The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
OLD GERMAN FLAGS
RAISED IN PRUSSIA
People Of Allenstein Celebrate
Departure Of Interallicd
Commission.
Ru the Associated pr.,.

| ALLENTOWN, East Prussia. Oct. s.
! Flags OF the old German Empire, not
those OF the German Republic, were
raised over this city when the Inter
| allied Control Commission. which for six
months had been the high Government
OF East Prussia. packed up and left re-
Gently on special trains for Paris.
The authority OF the commission
ceased at o'clock at night. and on the
minute the German flags were raised.
Up at the high school, across the
street from the building where the COM
mission was quartered. the schoolma s,er
gathered his pupils and made speech
In which he said this was a. great mo-
ment for Prussia. which at last was out
from under the yoke OF the conoueror
Above his head as he spoke the black
white and red colors OF the old empire
fluttered but nowhere was thera flag
or the German Republic. At the con.
clusion of his speech the master ordered
three 'hochs." which were given Justify.
ana then the children with their eyes
steadily upon the teacher. sang "Deutsch-
land Uber Allies" few Germans who
had listened to the schoolmaster Joined
In the song.
Some prominent citizens were asked
why there were no flags OF the German
Republic.
We are Prussians and conserva-
yves. they said. "and have not accom-
modated ourselves to the new regime.
The flag of the republic is the flag of n
h. al
While evidently bitter toward the Ber-
I'm Government, they felt their duty Law
IN ignoring 1t as far as possible Off
ciaily and to have little to do with II
personally. On the eve Of the departure
OF the commission crowds stood for
hours IN the streets and the atatfon
square In silence so ominous that some
lnterallied officers Interpreted IL az the
prelude TO n serious demonstration.
Inc only violence, however, occurred
on the steps OF the station. where Mayor
Nladimir IejEert. who had been ordered
out OF Allenstein By tho commission.
was received upon his return from
Nonlgsburg, where he had spent
his exile. A reception committee OF the
more conservative citizens, with whom
the Mayor was popular, was receiving
MIN with great formality when n Young
German Communist stepped up and
knocked the Mayor down. II was a
knockout blow. and the reception conn
niittee ordered stretcher upon which
me Mayor was carried TO his home.
The assailant was not arrested. and tho
incident caused no comment among the
crowds.
ON tho outskirts OF the town a few
Communists attacked a reichswehr Off
Ger ana badly used him. In another sec
q kAg.
tween Communists and security polico
but the Communists dispersed and there
were no casualties.
When the blue automobiles co,r,iuc
the personnel and property OF tho con.
mission went roaring toward the station
tne CROWDS gave way sometimes sui
lenly, but hardly word was snoj,en
Here and there German hat was raised
to an officer In an automobile and tho
Acknowledgement returned.
In the hotels there were many hand
shakings between the British and Tho
Germans, and the personal servants Of
the BRUSH said their detected good-bys,
some OF them weeping. Many OF the
OFFICERS declared they really were sorry
TO leave. for their work had been Meas.
ant and the people friendly. rho
French, against whom the sentiment
was frankly hostile. held few leave
taklngs.
A number OF German girls kissed
some or the officers good-by at the sta
ton and waved them a long farewell
Major Schoenberg. head Of the East
Prussian security police, did not take
the Communists' efforts seriously. He
said there were only 500 Communists in
Ailenstein and whllo all OF them pos
sessod guns their names were known
and they could always be controlled by
the police. His office had the names of
virtually oil radicals In East Prussia, he
said, except In some Of the border towns
where there In considerable commerce
the police could handle any situation
brought about by the East Pr-ussian
radicafa