were re-
newed this morning. wherever-a Ger
man showed himself he was attacked.
The police force had been 80 thinned
by drafts for the army that 1t had
difficulty in dealing with the angry
crowds.
4 Anti-German outbreaks occurred to-
day in the neighborhood Of the East
India docks. Sixty or seventy Ger
man shops were wrecked. Germans In
the vicinity are uniting for self defense
and police are being rushed to the
scene.
In consequence of the riots and OF
the demands for the segregation of all
alien enemies the government has
under contemplation more compre-
henstve measures for the internment
Of such persons. Details OF this plan
will be divulged tomorrow.
Petition For Aliens Internment.
Lord Charles Beresford and William
Joynson- Hicks presented separate petit
|tions in the house OF commons today,
asking that the house decree the In
ternment of all male alien enemies OF
military age and the removal OF All
other alien enemies to places thirty
miles or more. from the coaat. The
(petition bore about 500. 900 signatures.
lA number Of German establishments
were i4ded and sacked. The Germans
themselves were forced to 70 into
hiding. The police In. some cases wsre
deffed by the angry mobs and some
OFFICERS were injured In their en-
deavors to protect the Teutons. = The
furniture and fittings OF German houses
and stores were hurled thru the VIM
dows to the streets. When the pro-
prietors were caught they were severe
ly mauled.
Doused in Horse Trough.
One German was thrown into horse
trough. with the reminder that his
compaeriots had been drowning women
and children. He was only saved from
similar fate by intervention OF the
police.
German butchers raced thru the
streets in their carts but in some cases
they were run down and their carts
were smashed.
Jewish women of the east end plead
ed for protection claiming they were
being mistaken for Germans.
PosN>S ~-.~~-
private houses belonging to wealthy
Germans in the west end are in danger
of being burned.
"No Business With Germans"
Large placards in the windows OF al
most all business houses bear the
words, "No business transacted with
Germans"
The protest of German citizens from
Bradford against the torpedoing OF the
Lusifania is the first united public de-
nunciation by naturalized Teutons ex-
pressing horror and Indignation oi
the German outrages.
Letters from individual Germans are
appea ring in the newspapers but the
more prominent of the German resi-
dents have not made any move.
The cabinet met in special session
today and the country is eagerly ex-
pecting drastic action.
General Segregation considsred.
premier Asquith stated in the hous'
of commons today that the cabinet wa'
quite alive to the progressive Viola
tion Of the rules Of civilized warfare b!
the enemy, and the feeling aroused ma!
made 1t necessary to look beyond mere
lly military considerations. The govern
ment. therefore, is considering tn
pra cticability OF the segregation ant
linternment OF alien enemies on NOR
comprehensive scale.
at would be difficult to md parai
| lei for the feeling OF indignation
aroused in all classes Of this country,
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