14 MAY 1927, Page 3

Last Sunday the Stahlhelm, or League of the Steel Imets,

staged a great demonstration in Berlin. This mrchist organization does not carry arms, and so picturesque rallies cannot reasonably be prohibited.. the other hand, as there is always the danger of a with the Communists, the police are reinforced and k on with vigilant anxiety. President Hindenburg d been invited to be present at the rally last Sunday, he sent a polite refusal which committed him to ither approval nor disapproval, and he was con- tently absent from Berlin on the great day. Herr nz Seldte, the scent manufacturer who inspires the Helmets and presides over them, delivered an dress which may or may not have eventually reached of the half-million of demonstrators.

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