Evening star., 1935-01-09
.SAAR RIOT QU|ETED
NEAR NAz|S' BASE
Move to Place Propaganda
for League Control of
Basin Causes Stir.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
ritory, January "a battle between
Nazis and anti-Nazis broke out at
noon today In Waterloo sGreet, but was
quickly suppressed by overwhelming
forces of police and the landjaeger
(gendarmes).
The section where the turmoil
reigned is one of the city's choicer
residence districts, and the Nazi Ger
man Front headquarters are located
on Waterloo street.
1t was Waterloo for both sides, for
Maj. Hennessey, chief of the Saar
civil police, personally led the forces
Of law and order into the fray and
squelched the combat before 1t could
develop beyond the fisticuff, club and
kicking stage.
Propaganda Papers Scattered.
The riot started when a detachment
of adherents to the proposal that the
Saar Basin Territory should stay I'M
der the League of Nations, raided
Waterloo street, scattering propaganda
newspapers on the sidewalks and in
the front yards of homes.
Several hundred Nazis Immediately
appeared and battle royal began.
Heads popped out of windows all
along the street. Most of the heads
emitted cheers for the Nazi side.
In a few minutes police lorries
roared into the thick of the fighting
and other police surrounded the battle
area. They took many names but, ac-
cording to Maj. HennesSey, made no
arrests.
Both sides claimed they had suf-
fered wounded but no one was sent
to hospital.
German Border Watched.
Police are being concentrated along
the German border, it was disclosed
today, in final preparation for the
Saar plebiscite Sunday.
The landjaeger (Gendarmes), de-
spite the protests Of NaZis, have been
shifted by the Governing Commits
sion from the French to the Ger
man side Of the territory, leaving the
French border protected only by
municipal policemen and 100 Italian
troops.
Nazis are furious over the obvious
intimation that, If trouble comes CT
the momentous Sunday, it will come
from Germany. They protested,
charging the landjaeger had been
withdrawn principally in the Warfdt
district, where it has been predicted
most of the votes will favor a union
with France.
Spies Swarm Territory.
Spies swarm throughout the terri
tory. Tales of espionage and cCun-
ter espionage are recounted daily
Documents from one side or the
other disappear almost daily, some-
times, it is said, from locked safes.
A museum" composed largely Of
such documents, will be opened to-
night by Nazis at Kaiserslautern,
Germany, 10 miles from the Saar
frontier.
Preliminary voting ends today when
circulating voting bureau finishes
its rounds Of hospitals and prisons.
Those Arrested May Vote.
Most of the civil employees eligible
to vote Monday and Tuesday decided
to wait until Sunday to cast their
ballots. The commission has ruled
that all persons arrested between now
and Sunday will be permitted to 60
to the polls accompanied by guard.
Communists, who favor remaining
under the League of Nations, may
not win against Nazis. eager to af-
filiate with the Germany of adolf
Hitler, but early today they still had
the upper hand of the Nazi municipal
government here, which seeks to oust
them from their headquarters.
The city government recently bought
the building containing the head
quarters, but the Communists ignored
an eviction notice. Throughout last
night they defied police to oust them.