The rioters broke Into cheers and song, and "Viva Mussolin!" resounded through the auditorium. A good time having been had by all except the Russian employees who were beaten and the members of the' audience who were nearly choked bby fumes, the attacking force left the scene of action smashing on their way out whatever glass Invited smashing, ripping the woodwork, destroying advertising signs and scattering photographs of the Negus and his dusky henchmen throughout the lobby.
Of the three Russians injured, only two were forced to go to the General Hospital for treatment. A mechanic had suffered a fracture of his right arm near the wrist, and another employee had been Banged on the head with, he said, a pistol butt. No shots, however, were red. The Chinese patrons of the theatre were not harmed and suffered no inconvenience apart from the am-mona fumes.
Although the Isis Theatre an "outside" "road, the building itself Is in Chinese territory and the Chinese Police have jurisdiction. There were not enough constables: present, however, either to halt the Flot or to arrest any of the mischief-makers, all of whom lett the theatre, proudly. in a body. The Bureau of Public. Safety, under Inspector Power Chen, attended quickly, did the Settlement Police from the Abyssinia." strangely enough, had been censored a second time so as not to. offend sensitive Tallans and It is. understood that an offclal the Italian Embassy was, present at! the recensoring. According to. the manager of the Isis, the Tlallan Commercial Attache, Dr. Romolo Ange-Tone, attended the performance and was present when the riot started.
No statement as to what action, if any, he Intended to take against the sailors responsible had been issued by Commander Bacigalupi, chief of the Italian Naval Forces here. Nor did the Italian Embassy or Consulate-General issue any comment on the ident,
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