Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1909 — ASKS ABOUT FLAG INSULT [ARTICLE]

ASKS ABOUT FLAG INSULT

Report of Tearing Old Glory Into Strips Recalled In the House. Washington. Jan. 19, —Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska has introduced a resolution calling on the state department for information concerning an encounter in the city of Prague, Bohemia, between the police authorities and citizens bearing an American flag. It is claimed the police publicly tore the flag into strips and trampled it in the mud. Mr Hitchcock wants to know what steps have been taken to obtain an apology for the insult if there was an insult.