An alleged brush bet} unarmed British soldiers on d the heavily armed "Municipality" police [was said to have caused members of the loiter force to look for a certain "soldier in Jackie's Fish and Chip Shop, 1427 (Chinese number) Great Western Road, lew steps west of the "Busy Bee" Cafe. The fish and chip res-laurent is owned by Mr. H. E. Schultz, Danish, members of whose family were asleep above the establishment. A party of fifteen "Municipality" policemen armed with rifles and' Mauser pistols broke into the place, at 1010 p.m. splintering the front door, and started to search all the rooms, on the ground floor and above, They are said to have found the British soldier, Private Peel, and a civilian in the rear of the ground floor and arrested them.
As they were taking their two "prisoners" along Great Western Road, a small group of unarmed British soldiers came out of the "Busy Bec" and "Municipality" policemen the opened fire on them, At least fifteen rounds were fired from rifles and Mausers peppering the doorway of the cafe and striking down the Chinese woman who was later removed Senator William Borah, isolationist Republican from Idaho, and Sena-for George W. Norris, Nebraska Independent, yesterday proposed a moratorium on Finnish payments on the $16,300,000 war debt to the United States until Finland's dispute with Russia settled. The proposed moratorium would require Congressional action before it could he granted.
Senator Ernest Lundeen, Farm-Labourite from Minnesota, announced the establishment of a "Make Europe Pay their War Debts" Committee, which will campaign for cash settlement of outstanding debts or the cession to the United States of possessions in the Caribbean off the Atlantic and Pacific coast as partial payment. He said the committee plans public meetings in sever: cities where he will speak in support of the proposal.—United Press.
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