New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Germans .Jeer
When Soldiers
Hail Triicolor
Company of Reichswehr
Troops Pass French En-
bassy as Flag Is Hoisted,
Then Sing Own Anthem
Crowds Cry SsShame!"
Secrecy Guards Ceremony
of Apology Arranged
by Authorities i'm Berlin

BERLIN, July 16.--To make further
amends for the removal Wednesday of
French flag hoisted over the French
Embassy here in honor Of Bastille Day.
a company of Reichswehr, headsd by
an officer, to-day filed past the embassy,
which was filled with French officers.
The soldiers turned and stood at at
tention while the tricolor was hoisted.
Then they marched away singing
Deutschland Ueber Allies" The crowd
and the police guards joined in the
singing.
Cries of Shame
In the forenoon the police cleared
the Kaiserplatz Square, where the
French Embassy is situated, and barred
the entire space between the Brandon
burg Gate and Inter den Linden as
far as Wilhelmstrasse to civilians.
Pending the arrival of DR.. Han
iel Won Haimhausen and Herr Moll
the crowds outside the Gordon had
learned of the proposed salute of the
French flag by the German troops and
there were cries of "Shame!" as the
saiutlng company approached the en-
bassy.
Two French sailors hoisted the tri-
color over the building. 1t had been
recovered when the youth who removed
1t was arrested this morning at the
nome OF his parents in Steglitz. The
youth, whose name is Paul Karzemin-
ski. is locksmith's apprentice.
The Reichswehr saluting force had
not actually left the embassy precincts
when the men broke Justify into
Deutschland uber Allies"
The French officers, who apparently
had been pleased with the military pre-
cision and the correctness with which
the apology had been carried out up to
that moment, seemed dumfounded
They fingered for moment on the
roof and portico, engaged in excited
conversation, and then disappeared into
the embassy building.
When the crowds in Inter den Lin
den heard the troops singing there
We're vociferous "Bravos!" from the
people, who then took up the melody
which swelled into mighty chorus.
Civilians Mildly Agitated
The secrecy with which the German
government arranged the ceremony OF
saluting the French flag is believed
to have saved Berlin from what in
evitably would have developed into a
serious popular outbreak.
No one knew beforehand that the
military salute was to take place and
the newspapers learned of it only just
before going to press. But in their
abbreviated reports they presage an
outburst Of editorial indignation. This
afternoon and evening the Pariser- P latz
continued to be dotted with small
groups of wildly agitated civilians.
The French flag at shutdown was still
floating from the French Embassy
which was protected by special party
of security police.
The Foreign Office tonight declined
to say whether the French government,
was satisfied with the apology, the
military salute which accompanied il
and the dismissal of two officials sup
posed to have been guilty of neglecting
French property.
No information has been vouch.
safed as to whether the French En-.
bassy will formally protest against the
conduct of the saluting company ir
singing Deutschland uber Allies" OIL
| because of the fact that the salutine
party wore fatigue uniforms.
After the ceremony three French
naval officers on leaving the embassy
in an autom obile were loudly Kissed by
the crowds.