The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-10
BRITISH QUELL
| COLOGNE RIOTS
|rder Re- Established Result
Arrival of Advance Guard
| Of Troops.
|0LICE OVERWHELMED
thousands Citizens Armed as
Civic Guard-Food Scare
ity Caused Uprising.
|0LIcE OVERWHELMED

Cologne, Dec. 10.-A. P.)-Order
hs been re established in Cologne
B the result of the arrival of an ad-
bnce guard of. British troops. There
| I'D been several days of the keenest
| nxiety in the city caused by ex-
| knsive riots and pillaging on the
hrt of mobs OF the lower classes.
tith attendant bloodshed when the
turbulent element clashed with hast
y organized guards OF responsible
itizens armed with rifles and ma
hine guns.
The disorders, began Wednesday
hight after the withdrawal Of the
German troops. They continued the
light in various quarters on a large
|calc. Much damage was done to
property and large quantity OF
hoods was stolen from the stores.
Needless to Work Longer.
According to Burgomaster Aden-
huer, the uprising was due to the
Inability of the poor to obtain food
hnd clothing owing to the scarcity
BE-. thcsess stoestities. He Thought
thefc was little reason to Ndoubt,
t,nweyer, that the trouble also was
Hue N mart to the freshly inculcated
tsdlshcy4M idea among the populace
that IT was needless to work any
longer.
with the removal of the restraint
Exercised by the presence of the
German troops. the overwrought
kerves of the people seemed to have
kiven way and they went out to take
orcibly what they were unable to
Iuy.
Police Helpless.
The regular police were unable to
handle the situation and 5000 cit
|zens were called and armed by the
.urgomaster to maintain order. A
Bght between the rioters and this
}fyic guard resulted in several Of the
+ioters being killed. The burgomas-
Ter, finding that the conditions con-
jinucd to be grave, then applied TO
Ihe armistice commission to hasten
The allied occupation.
The troubles ceased with the ap-
bearance OF the troops yesterday. To-
lay a Gordon of British forces was
Thrown out from the city along the
Rhine.
Affairs in Cologne now are moving
smoothly. to all outward appearance.
Burgomaster Adenauer, however. told
The correspondent that the city was
Facing starvation as only one weeks
kuppr Of food was in sight. Other
Eermyn cities. he declared, were in
buually dire straits, being unable to
bbtain food quickly and not knowing
What might happen as the result or
The scarcity. while fresh supplies. ne
could be obtained only from
[he allied countries.
Hurgomaster Aggrieved.
Cologne Is accepting the occupa-
lion as a real hardship, although the
British are being treated courteously.
lrhe burgomaster was particularly
hggrieved at the proposed new rules
compelling the people to keep In their
houses between s o'clock in the eve-
hing and 6 o'clock in the morning
Ind requiring the men to lift their
hats to the British officers.
The burgomaster declared he would
be unable to run the city If busi-
hess were allowed to be conducted
bnly during the hours thus specified.
However. he issued proclamation
10 the residents urging them to MAIN
lain order and show civility to the
British while still remembering that
they were Germans.
when the burgomaster's attention
|vaM directed to the harsh treatment
~ ne people in the areas the Ger
|n6l forces had been occupying, he
declared that Cologne had consist
kntly opposed the German doings In
belgium and France. I'VE expect
The British will be BETTER" he added.
when informed that many of the
hewly evacuated districts were in
[,irtually a starving condition and
hat aid was being rushed to the tm-
boverished people he expressed much
Burprise.
Cologne is taking the occupation
taimly and many of the population
Showed an inclination to be friendly.
l'he troops have established them
Belves in various parts of the city
Ind along the banks of the Rhine
Without untoward incident. The big
bridges over the Rhine were the
meeting point of the two forces, the
British holding two-thirds of each
bridge and the Germans thes re-
|nainder.
Armed British and German sem
kries were maintaining beats over
|hcir sections and every few mo-
tnents meeting grnvely at the divid-
Ing line. British machine guns, how
kyer, controlled the entire crossing.
civilians were allowed to pass freely
from one side to the other. Cologne
hid not appear especially bright and
kay today, although there were
blenty of people on the streets. Here
~ <haro avnouU the eroxyd oSue Qa w
|ormer German soldiers. who could
Pa picked out by military cap or a
|unlC. trying to make living By
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