DAGGERS USED
IN SERIOUS FRACAS TROOPS FIGHT IN SALOON. ANGLO-ITALTAN HOSTILITY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. (Received. Nov. 19, 10' a.m.) PEKIN, Nov. 18. A serious fr.acas occurredi between Anglo-Italian 'Legation guards' in a saloon in the east of the city. It is alleged' that a strong party of Italian marines, armed with daggers attacked an unarmed number of East Yorks, who had recently arrived to relieve the Loyal Northlands. Seven of the Yorks were stabbed, one dangerously. There were no Italian casualties. A number of Yorks and Loyal Northlands then, it is alleged, hunted for the Italians, but without success. The British troops were confined to 1 > a r rn ck s.—Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 November 1925, Page 5
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