MAY DAY RIOTS
THE PARIS DISTURBANCE I j GOVERNMENT TO BE INTERPELLATED By Telegraph-Press Association. CopyrlghJ (Rec. May 1, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, May 2. The night passed quietly. Two hundred and fifty, policemen were wounded, 115 of then! | seriously. The civilian casualties are not stated. The crowd used revolvers at several points. One of the crowd was shot dead at the Plnce do rOp»ra. The injuries are chiefly due to sabres, batons, and sticks. A meeting of the General Confederation of Labour condemned tho Government's aclion. The confederation will meet to-day to consider the situation. Tho Socialists will, interpellate tho Government when the Chamber meets — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asn. New York, May 2. Tho New York "World's" Boston correspondent states that three policemen were shot and a number of- persons injured in tho May Day riots between soldiers, sailors, and Radicals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, ,London, May 1. The Dublin workers declared Thursday a public holiday, anil the newspapers, trams, trains, and publio services wero suspended— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 188, 5 May 1919, Page 5
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166MAY DAY RIOTS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 188, 5 May 1919, Page 5
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