The alarm was quickly given, and! the menibers of the French Police in the vicinity at once took part in the proceedings, while a message was sent to headquarters for further assistance. A squad of Annamites wes despatched to the wharf, but in the meantime the efforts of the police had proved sufficient to put an end to the activities of the strike pickets. The majority of those composing the pickets quietly disappeared into the crowd when the police got to work, and making their way unobtrusively to their motor cars beat a hasty retreat, Others were not so fortunate, and it is understood that ten arrests were made, By seven o'clock the situation on the wharf was again normal.
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