THE DOUGLAS RIOT.
GERMANS HAD NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT. (By Eleotbic Telegeaph—Copybioht.) U'fiß FBEBCi ASSOCIATION.! LONDON, Nov. 30. At the enquiry into the Douglas i"iot the evidence stated that the signal for insurrection was a. blooded hand cut out of paper and posted in a window. There were 3300 prisoners in the camp. The guards were unable to use their bayonets owing to being hard pressed by the crowd of rioters. The coroner, reading the menu, which was the same as that of the guards, opined that it was very generous diet.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9943, 1 December 1914, Page 2
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92THE DOUGLAS RIOT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9943, 1 December 1914, Page 2
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