Word: germersheim
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Argumentative Murder. At Germersheim in the Rhineland a group of German civilians were drawn into a brawl with French officers as a result of the revival of War guilt talk last week. One Lieutenant Roucier. shot and killed one Herr Emil Mueller by way of thrusting home the assertion that Raymond Poincare did not start the World...
...Mayor of Germersheim promptly appealed to the League of Nations, demanded that all French troops be withdrawn from his town, lest further citizens be shot. After a day of excitement, the incident lapsed into insignificance. Vain Appeal. Premier Poincare, in no complacent mood after the events of the week, was approached by a delegation representing 4,000 onetime Government employes who have been dismissed in the interest of national economy. Two hundred of the jobless are former mayors, 600 were employed by the Ministry of Justice, 2,200 were dismissed from the department presided over by Premier Poincare himself...