Hostile demonstrations were expected both inside and outside the Reichstag
when the session opened on Monday, and the Nazis and the Communists behaved according to plan. Inside, those rivals glowered at one another and exchanged taunts. Although the Nazi uniform is illegal in Prussia, all members of the Party arrived in their brown shirts with Sam Browne belts, covered by greatcoats. Apparently they trusted to their Parlia- mentary immunity as soon as they were inside the Reichstag, and this was not a misplaced confidence. The Times correspondent says that among the reporters summoned to the tribune was one Nazi. When the brown shirt was seen upon the official benches, the spectacle was solemnly saluted by upraised Nazi arms. Outside the Reichstag there was rioting such as has not occurred in Germany for several years. There was a dead set against those shop-keepers who are Jews or are merely reputed to be Jews. Many shop windows were broken and individual shop-keepers were hunted
and insulted. * * * *
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