RIOT IN SHANGHAI
WHITE RUSSIANS’ SORTIE SOVIET CONSULATE STORMED . (A. & N.Z.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 7. ‘ An attack on the Soviet Consulate was made by 1000 male and female White Russians, who stormed the building, stripped it of its red Soviet Consular staff, used firearms and wounded six. The police restored order and stood by throughout the night. The incident was marked by unusual scenes of grief. Women, screaming and tearing the Soviet tn their rage, climbed the outside wall, seeking an entrance by the windows, at which they hurled bricks.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19993, 9 November 1927, Page 9
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89RIOT IN SHANGHAI Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19993, 9 November 1927, Page 9
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