London, Jan. 15.
Fascist demonstrations against collections in theatres and cinemas for Lord Baldwin's refugee fund occurred in the West End last night.
Cries such as "Britain for the British" were raised, and there were a number of scuffles, as the result of which two persons were injured and eight arrested.
One of the injured men was a press photographer, whose camera was smashed. Extra police were placed on duty at the scenes of the demonstrations, The British entertainment industry had offered to give 10 per cent. of Saturday night's takings to Lord Baldwin's fund, in addition to making collections among audiences. There was, it is stated, a big response to these efforts.
In London and the Home counties, Fascists distributed 2,000,000 pamphlets, in which they asked: "Why support a fund for aliens when poverty and unemployment are rife in Great Britain?" Thousands more of these pamphlets were handed out in Scotland and the Midlands.—Reuter.
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