MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 21

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

FIERCE STREET BATTLE. NEW YORK. February 2. The New York Times Mexico City correspondent says that 14 men were killed and 30 wounded in a fight between tramcar strikers and soldiers who were guarding the tramcars, which were being operated by strikers who had accepted a settlement which was not satisfactory to the other members of their union. Street fighting ensued when the strikers fired upon the soldiers, and a battle raged in the street for many hours. Business houses were shut for the day and large contingents of .troops were called out to guard the streets. A general strike was declared after the fighting. Millers, bakers, telephone operators, and other unions are affected. IMPRISONING CLERICS. NEW YORK, February 1. Messages received at Nogales, Arizona, from Mexico City state that two Catholic archbishops and 11 * bishops were imprisoned for participating in an open-air religious ceremony, which resulted in the expulsion of the Apostolic delegate Filippi.