STRANGE LISBON RIOTS
SHOTS FIRED, TROOPS CHARGE
MANY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
CHINESE WOMEN OCULISTS.
By telegraph.— Association.-Copyright. (Received November 23. 12.5 a.m.)
Lisbon, November 27. Serious disorder has taken place in the city. The authorities ordered the expulsion of two Chinese women, so-called eye doctors, owing to the fact that 100 blind patients were sleeping in the streets about the women's hotel.
Huge crowds protested to the authorities, who then ordered the police to kidnap the women. A riot resulted, and the Republican Guards were stoned.
Shots were exchanged, and a bomb exploded. The troops charged with drawn swords. The horses trod down many scores of people, who were taken to the hospital. The rioters invaded the San Jose Hospital, and endeavoured to prevent the doctors attending to the wounded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14849, 28 November 1911, Page 7
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STRANGE LISBON RIOTS
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14849, 28 November 1911, Page 7
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