More than a score of shots were fired and an unknown number ôf men were injured, including at least three foreign members of the French police, last night when British, French and Italian soldiers and sailors bat-fled in one of the worst fights witnessed for years in Rue Chu Pao-san, more familiarly known as "Blood Alley," Shanghai's international cab-are street.
The trouble started at 10 p.m., and developed throughout the night into ¿ja series of fights, resulting in the Frisco Cabaret interior being wrecked. Ordinary patrols on duty in the street were unable to control the situation and/therefore the entire French reserve/unit was called out as well as additional police patrols from Poste Mallet. By midnight all the cabarets had been closed and dancing partners sent home, and the street was cordoned off and guarded by large police forces while officers of the various garrison forces involved investigated.
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