According to the story of the club] boys, the policeman came to the window and demanded cigarettes, which were refused on the grounds that the club and its contents were foreign property and the stock could not therefore be distributed to applicants at large. 'The policeman Is thereupon alleged to have made several remarks regarding foreigners' running dogs, following up his Urade by entering the club and proceeding to pummel the boy who had refused to supply him with cigarer. tes. When the other boys inter. vened to rescue their fellow, the guardian of the law blew his whistle, other police came on the scene, and a general melee ensued, in which the staff were severely handled, glass doors broken, plaster knocked off the walls and the contents of the tar thrown around in utter confusion.
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