PROTEST MARCH BY U.S. TROOPS
dissatisfaction with DEMOBILISATION
7 p.m.) MANILA, Jan. 6. Military police broke up a crowd of sev era i thousand angry American solaiers who were marching on their headquarters this afternoon in one of several demonstrations protesting against the War Department’s announced slow-down of demobilisation Because of difficulties in obtaining reP An ments f° r repatriated men. , All the demonstrations were orderly, out the soldiers’ speakers urged the troops to attend one or the other of two mass meetings in the morning and evening to-morrow. The troops will tbeir demands to the Secretary oi War (Mr Robert Patterson), who is aue shortly from Tokyo.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19460108.2.49
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24768, 8 January 1946, Page 5
Word Count
108PROTEST MARCH BY U.S. TROOPS Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24768, 8 January 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in