Word: fracases
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"If we ever have another fracas such as the last," he said, "and I am not one of those who believe that there won't be another war, the man who has taken even as elementary course like Military Science I will be of more service to his country than...
When Yoshizawa arrived in Peking a fortnight ago he found no President to whom he could present his credentials, so he put them in his pocket and contented himself with informing the Chinese Foreign Office that he had come. The Foreign Minister refused to recognize such a proceeding and a...
A party of Chinese soldiers boarded the U. S. steamship Alice Dollar at IChang on the Yangtsze-Kiang and asked for transportation up the river. On being refused they became violent and in the resultant fracas several shots were fired. The matter was ended by a squad of
The Sims-Denby fracas. (P. 5.)
The Labor Party in general has severely criticized those of its members who were responsible for the fracas, and it is understood that the members who resorted to singing the Red Flag afterwards apologized to the party.