Evening star., 1923-11-06
LOOT|NG, R|OT|NG
CONTINUE IN Berlin
Demand for Dictator Grows,
Although No Nomination
Is Put Forward.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. November 6.-The looting
of food and clothing shops continued
throughout the night in the northern
districts of Berlin. while in the fash
ionable West End of the city numer-
GUS automobiles were held up. the
occupants Of the cars being robbed of
their personal belongings. Consider
able anti-Semitic rioting occurred in
the Jewish quarter,
Most of the pillaging was done by
gangs Of men and youths whose nu-
merical strength was in some cases
as large as 300. Women freely par
ticipated in storming the food shops.
The price of bread this morning
was fixed at so. 600, 600. 900 marks loaf,
as against 100000, 600. 900 yesterday.
The bourse has contributed $4,000
to the public feeding fund.
Believing that bread is more neces-
sary than politics. German public
opinion is solidifying in favor of a
national dictatorship-a single man
or a limited directorate with power
to punish the food proflteers and
force the farmers to bring their prod
uctS into the cities
oOne NOminates Dictator.
Just who the dictator or directorate
should be, none of the elements ask
ing a change so far have ventured to
suggest, and although 1t is not JIM
probable that dictatorship would be
proclaimed, Chancellor Stresemann is
going ahead with his plans for filling
out the cabinet that was depleted by
the retirement last week of the three
socialist members.
In a proclamation addressed to the
nation, President Ebert and the chan
cellor refer to Germany's 'intolerable
distress and intimate that the gov
ernment will take forceful measures
to protect the republic against any
faction attempting to take affairs into
its own hands. Three Badenese
reichswehr regiments already have
been dispatched to the Bavarian-
Thuringian frontier, where irregular
Bavarian bands. said to be under the
leadership of Capt. Ehrhardt of Kapp
Putsch fame, are making threatening
gestures, the real purpose of which is
reported to be the overthrow of the
republic and the establishment of a
national military dictatorship. In
some quarters Gen. Ludendorff is
charged with supporting the move
ment.
The official proclamation says the
government possesses the necessary
strength to deal with any putsch and
protect the constitution of the reich"
Confidence in People.
1t expresses a belief that if the gov
ernment is forced to fight against it's
will "the whole German people will
stand behind it in defense of order
and the freedom of the German
reich"
Numerous assaults upon Jews were
committed in the Ghetto districts by
gangs of young ruffians. One of their
methods was to seize bearded native
Galicians. clip off sections of their
oriental boards in patches and then
permit theiE victims with the result
ing grotesaue hirsute adornments to
pass on.
Cloth shops were also favorite
targets for the looters, who would
seize a bolt of goods. clip off strips
several yards in length and pass them
on to the waiting queues.
Contents of cash registers were
dumped into the streets. where the
mobs would pounce upon the bundles
or paper money.
Police intervention was invariably
late or else there would be refusal on
the part of the policemen to dfsperse
the mobs through the use of firearms.
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