IN BELGIUM NOW
CLASH AT LIEGE
GENDARMES' SABRE CHARGE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ORDER SET UP United Press Association—By Elcctrlc graph—Copyright (Received June 16, 1 p.m.) BRUSSELS, June 15. The newspaper' "L'lndependenc# Bclgo" estimates that the strikers number 170,000. • At Liege mounted gendarmes charged 500 strikers with drawn sabres after strikers singing the "Internationale" had twice attempted to storm a bazaar under the leadership of a giant" Communist deputy named Lajjaut in order to prevent shopgirls working. A clash occurred at Saint Walburge, where the commissioner of police and a gendarme were, knocked down and trampled upon. Striker? attempted to stop, the trains i$ Rocourt. Shots'were fired, and three police were wounded* The strike has extended to th« metallurgical works in the province of Hainault. A Committee of Public Ortler under the presidency of the Premier, M. Van Zeeland, has been constituted to deal with the strikes, which are rapidly extending. The coal strike, which involves 110,000 workers, has become general. Strikers stopped trams running to Liege.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 9
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166IN BELGIUM NOW Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 9
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