During the entire day, the Soviet Consulate never asked for police assistance nor ever consulted with the Police, It must be repeated that during the morning they shad turn ed down the police offer of precautionary protection. 'The first -message from them was at 740 pin., when they' telephoned the Hongkew Station that they wanted assistance.
Before their message was deliver. ed, the Emergency Squad was on its way. Assistant Commissioner! of Police Young told the Soviet official to turn off their lights, which were provoking disorder. The elec-_ trio display of revolutionary fervour then turned off. When the Emergency Squad got control, they roped off the street on which the! Consulate is: situated and no further disorders took place during Monday night or the whole day on Tuesday, The police dispute the Soviet statement that shots were fired into the Consulate from the street. There are no eye-witness reports to that effect and no evidence within the Consulate premises, which were inspected by Assistant Commission-ler of Police Young on Tuesday morn-
"Thus far only one person has been arrested in this connection and he was a sadly intoxicated "White" Russian who was fined $20 in the Provisional Court on Tuesday morn. ing for being drunk and disorderly and throwing stones, In well-informed police circles "it is stated that the police plan to protect the Soviet Consulate build~ ing even aguinst their wishes in the immediate future,
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