SOVIET CONSULATE
WHITE RUSSIANS' ATTACK UNUSUAL SCENES (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received November 8, 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI, November 7. An attack on the So\iet Consulate was made by 1000 male and female White Russians, who stormed the building, stripped oil " Red " hunting and forced an entrance. Tie' Soviet consular sr.atT used firearms lo repel the attack, killing one and wounding .six. The police restored order and stood by throughout the night. The incident was marked by unusual scenes of grief, women .screaming and tearing Soviet Hags in their rage. Some women, who climbed the outside wail seeking an entrance by windows, hurled bricks at the windows, few remaining unbroken.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16491, 8 November 1927, Page 8
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