The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
CAMP RIOT
RESULTS LIFE
Loss; MANY SHOT
Canadian Troops Take Part in
Serious Outbreaks at Mill
tary Camp Which Ends
When RingIeaderS CAUGHT.

LONDON. March s-From 8 to 27 per-
Sons are estimated to have beer killed
and from IS 10 70 wounded In riotins
during the past two days at the Klnme
military camp at Rhyl, Wales, accord
ing to a Liverpool dispatch received
here. Great property damage was
caused, the dispatch adds.
According to latest reports from Liv-
erpool the riot was started by about 200
dlans In the camp awaiting demobiliza-
tlon and embarkation. The men who
caused the trouble were war casuals
VINO had served for three years or more
In france. They complained that their
embarkation had been postponed while
other men who had seen less service
were sent home.
After the destruction Of stores OF all
kinds Tuesday by the discontinued men,
the situation took a more serious turn
Wednesday. when the cavalry was
called out but was forbidden to use its
arms.
Troops from Chester intercepted the
rioters. In their march upon Abergele,
near Rhyl, and also prevented a threat
ened raid on the latter place. Five men
were killed and 40 injured in the course
OF this fighting, 1t Is reported.
There was further promiscuous firing
early Thursday, but at no time was
there organized firing by an armed par
~. Most Of the deaths were due to
crushing, 1t is said. An unnamed major
holding the Victoria cross and believed
TO be from New Brunswick, Is reported
to have been virtually trampled to death
while attempting to defend the Off
GERS quarters against great odds.
The Daily Mail says the Canadian au-
thOrities restored order without the as
sistance Of British troops and declares
that the matter Is solely n for Cana
dian disciplinary action, The Canadian
officials have Informed the war office
that they do not desire any increase In
shipping facilities, as n consequence OF
the outbreak, as they do not intend to
be coerced by the action of the rioters.
II is stated that 20 or 30 OF the ring
leaders, most Of foreign extraction, have
been arrested by the Canadian authori-
ties cooperating with the civil police.
On Thursday numbers Of the men pa
raded In Rhyl, They made noisy dem
onstrations, but committed no damage.
Began at Night.
The outbreak began Tuesday night
with the cry, Come on, Bolsheviki!'
uttered by a man said to belong to the
Canadian forces. A large number of
men wrecked the stores and thousands
OF loaves OF bread were trampled into
the mud. The woman's auxiliary quar-
ters were then rushed and the women's
clothes carried off. The rioters seized
stores OF ammunition, fired on the Off
GERS quarters and then began ayInarch
in the direction Of Abergele, but were
held up.
An official statement issued by Cana
dian military headquarters says it is
regretted that some Of the accounts of
the fighting, In which Canadian soldiers
took part, ~exaggerate the seriousness
OF the incident, but give no details of
what happened,
1t Is explained the lack Of shipping
facilities 70 take Canadian soldiers back
home Is due partly to strikes, and 1t is
stated that the dissatisfaction OF the
soldiers over alleged preferential treat
ment in e"mbarkations may be attributed
to the fact that the men have been d.
vided into sections according to the
Canadian military districts from which
they came, BY this mea some short
er service men were sent home ahead
OF some who had been under arms for a
longer period.
A special court of inquiry has been
ordered to conduct an investigation.