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...visitors added a superfluous tally in the ninth on two hits and a sacrifice. Toulmin was called to Cordingley's rescue after the first hit, but he could not quell the visitors without before a run was over...
...evasive fight, admitted that the Kurds had revolted, under the leadership of Sheik Said, against the National Turkish Government at Angora. He further admitted that the revolt was serious. Martial law was proclaimed. Eight Turkish divisions (two-fifths of the entire Standing Army) were dispatched to Kurdistan* to quell the bloodthirsty Kurds. Five classes of conscripts were called to the colors. General Ismet Pasha, onetime Prime Minister, was appointed to command military operations. It was impossible to determine the extent or the success of the fighting, as reports were as speedily denied as they were issued; but it could...
Police arrived early, on the scene, but so obstreperous were the Communists that it took an hour to quell the riot. The most serious part of the disturb ance was when the Communists, who had failed to break up the meeting, took pot shots in the dark at persons leaving the Theatre des Nations. This caused cavalry to charge with drawn swords and the net result was two persons killed and about 100 more or less seriously wounded...
...aged Premier ordered the dissolution of the Croat Republican Party, the arrest of all leaders of that party and of the Slovene autonomists -two of the principal forces which, with the Montenegrine autonomists, oppose the centralist policy of the Serbians. The Army was held ready to quell disturbers of the peace, the police force was fully mobilized, the atmosphere was tinged with excited expectancy...
...Police Court to answer to the charge of inciting His Majesty's forces to mutiny. The Public Prosecutor, acting upon instructions from Attorney-General Sir Patrick, sent his representative to say that the article was after all only a criticism of a State for using armed force to quell industrial disputes. The Magistrate declared that there was no evidence to hold Campbell and accordingly discharged...