FRENCH POILUS MUTINY.
BARRICADED A CAFE. STARVED INTO SUBMISSION. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. —Copyright. PARIS, April 6. The War Ministry reveals that 40 poilus in a disciplinary camp at the Island of Cleron mutinied -on March 20. They entered a cafe, barricaded the doors, and sang ditties insulting to their officers. In order to prevent bloodshed, the officers had the cafe surrounded, and Invite<i the malcontents to surrender. Many complied. The ringleaders, who are ex-naval men, and were concerned in a former mutiny were into submission in three days.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17990, 8 April 1930, Page 9
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90FRENCH POILUS MUTINY. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17990, 8 April 1930, Page 9
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