The German police on Monday tracked down the two men
who murdered Dr. Rathenau on June 24th. The assassins, Kern and Fischer, had sought refuge in the ruined castle of Saaleck, near Kissiugen, belonging to a Monarchist author. The police surrounded the castle and the murderers, seeing that escape was impossible, committed suicide. It is obvious that the crime has alienated public sympathy from the Monarchist faction. In the hunt for the assassins the police found ready assistance everywhere ; two civilians gave the information which led the police to Saaleck. Furthermore, the Socialists have begun to realize that it is dangerous for them as well as for the Allies to let the Monarchists accumulate stores of arms, in violation of the Peace Treaty, and large numbers of hidden machine-guns and other weapons are being surrendered.
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