Facts Concerning a Fight in a Local Cafe A large amount of adverse criticism has been aroused in they 4th Regiment U.S.M.C. over miss statements which appeared in the columns of a contemporary, cone ming an embrogio on New Yenr's ye at the beginning of wich seven Marines were assaulted by: fereater number of soldiers of me Jother nationality.
In the first place it is stated that no censure should he attached to members of the Corps. At nude ight they were asked by: the mane tot A eaid to have one on the AS they were about to Jother party told the mai he, too, was a soldier, Join them, To this the manal replied that he was entertaining cortaia guests and that the other was not welcome, whereupon the manager was assaulted. The aseuile c{ent's comrades. joined hin and the mix-up became general.
Before it was finished one of the strangers in uniform drew his pistol, land a perscm said to be a corporal mufti, also beseen firing. That one of che Marines was killed lor seriously wounded can hee sidered a mairaele. One bullet braze a privates leg, however. Had it not been for the resource Alot the Americans, who disabled several armed opponents, with chairs, casualties rust have followed.
At that oe man who was shot several at that before the terfered two of rly were so badly are still la hiss Fie merchants have re-he Chambers of Commerce to appeal to the Central Government to cancel the increase fon each rice boat which a Nantao from the interior.
The old was 85 cents a boat. tone is left wondering to what length his delightful repertoire will extend. Miss Peggy Davies accompanied My, Murray Davies in all his-sonesy which vale she is well accomplish ed, and one would Tike to bear her finan in a solo selection.
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