RIOTING IN NICE
RIVAL PARTIES
RIGHTISTS V. LEFTISTS
. (Received July 13,, 1,50. p.m.)
NICE, July; 12,
■Two thousandpolice and civil guards were called out to suppress trouble between Rightists and Leftists arising from a meeting of "the Popular Party attended by 10,000 people. . Communists and Socialists barred the streets, and fights were numerous. Many persons were admitted ■to hospital. Cafe tables were upset and . crockery smashed. " . • • A patriot who wrapped. a French flag around himself and tried to force [his way through the Communist ranks was deprived of the Tricolour, and severely injured before being rescued. Another man crying, "Viva! Mussolini!" was removed in ah ambulance.
The riots "continue.
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Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 10
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109RIOTING IN NICE Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 10
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