PHILIPPINES
Y EXTRA EDITION.
BATTALIONS OF SCOUTS EFFUSE DUTY. - BOLSHEVIK INFLUENCE BLAMED. BY GABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Julv 8, 9.35 a.in. MANILA, July ?. Two battalions of Philippine scouts and native soldiers in the United States array at Fort McKinley, six miles from Manila, refused duty following a. raid by the provost guard on a clandestine meeting of the scouts in which twentythree were arrested. The scouts are disaffected over the rates of pay. The situation at one. stage was serious, as it ‘was feared that- the disaffection wats spreading. Seven thousand scouts'and white troops were held under arms and the natives were disarmed before the outbreak, which is believed to have been inspired by Bolshevik emissaries, was controlled. —Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 July 1924, Page 7
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