The New York herald., 1922-06-28
WORKERS ACCLAIM
GERMAN REPUBLIC
Use Rathenau Funeral to
Make Demonstration Against
Its Enemies.
OBSEQUIES In REICHSTAG
President Ebert Delivers Ora
ton DenOuncing Foes Of
New Regime.

Speciol Gable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by The New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, June "a.
Scarcely had the funeral ceremony for
DIR. Rathenau in the Reichstag Building
ended. when thousands of workers
surged through Inter den Linden to the
Lustgarten. where they had planned
demonstration against all enemies of the
republic
Rec. flags gave place to the republican
colors, but the crowds were listless. If
it was a protest, it was protest Only
In numbers, the crowd being estimated
at several hundred thousands. The only
incidents were furnished by the effigy
of Gen. Won Hindenburg, carried by
column of workers, and jeweler who
hung out notice, I'VE sell only Ger
man nationalist wares" The crowd
gathered round, and boy snatched
down the sign, causing the jeweler to
appear with pistol. The crowd threat
ened to lynch him when the police in
tervened
In less than an hour the tide of hui
manity wended away through dark.
cabless, tramess streets, rain swept and
deserted.
The workers compelled the directors OF
the General Electric Company. of which
Dr. Rathenau was once president, TO
hang out the republican flag. 1t is not
clear whether the delay was due to
personal antagonism or anti-republican
sentiments. but when the directors failed
to obey the workers, the latter issued
fifteen minute ultimatum. threatening
to hang out the red flag If the order
was not complied with.
No flags were displayed at the military
barracks and certain Government and
Nationalist buildings. and the Univer-
suy of Berlin flew only the black AMI
white colors Of Prussia. Only the Mn
istries displayed the republican emblem.
apparently almost ralf the popula-
tion Of the capital surged around tn
Reichstag hours before the flower laden
casket emerged. AS som as President
Ebert and Frau Emil Cathenau. mother
o. the assassinated statesman, came oIt
the crowd uncovered Muffled drums
broke the silence of the hushed and
watching multitude as the procession
filed away in a downporr of rain.
Funeral From Reichstag.
Funeral services for DR.. Walter Rath-
enau. held at midday in the Reichstag,
gave the nation an opportunity to pay
homage to the murdered statesman.
The Ministers bench was banked high
with flowers The coffin occupied an
elevated position usually occupied by
the Presidents desk. and was covered
with the republican colors. DR.. Karl
Helfferich, the Nationalist who had
personally attacked DR.. Rathenau in
the chamber, was noticeable by his abb
sence among the members who stood in
their places.
The packed house was entirely black
save for the Diplomatic Corps, in full
uniform, and Ambassador Alanson b.
Houghton OF the United States in
formal attire. In the former imperial
box sat Dr. Rathenau's aged mother.
with the members of the immediate FAM
lily. and Prof. Albert Einstein. an inti-
mate friend of the late Foreign Minis
ter.
The outer gallery was massed with
wreaths and occupied by student socie-
ties In full regalia. Outside the band
of a detachment of the Reichswehr
played Only the immediate family
accompanied the body to the family
tomb in a suburban cemetery.
Business ceased all over Germany at
noon. labor having decided to call a
twenty-four hour strike as a protest
against Nationalist violence.