AFFRAY AT A PRISONERS' CAMP
ROWDY ALIENS FIRED ON (Rec. November 23, 9.40 p.m.) London, November 23. ' A regrettable affray; occurred at the ftiien internment camp at Douglas (Islo of Man), where four thousand German and Austrian civilians had been interned under a guard of three hundred national reservists and tie Mans Territorials. Everything went satisfactorily until i/lio arrival of the latest batch of prisoners, when acts of insubordination commenced, the prisoners insulting the sentries, and' refusing to obey, orders. Finally complaints about the food resulted in violent scenes in the dining pavilion, knives and plates being thrown about, and chairs smashed. A party of the prisoners tried to rush the kitchen, but a few of the soldiers barred the passage. At first the soldiers fired in the air, but they then found it necessary to shoot in earnest. The prisoners mostly held up their hands: others sought to fly. Five were killed and fifteen wounded.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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156AFFRAY AT A PRISONERS' CAMP Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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