The, first showing of a, talkie"
the recent fighting at Shanghai resulted in a riot at a Vocal theatre this afternoon, During the performance a group of undesirables created a distur dance on the pretext that the picture showed too many "behind-the-front" seenes and too little actual fighting.
An employee of the theatre was thrown by the mob from a window on the first floor of the theatre to the cement pavement below. was rushed to hospital, where he now lies unconscious, After the mob had smashed the door and windows of the theatre, detachment of police arrived on the scene and finally managed to restore order, Three of the rioters were arrested and conveyed to the District Court for trial, Thre are two theories concerning the cause of the riot: firstly, hat ie was instigated "by rival theatres which failed to obtain the wight to show the picture; and, secondly, that reactionary, ments chose the opportunity to stir up trouble in the capital, Investigation which wax in. tigated Immediately after the riot been quelled, has revealed that one of the ringleaders who started the trouble is Li Man-ping, a student of Central University, Li was also responsible for the attack on Dr. ©, T, Wang last September fol lowing the Mukden affair, The student and two others are still in the custody of the Dis Court pending further invest Router,
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