ILL-FEELING IN FRANCE.
ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS. BRITISH TOURISTS HOOTED. SCENE AT COASTAL TOWN. STONES AND BRICKS THROWN. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 9.35 p.m.) A. and 3ST.Z. LONDON, July 26. French resentment toward foreigners is spreading to the coastal towns in France, where British excursion steamers call A party comprising 300 British people was about to leave Saint Malo when a large crowd on the side of the quay hooted and passed uncomplimentary remarks about the parcels the tourists were carrying.
The band aboard the vessel played "The Marseillaise." This bid the opposite effect to what was intended. A section of the crowd ashore became infuriated. Amid a torrent of antiBritish abuse they hurled stones and bricks aboard. One girl was injured. The passengers threatened reprisals but the situation was saved bv the captain of the vessel hurriedly ordering its departure. On returning to England the passengers expressed indignation at the treatment accorded to them in France.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19391, 28 July 1926, Page 11
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