Man Fires When Menaced by Angry Crowd, Stone|_ Throwing Soldiers; Camp Conditions Worse Shanghai, Sept. 19. 'HE riot of the interned soldiers of the famous "Doomed Battalion," which started on Sept.
13, after the internees and their commander, General Hsieh, had objected to certain repairs being done in the Camp, reached its apogee yesterday when a member of the Russian Regiment Guard was obliged to open fire in self-defence.
One Chinese soldier was shot dead, while the- others dispersed. A few minutes later, another Russian soldier opened fire when he was stoned by the internees.
He shot into the wall, however, without injuring anybody.
'The shooting took place at about 12.30 pam. when the Russian soldier, fon duty at the Singapore Road entrance to the Internment Camp, faced a dimeult situation, threatened by a crowd of Chinese' workers on one side, and a score of internees stoning: him from within, "The Chinese workers from the neighbouring factories gathered at the entrance shortly after twelve and allowed themselves to be agitated by the internees, who urged. them to attack the sentry.
Threatening Attitude it seemed as if the soldiers had had enough.
The next day, and on the follow-Ing days, however, smaller disturbances were staged by the rioters, who peppered Russian Regiment guards with stones, causing many minor injuries, The affair reached ite climax yesterday when, threatened by workers. outside the Camp and the soldiers within, a Russian volunteer fired shot in self-defence and killed an internee.
Quick to respond, the workers took "a, threatening attitude and approached the Tuussian sentry, shouting Lind voleing their intention to. have the. soldiers reed." 'The"internces, meanwhile, told the workers 10 oise herse,_ saying. that they. intended. Hone' the sentry. Stones flow at the Sentry and the fatter reised his vile in'an effort to frighten the soldiers way, This measure failed, and, the Russian soldier fired a shot, mortally wounding one. of the soldiers. The zest of the internees and the workers fan away" as soon as they" saw the man tal few stops away, on a post within the camp, another itussian volunteer
The entry, sdetatled to. a. narrow Surounded y site interes passage, had his way Darrleaded Bamboo! poles" and was. then stoned the rioters. "As a warning to the Chinese interners, he' fred a. shot fine the "wail, With' one of. thee comrades jshot_ but a few minutes store, the soldiers quickly took. to there heels.
aay' and no reinforcements were sent further deurbaness marked the {othe Camp, although. at about 430 Dim. the interned soldiers started Tirowing pamphlets over the. camp walls, These "were understood ate that one of their number wa murdered "in told blood.
Russian guard, 'The pamphlet went to" soy, that the soldiers "had fecontly' behaved. well and that, the Fustian_ killed the internee without the slightest provocation on the part of the later.
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